1. Developing Online Distance Education - Hopeless for Magic Solutions 14th AAOU Conference in Manila on Ideology, Pedagogy &Technology in ODL Ulrich Bernath, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg Centre for Distance Education

2. Carl von Ossietzky became the name sake of Oldenburg University in 1991. Carl von Ossietzky (1888 - 1938) was an outstanding journalists and pacifists in Germany at the time of the Weimarer Republic. In 1933, when the Nazis seized power in Germany, Ossietzky was arrested because of his courageous stand for peace and democracy. He was interned in various concentration camps, among them Esterwegen (near Oldenburg). After he was awarded the Nobel Peace Price in 1935, international pressure led to his release. Never fully recoverring from his internment at Esterwegen, he died two years later in Berlin. In 1979, Carl von Ossietzky's daughter, Rosalinde von Ossietzky-Palm, donated his works to the University. An interdisciplinary research team edited a prize-winning complete edition of his works.

7. Germany and its 15 “Länder“

8. ICT on our campus is seen as an enrichment in most cases increases the cost per student is not seen as „distance education“ in D it has a potential to be further developed for distance education

9. Distance Education in Germany

10. Our practice of face-to-face tutorials regular evening classes (reg) day schools on saturdays (sat) weekend seminars (wes) educational leaves (edl) reg sat edl wes

11. The problem of distance between the tutor and the student Problem of distance in space Problem of distance in time

12. Tackle the distance Problem of distance in space Problem of distance in time reg

13. Tackle the distance Problem of distance in space Problem of distance in time reg edl

14. Tackle the distance Problem of distance in space Problem of distance in time reg sat wes edl

15. Tackle the distance Problem of distance in space Problem of distance in time reg sat wes edl vt

17. The Virtual Seminar in Distance Education …… A cross-cultural global learning experience

18. The Virtual Seminar in Distance Education Australia Austria Canada Estonia Finland Germany Hungary Japan Latvia Mexico Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Rumania Slovakia Slovenia South African Republic Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands United Kingdom United States

19. The Virtual Seminar in Distance Education Participation During 10 weeks of the seminar with 43 particpants: 192 comments were posted, - “only” 5 comments per particpant - created a total of 66 324 words. Faculty commented with another 61178 words. Each comment averaged 187 words

20. The Virtual Seminar in Distance Education …...The “Ripple Effect” in asynchronous communcication

169. Tutor Student Face-to-Face Tutorials

170. Tutor Student Online tutorials and online seminars Student

171. Tutor Student Online tutorials and online seminars Student

172. Our conceptual considerations Low cost and easy access for students Preferably asynchronous communication Password protected study groups Serving all academic disciplines

173. Strategic reconsiderations Online and face-to-face tutorials Reallocation of resources Increasing devision of labour New models of cooperation Urgent need for professional training

174. The student must come first...in face-to-face as well as in online tutorials...