distance learning

Erfurt (GER), August 2024 - Top athletes from all over the world competed at the Olympic Games in Paris, with the German team comprising 427 members - 211 women and 216 men. More than 30 of them study at IU International University of Applied Sciences (IU), the largest university in Germany with more than 130,000 students. Among them are football stars such as Giulia Gwinn, Klara Bühl, Sydney Lohmann, Lea Schüller, and Nicole Anyomi.

Islamabad (PAK), April 2024 - The 37th AAOU Annual Conference will be hosted by Allama Iqbal Open University in Islamabad, Pakistan, 15-17 October 2024. The theme of the conference is "Expanding Horizons: Innovations in Open and Distance Learning". The call for papers and Early Bird registrations are open.

Bonn, November 2023 - Angesichts rasanter technologischer Entwicklungen und einer umfassenden Digitalisierung von Gesellschaft und Arbeitswelt gewinnt lebensbegleitendes Lernen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Nichtakademische und hochschulische Bildungsangebote in Form von Distance Learning/Distance Education bieten dabei ein etabliertes didaktisches Format, um (Weiter-)Bildung mit Erwerbstätigkeit, familiären Verpflichtungen oder aber auch Einschränkungen in der Mobilität vereinbaren zu können.

Washington, DC (USA), October 2022 - The United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) interviewed Dr. Beverly D. Hill, Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ira C. Eaker Center for Leadership Development. She previously served as Eaker's Chief, Institutional Effectiveness. A retired USAF Chief Master Sergeant, Dr. Hill's expertise is in curriculum, organizational, and professional development, where she serves daily as a reliable, committed teammate who goes the distance for the Eaker team. "I am passionate about bettering the community and the families therein, particularly our youth," says this active USDLA member from Macon, Georgia.