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The Bavarian Virtual University
The Bavarian Virtual University
(Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern –
VHB) www.vhb.org is an institute set
up by all nine state universities and
all 17 state universities of applied
sciences in Bavaria.
Its aim is to complement the
programmes of the traditional
universities Students can earn credit
points in individual courses but they
cannot obtain degrees, as the VHB
does not offer complete courses of
study.
Oncampus
Oncampus is the e-learningdepartment of Lübeck University ofApplied Sciences (LUAS).
Online education at LübeckUniversity of Applied Sciences(LUAS) is based on large third partyprojects dealing with online distanceeducation. The close cooperationwith universities is one of the mainsuccess factors.
Oncampus runs 145 elearningmodules (online material). 480courses are being offered and 5,300course enrolments are registered.More than 1,300 students have beenenrolled since 2001.
German HE Institutions – EADL Members
Bildungswerk für therapeutische Berufe - www.naturemed.de
DAA-Technikum www.daa-technikum.de
Forum DistancE-Learning www.forum-distance- learning.de
ILS – Institut für Lernsysteme www.ils.de
Private FernFachhochschule Darmstadt www.privatfh-da.de
Studiengemeinschaft Darmstadt (SGD) www.sgd.de
DWG – Deutsche Weiterbildungsgesellschaft mbH
Europäische Fernhochschule Hamburg (EURO-FH) www.euro- fh.de
Schachtsiek Verwaltungs- und Beratungs GmbH & Co K
www.schachtsiekberatung.de
German HE Institutions – EDEN Members
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg www.uni-oldenburg.de/uni
EENet European Experts’ Network for Education and Technology
www.eenet.org
FIM-New Learning, University of Erlangen www.fim.uni-erlangen.de
German Association for Distance Education http://ecampus.zfuw.uni-
kl.de/Ploneindexe.htm
Private Fernfachhochschule Darmstadt www.privatfh-da.de
University of Applied Sciences, Zwickau www.fh-zwickau.de
University of Hildesheim www.uni-hildesheim.de/de/zfw.htm
Virtuelle Hochschule Bayern www.vhb.org
The Austrian education system is
enhanced via major programs like e-fit
Austria, in the framework of the
Austrian National Development Plan.
E-learning activity has also been
introduced in the adult education, and
training sector where many companies
have started the introduction of e-
learning to support their activities. A lot
of small companies produce e-learning
material for internal use of the industry.
Enterprises working in the e-learning field
Click and Learn
www.clickandlearn.at
Infowerk www.infowerk.at
Xplain www.xplain.at
Kochmedia
www.kochmedia.com
Dynamicmedia
www.dynamicmedia.at
Wu Konig www.wukonig.com
Unilog www.unilog.at
Easybusiness
www.easybusiness.at
MIT www.mit.at
Digitale Akademie
www.digitaleakademie.at/index2.htm
Wktirol www.wktirol.at
Bauakademie www.bauakademie.at
HR Management
www.hrmanagement.at
Wiener Trainerakademie
www.wienertrainerakademie
Sriptech www.striptech.at
Teamconsult www.teamconsult.at
Perfect Training
www.perfecttraining.com
Higher EducationThe Vienna University of
Economics and Business Administration (WU)
WU is one of the largestbusiness schools worldwidetotalling more than 25,000 students.Each semester, approximately 2,000courses are offered at the WU. TheLearn@WU project was launchedin order to ease the learningsituation for freshmen.
As of May 2003, there weremore than 8,500 registered users, ofwhom about 4,000 used the systemregularly (all first-year students).
University of Innsbruck
They are a “traditional”
University but have an e-learning
policy since 2000. Their main tool is
Blackboard, in 2005 they had about
1300 active Blackboard courses with
about 18.000 students using BB in
some way (which means almost all
“active” students are using BB).
They also have an active
community of teachers developing e-
learning materials, help desk and
support staff for e-learning.
At the beginning of the 1990s,
higher education institutions in the
Czech Republic gradually learned
about the techniques used in distance
education.
In the Czech Republic there are
no plans to establish an independent
open university of the kind that exists
in some countries in Western Europe.
The trend is to provide distance
education simultaneously with full-
time programmes, i.e. to develop a
kind of “dual” higher education
institutions in this respect.
Distance education is based on a
system of controlled self-study and
requires that the educational institution
should have very good technical
facilities. This demands a relatively
large initial investment in the
development of study aids of high
quality, in DE study centre facilities
and in the training of educational,
administrative and other staff. For these
reasons, the development of distance
education in the Czech Republic has
been progressing only slowly.
