E-Learning at the University of

Duisburg-Essen

Steffi Engert, M. A.

The Beginning

•Multimedia Development Plans at both Universities Duisburg and Essen since 1998

•Mostly ICT infrastructure, media equipment for lecture halls, first pioneer projects mainly centred on media-enriched class room

Group COLLIDE

E-Learning “Credo”• E-Learning = mainly support for class room

activities

• Secondarily, e-learning = distance learning, mostly for postgraduate studies

• To date two distance courses:

• Certificate/Diploma/Master Educational Media

• Virtual Training: Further Course of Studies Economical Informatics (VAWI)

Notebook-University 2002-4

• Learning/Teaching Scenarios

•WLAN infrastructure

• Support infrastructure

• subsidised Notebooks in selected study courses

E-Competence Project 2002-5

• To win broader layer of lecturers beyond pioneers/early adopters and root e-learning in the University

• Start where the lecturers are by individual support/consulting and coaching

• ca 850 consultancies in Duisburg and Essen, ca 7% lecturers use e-learning, mostly low-level (file-sharing, powerpoint)

E-Competence Agency• Agency since 2006 as

permanent service (2 fulltime staff)

• Marketing Agency for Centre for Information and Media Services and University Library (E-Services)

• Consulting Agency for staff of University and some student categories mostly for E-Learning, esp. Moodle

• About 500 consulting sessions/year

E-Point• Helpdesk

• Direct Support esp. For students on all things digital

• Run by library and CIM mainly with student assistants

• Located in main library on both campusses

• Also work via virtual service desk

E-University Project 2006-8

• E-Learning Innovation Projects on the basis of internal tender

• Support: didactic consulting, service/technical consulting, production

• ca 80 projects in 5 “waves” across all faculties and departments

• List of innovation projects according to faculty/department

E-Learning Award• First awarded 2007

• Six Finalists from E-University Innovation Projects

•One Winner: Economics - Seminar Strategic Controlling; Moodle used in realising a concept of intensive support for students

E-University Strategy

• Vision E-University: seamless integration of all processes and their support by ICT

• Integration of e-learning, e-services, e-sciences

• Campusmanagement system

Sector Information, Communication, Media

• E-University as a vision in guidelines/mission statement of University

• ICT sector directly linked via pro-rector for ICM

•Close integration of service provider CIM and Library

•Cooperation sector: E-Competence and E-Point

E-Learning in the UAMR

•Cooperation of three universities along the Ruhr: Bochum, Dortmnd, Duisburg-Essen: University Alliance Metropolitan Area Ruhr (UAMR)

•One field: joint e-learning courses, first tender 2008: 10 projects

Factors of Success• Strategic Outlook

• Efficient Infrastructures

• Integrated Support structures

• Personal Support for Lecturers and Students