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The article describes the project „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ which is working as a meta-server to supply users with an information system of relevant data in the field of education, adult and further education. The internet is offering big quantities of information and the chance to build up complex documents. Both make it more difficult to select and evaluate information. The „Deutscher Bildungsserver“ incorporates information critically bringing it into an order making it easier for users to …
In contrast to the enthusiastically propagated possibilities of e-commerce and telelearning, searching the net for a telelearning course which meets the individual needs can be time-consuming and frustrating. In 1997, the CNC-Zentrum Hamburg in cooperation with the European Commission and the City of Hamburg thus set up the project „Bildungsforum Hamburg“ as a regional virtual market place for fur ther education. Project leader Laila Meyer presents the interactive platform for information, disc…
Viele Bildungsexperten sehen die wachsende Gefahr eines „knowledge gap“ zwischen wissensnahen und wissensfernen Gruppen unserer Gesellschaft, wenn keine unterstützenden Strukturen implementiert werden. Auch die Expansion von informeller Bildung, die geringere Zugangsbarrieren aufweist als formal-organisierte Bildung, führt nicht automatisch zu einer stärkeren Beteiligung bildungsferner Gruppen. Die vorliegende Studie ermittelt Weiterbildungsbarrieren und Möglichkeiten zu ihrer Überwindung. Eine…
