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Sunday, August 29, 2004
Integrated elearning in Humanities and Social Sciences - N. Mößner, elearningEuropa
The integration of e-learning into university degree courses would seem to be a complicated undertaking in the field of letters in German universities. Firstly, those outside these disciplines continue to believe that there is a widespread feeling of hostility towards technology in these academic circles. Secondly, many scholars working in the sphere of letters tend to take it for granted that their field is a ‘science of books’. This image of letters would seem to cast doubt on their capacity for innovation, especially in the sphere of the new technologies. If we pause to reflect for a moment, however, it becomes evident that this problem is merely a question of perspective: contextual observation, evaluation and analysis of the various possible resources have always figured amongst the scientific principles of the humanities.... In the umbrella project entitled “Humanities on the Internet” (GW-net), run by the University of Hamburg, a number of projects on integrating multimedia training elements into university education are being put to the test. So far, six pilot events, all different in theme and structure, have been developed into a seminar on integrated learning. In these events, the classic figure of the teacher in attendance was replaced by on-line educational offers that provide interactive learning. On this occasion, exams attended in person were not replaced by this distance learning.
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