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Ulrich Bernath, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Centre for Distance Education. The Online-Tutorial in Distance Education offered by Centres for Distance Education at various conventional universities in Germany for students of the FernUniversität Hagen. Institutional setting.
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Ulrich Bernath, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Centre for Distance Education The Online-Tutorial in Distance Educationoffered by Centres for Distance Education at various conventional universities in Germany for students of the FernUniversität Hagen
Institutional setting • Teaching by faculties of the FernUniversität • Tutoring by study centres of the FernUniversität and by cooperating centres for distance education at conventional universities Hagen
Problems of distance Problem ofdistancein time Problem ofdistance in space
Our practice of face-to-face tutoring • regular evening classes (reg) • day schools on saturdays (sat) • weekend seminars (wes) • educational leaves (edl) sat wes reg edl
Problems of distance Problem ofdistancein space reg Problem ofdistance in time
Problems of distance Problem ofdistancein space reg edl Problem ofdistance in time
Problems of distance Problem ofdistancein space reg sat wes edl Problem ofdistance in time
Problems of distance Problem ofdistancein space reg sat wes edl vt Problem ofdistance in time
Online tutorials by university centres for distance education Lüneburg (since 1994) Oldenburg (since 1996) Hildesheim (since 1997) Hamburg (since 1998) Frankfurt (since 1998) Kaiserslautern (since 1998) Saarbrücken (since 1998) Karlsruhe (since 1998) Koblenz (since 1998) Brig (since 1996)
Conceptual considerations • Low cost and easy access for students • Preferably asynchronous communication • Password protected study groups • Instructional design of tutorials in all academic disciplines
Major strategic aspects • Online and/or face-to-face tutorials • Devision of labour and cooperation • Professional development
Online and face-to-face tutorials • Online tutorials are complementary and add to the existing setting of face-to-face tutorials sat wes reg edl vt
Online and face-to-face tutorials • The weights of the different tutorial events will change sat wes reg edl vt
Cooperation • Study centers offer joint and coordinated online tutorials M M M
“The student comes first” ...in face-to-face as well as in online settings...