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E-Learning for Small and Medium Sized Companies
With more than a thousand HFE institutions to its name, the Berlin region is well equipped in the higher and further education sector. The comprehensive range of courses on offer, however, has been geared primarily to classical forms of instruction.
E-learning is largely confined to in-house use at large corporations, which have all the resources necessary for setting up and running the associated infrastructure.
In responding to a society that puts an increasingly high premium on knowledge and learning, an alliance of Berlin technologists and further education providers has set out to revamp the image of regional e-learning for users and providers alike. Launched under the banner: Berlin – City of Knowledge, the campaign is supported by grants from the EU Structural Funds (EFRE). One of its key elements involves the development of a cost-effective technology platform aimed at promoting the gradual introduction of e-learning into small and medium-sized firms.
The core team
The core members of the Alliance are Condat AG, Cornelsen Verlag, the Berlin Chamber of Commerce, e.V., and the “Future Project” , a regional initiative of the Berlin Senate (Department for Economics, Labour and Women`s Issues). Condat AG has been developing systemic integration solutions since 1979 and is an established supplier of technology in the area of e-learning. Cornelsen Verlag, founded in Berlin in 1946, is one of the leading educational publishers in Germany. Its publishing programme ranges from textbooks and specialised literature to HFE seminars, multi-media software, and e-learning products. e.V. is an association of IT companies and scientific institutions from across the region of Berlin/Brandenburg, all engaged in establishing XML as a base technology.
Strategic objectives
- the provision of an attractive framework within which education providers can operate
- the establishment of a service-based infrastructure
- the creation of prototypical programmes in the area of foreign languages
- the promotion of knowledge transfer
- the establishment of an integrated network of HFE providers in the Berlin region
- the embedding of e-learning approaches and methodologies
- the support of activities aimed at standardising teaching and learning methods
Contact
Rainer Thiem, Dr. Joachim Quantz, e.V., Kleiststrasse 23-26, 10787 Berlin, Tel.: +49/30/210 01 407, e-mail: info@xmlcityberlin.de, 
www.xmlcityberlin.de.