A major contribution to the development of distance education in the
Czech Republic was support by the EU by means of the Phare Programme –
specifically through a multi-country project completed in 1999. Its main
outcomes included the establishment of the quite well equipped National
Centre for Distance Education (NCDE) and four local centres for distance
learning (Prague, Liberec, Brno and Olomouc). They form a basis of the
distance education network in the Czech Republic.
According to the Hungarian Gallup Institute, the main e-learning suppliers (although
not meeting the project criteria of a megaprovider) are:
• • “Sulinet” in collaboration with Ministry of Education (www.sulinet.hu)
• • Kodolányi János University College (www.kodolanyi.hu)
• • “Gallup Távoktatási Központ” (Gallup Distance Education Centre): public
educational quality development (www.gallup.hu/english.htm#edu)
• • “Szaktanfolyam.hu”: Technical courses (www.szaktanfolyam.hu)
• • “Eszterházy Károly Főiskola” (Eszterházy Károly College): distance education and
elearning services (www.ektf.hu/english/index.html)
• • eMenedger Online/Education
• • Hewlett Packard/E-learning
• • Internet Business Center Network
• • “SZÁMALK” Open Business School (which operates the Denis Gábor College)
(www.szamalk.hu/English/Default.htm)
• • “Tr@iner” Education Centre (www.trainer.hu/index.php)
Elearning Providers
Warsaw University Centre for Open and
Multimedia Education
It is an independent unit ofWarsaw University establishedin order to support, promote, andorganize open and distance
education.
COME carries out research
on the utilization of modern
technology in education,
increasing the efficiency of
instruction and enhancing the
motivation of all students from
all geographic and socio-
economic backgrounds.
AGH University of Science and Technology
On 18.11.2004 DistanceEducation Study Centre became aCentre of Excellence in e-Learning “CeL”. Its aims are:conducting scientific research in the
field of e-learning
maintaining contacts with similarcentres at home and abroad aswell as with internationalorganizations dealing with thesame issue
cooperation with enterprises andadministration
lifelong learning
analyzing effectiveness of e-learningmethods
Polish Virtual University
Polish Virtual University (PUW)
is a joint project of Maria Curie-
Sklodowska University in Lublin and
Academy of Humanities and
Economics in Lodz.
PUW offers study programmes
and extension courses over the
Internet. The task is to support
traditional lectures and trainings as
well as promote modern teaching
methods.
PUW is a competence centre for
methodology, technology and
organisation of e-learning.
The Slovakian e-learning
programmes are rather self-
motivated initiatives, as
(unfortunately) there are not
any national policies for
fostering e-learning yet.
Several universities have
developed e-learning courses
(partly thanks to grants from
the Open Society Foundation,
Bratislava).
Supply of e-learning is currently not sufficient and well developed, nor is
statistical data demonstrating interest of the public currently available.
Demand, to some extent, is hampered by still low penetration of Internet,
including connection of households to Internet.
Some new projects are underway within EU funded projects (e.g.
Leonardo da Vinci programme – development of an e-learning web portal
eEDUSER; development of a virtual incubator for training and support for
high-tech SMEs).
E-learning in Slovenia
In Slovenia, e-learning or on-line
distance learning at tertiary education
institutions through the Internet, at least
in the form of individual subjects of
study programs, is provided by 17% of
institutions, whereas a complete study
program is provided by 9% of
institutions, with almost 35% of
institutions preparing individual
subjects for on-line distance learning,
and 1/5 of institutions preparing whole
study programs for on-line distance
learning.
Current E-Learning Provision in Slovenia
There is no supportive deliberate educational policy fostering
the development towards e-learning in order to provide stable
conditions and keep pace with current trends in this field in
Slovenia.
The supply of e-learning courses/services in Slovenia is
relatively modest. There are some non-formal online language
and computer courses, which may have to be further developed
and formalised to reach a wider audience.
HE Institutions as Providers of E-learning
The “Virtual University” which provides links to faculties and schoolsof higher education that are members of the University of Ljubljana.
www.e-studij.net portal which is a source of information and knowledgeabout e-learning.
DOBA which has begun in the study year 2000/2001 to implement theUniversity Professional Business secretary programme in order to give anopportunity to educate people, who cannot attend traditional studies.
The Faculty of Economics which is the higher educational institution inSlovenia delivering the whole degree/accredited distance educationprogramme with more than 1600 students enrolled.
The Faculty of Management Koper which provides in the virtualclassroom one course on-line developed for part-time students.