The Online-Tutorial in Distance Education
offered by Centres for Distance Education at various conventional universities in Germany
for students of the FernUniversität Hagen
Ulrich Bernath, Carl von Ossietzky University of OldenburgCentre for Distance Education
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
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Our practice of face-to-face tutoring
• regular evening classes (reg)
• day schools on saturdays (sat)
• weekend seminars (wes)
• educational leaves (edl)
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wes
Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
Problem ofdistance in time
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Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
Problem ofdistance in time
reg
edl
Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
Problem ofdistance in time
reg
sat
wes
edl
Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
Problem ofdistance in time
reg
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wes
edlvt
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
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Online and face-to-face tutorials
• The weights of the different tutorial events will change reg
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How to meet the larger numbers of students
Cooperation
• Study centers offer joint and coordinated online tutorials
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“The student comes first”
...in face-to-face as well as in online settings...
