It is with great sadness that I learned Prof. Ram, a great mentor an dear friend has left us March 9, 2016.
National IT Summit, Berlin, Nov. 18-19, 2015
As a member of the project group Intelligent Education Networks, one of several thematically oriented task forces of the focus group Intelligent Networking, I attended the National IT Summit in Berlin, Nov. 18-19, 2015. The focus group with its task forces supports the German Federal Government
20th Anniversary Conference of SDPS in Fort Worth, Texas
Again I had the pleasure to open the Annual Conference of the Society for Design and Process Science (SDPS) in Fort Worth, Texas, which marked the 20th anniversary of the society I once co-founded. It was my honor to present
Video abstract introducing new BJET paper
We have produced a video abstract introducing an open data paper published in the British Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 46, no. 5, pp. 965-971. The raw data collected in the study are openly accessible on a library server of FernUniversität.
German Association Free Education takes position on OER and Creative Commons
The German Association Free Education responds to a position paper of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Länder in Germany on open educational resources (OER). The association agrees with most arguments, sees, however, the idea of a
Das Bündnis Freie Bildung zum KMK-Bericht über OER
Das Bündnis Freie Bildung unterstützt das Konzept zu „Open Educational Resources“ (OER) im jüngsten KMK-Bericht, hält aber eine deutsche Variante der Creative-Commons-Lizenz zu Recht für einen Irrweg, der zu einer Insellösung führte. Man sollte Rechtsunsicherheiten in der Lizenz besser durch Erläuterungen und Anwendungsempfehlungen beseitigen.
Guest Professor of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
The President of Shanghai Jiao Tong University appointed me as a Guest Professor for the period 2012/7 – 2015/07. The certificate was handed out during an invited seminar at Jiao Tong University Nov. 5, 2012.
Project Group „Intelligent Education Networks“ presents recommendations to National IT Summit
Project Group „Intelligent Education Networks“ in Work Group 2 presents its political recommendations to the National IT Summit held October 21, 2014, in Hamburg. The day before the summit, the project group organized a workshop „Start-ups for New Ideas, Concepst and Solutions Towards
Term of Foundation Board of FernUni ended May 2013
I resigned from the Foundation Board of FernUniversität with the end of its first term marked by the 21st meeting held May 28, 2013 in Hagen. © Veit Mette
SDPS conference 2012
The „17th International Conference – Transformative Science, Engineering, and Business Innovation“ hosted by the „Society for Design and Process Science“ (SDPS) was held in Berlin from June 10 to 14, 2012. For me as the organizer this event was truly