The Online-Tutorial in Distance Education offered by Centres for Distance Education at various conventional universities in Germany for students of the FernUniversit

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The Online-Tutorial in Distance
Educationoffered by Centres for Distance
Education at various conventional universities
in Germany for students of the FernUniversität
Hagen
Ulrich Bernath, Carl von Ossietzky University of
Oldenburg Centre for Distance Education
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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
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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
reg
edl
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Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
reg
Problem ofdistance in time
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Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
reg
edl
Problem ofdistance in time
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Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
reg
sat
wes
edl
Problem ofdistance in time
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Problems of distance
Problem ofdistancein space
reg
sat
wes
edl
vt
Problem ofdistance in time
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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)
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Conceptual considerations

• Low cost and easy access for students
• Preferably asynchronous communication
• Password protected study groups
• Instructional design of tutorials in all academic
  disciplines

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Major strategic aspects

• Online and/or face-to-face tutorials
• Devision of labour and cooperation
• Professional development

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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
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Online and face-to-face tutorials

• The weights of the different tutorial events will
  change

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wes
reg
edl
vt
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How to meet the larger numbers of students
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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...

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