Center for Applied Research in Further Education – Institute for Economic Education (ZAWF)

First Workshop, Digital Classroom

19th – 21st Oct. 2011, Barcelona

ZAWF („something in between“)

Established: 2004

Non-profit & private research and devolopment center

Part of the WHL (Graduate School of Business and Economics) – Lahr, Germany

„academic world“

Distance education university

Goal:

Create a platform to exchange ideas between academics and practitioners (other educational institutions).

Research Projects:

Grundtvig (ACE, EMAT, See a Game)

(Gendered) elearning

Competence assessment and management

ZAWF

ZAWF and the WHL (Graduate School of Business and Economics)

The WHL offers mainly business related Master Courses:______________________________

Master of Business Administration (MBA), M.Sc. Management

General Management, Advanced Management

Finance and Banking

Clinical Research Management

Vocational Education (Wirtschaftspädagogik)

Currently:

around 580 students almost 590 graduates

ZAWF and the WHL (Graduate School of Business and Economics)

Part of the private AKAD network of Higher Education Institutions.

Since 1959 - Currently altogether around 9000 students

Start of the first study courses at the WHL: 1999

Department of Vocational Education

Prof. Dr. Michael Klebl Chair, Department of Vocational Education,

Prof. Dr. Bernd Remmele

Economic Education

Vice-President of the ZAWF

Christa Rothmann-Pritzkat

Administration

Dipl.- Hdl. Peter Fluhrer

Research Assistent

Goals & Interest

Gambo - Game based learning for the older

ISTUS – Social Software in adult education

Digital Classroom

New Grundtvig Partnerships (starting 2011):

focus on learning and teaching: how can we employ digital tools in learning and teaching environments?

institutional focus – educational management how do we prepare for the use of digital tools

- policy, strategy, staff

How to drive the change?

Good Morning

Jan-Peter Klemke

20th.oct.2011

Study Course Vocational Education

•4 semesters

•Focussed on education, international economics, philosophy, marked based management, political economics, academic operations

•21 Moduls

•12 Tests, 5 case studies, 5 portfolios, 2 term papers, hands-on training, master-thesis

•2-3 weeks/year training sessions in lahr