Das Fernstudienzentrum der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg - Kosten- und Leistungsaspekte ausgewählter Aufgabenbereiche: Beitrag im Rahmen der FiBS-Konferenz 2003 "eLearning an Hochschulen - Marktpotenziale und Geschäftsmodelle" (30. Juni und 1. Juli 2003, Köln)

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Distance and e-learning in transition : learning innovation, technology and social challenges /

Includes bibliographical references and index.Vakgroep Onderwijskunde (PP06

About "Quality in e-Learning from a Learner’s Perspective"

On May 18th in 2004 the European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL) published: "Quality in e-Learning from a Learner’s Perspective" by Ulf-D. Ehlers (2004). Out of 250 peer-reviewed articles published in EURODL since 2004 I picked this one as it excellently represents the scope and quality of EURODL’s published articles and stands for a kind of articles, which can be still read or better should be read 14 years after publication. This outstanding article attracts interest for i..

Challenges for Study Centers in an Electronic Age: A case study of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg in Germany

This paper reports on developments in study centers in Germany and in particular the experience of the Center for Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. Emphasis in this paper has been placed on the challenges faced by German universities in the electronic age, which in its early stages began in 1995. The purpose of this paper is to ground the establishment of open and distance study centres vis-à-vis the unique cultural and institutional circumstances characteristic of Germany and its institutions of higher education

Integrating Methods and Empirical Findings from Social and Behavioural Sciences into Energy System Models : Motivation and Possible Approaches

The transformation of the energy system is a highly complex process involving many dimensions. Energy system models help to understand the process and to define either target systems or policy measures. Insights derived from the social sciences are not sufficiently represented in energy system models, but address crucial aspects of the transformation process. It is, therefore, necessary to develop approaches to integrate results from social science studies into energy system models. Hence, as a result of an interdisciplinary discourse among energy system modellers, social scientists, psychologists, economists and political scientists, this article explains which aspects should be considered in the models, how the respective results can be collected and which aspects of integration into energy system models are conceivable to provide an overview for other modellers. As a result of the discourse, five facets are examined: Investment behaviour (market acceptance), user behaviour, local acceptance, technology innovation and socio-political acceptance. Finally, an approach is presented that introduces a compound of energy system models (with a focus on the macro and micro-perspective) as well as submodels on technology genesis and socio-political acceptance, which serves to gain a more fundamental knowledge of the transformation process