Activities

Since 2022/23 the competition „AVRiL – Gelungene Lernszenarien“ of the Arbeitskreises VR/AR-Learning of the Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) (https://ak-vrarl.gi.de/) with

• a Prize for the winner, and
• a special prize for the submission, that particularly meets the criteria of independent, self-directed, and co-operative learning independent from place and time.

The results of the 2023 competition are announced at: https://ak-vrarl.gi.de/wettbewerb-avril/detail/ergebnisse-avril-2023-gelungene-vr-ar-lernszenarien

The competition „AVRiL 2024 — Gelungene VR/AR-Lernszenarien“ is launched at: https://ak-vrarl.gi.de/wettbewerb-avril/detail/avril20

The Foundation has Funded and Supported

Research in Open and Distance Learning

• In the position as Chief-Editor of EURODL, the European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning from 2014 through 2020
  https://old.eurodl.org/?p=archives and
  https://sciendo.com/journal/eurodl?tab=aims-scope
• Through the edition of the ASF-Series on Distance Education at Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. All volumes are available as e-books at:
  https://uol.de/c3l/forschung/publikationen/asf-serie

• Awards and Prizes

  between 2008 and 2021 granting the EDEN Best Research Paper Award http://www.eden-online.org/publications/best-research-papers.html and

  between 2016 and 2021 the EDEN Young Scholar Grants https://www.eden-online.org/recognition/awards/

Publication of Research in Open and Distance Learning

• Andras Szücs & Ulrich Bernath (Eds.) (2011). Best of EDEN 2010. The best research papers presented at the 2010 EDEN Conferences. Budapest: EDEN Secretariat, 136 pp.
• Thomas Hülsmann & Ulrich Bernath (2010). Knowledge Management as Professional Development: The Case of the MDE. In J. Liebowitz& M.S. Frank (Eds.) Knowledge Management and E-Learning. Boca Raton, FL: Auerbach Publications Taylor & Francis Group, pp. 253 – 271 [PDF] http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781439837252/
• Ulrich Bernath, Andras Szücs, Alan Tait, Martine Vidal (2009). Distance and E-learning in Transition – Learning Innovation, Technology and Social Challenges. London and Hoboken, N.J.: ISTE Ltd and John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 857 pp.
• Ulrich Bernath, Taiga Brahm, Dieter Euler, Sabine Seufert (2008). EFMD CEL Programme Accreditation for Technology-Enhanced Learning – Lessons Learned. In International Journal of Excellence in e-Learning, Vol 1(2), 24 pp.
• Ulrich Bernath/Martine Vidal (2007). „The Theories and the Theorists: Why Theory is Important for Research“ with Børje Holmberg, Michael Graham Moore, and Otto Peters. In Distances & Savois Vol 5(3), pp. 427 – 458 http://ds.revuesonline.com (Vol 5, No. 3)
• Ulrich Bernath/Wolfgang Fichten (2007). Das Weiterbildungsprojekt „Psychologische Gesundheitsförderung für Fachkräfte im Gesundheitswesen“: Innovation, Transformation, Wirkung“. In GdW-Ph 67 März 2007 (Grundlagen der Weiterbildung – Praxishilfen, Ergänzungslieferung Nr. 67, Art.-Nr. 50521/März 2007, 22 S.), Luchterhand/Wolters Kluwer
• Ulrich Bernath & Albert Sangrà (Eds.)(2007). Research on competence development in online distance education and e-learning – Selected papers from the 4th EDEN Research Workshop in Castelldefels/Spain, October 25 – 28, 2006. Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag https://uol.de/c3l/forschung/publikationen/asf-serie
• Wolfgang Fichten/Ulrich Bernath (2007). Struktur, Dialog und Autonomie in Medien vermitteltem Unterricht. In F. Linderkamp & M. Grünke (Hrsg). Lern- und Verhaltensstörungen – Genese, Diagnostik & Intervention. Weinheim, Basel: Beltz Verlag, S. 349 – 364