Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!dww From: dww@math.fu-berlin.de (Debora Weber-Wulff) Newsgroups: comp.society.futures Subject: Re: studies from home (?) Message-ID: Date: 11 Mar 91 16:41:28 GMT References: <9103051025.AA23216@ccipeg.UUCP> Sender: news@math.fu-berlin.de (Math Department) Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany Lines: 22 In Germany there is a University called the Fernuniversitaet in Hagen that offers home studies in almost all traditional subjects. You get the lectures and workbooks sent to you and send in your homework once a week. There are "study centers" located in a number of places around the country, where you go for exams, counseling, coffee, etc. The programs are *rough* - you have to spend a lot of time working on them. I have examined the CS program, and I find it quite good. I would certainly hire a CS graduate from Hagen - especially as they must be competent in reading and writing! Some other institutes offer special courses (teacher training in media or such) by mail as well. It's a great way to get a degree while your kids are growing up, or after work (in order to get out some day :-) ). Not many universities (over here) hold classes after Feierabend (6 pm). -- Debora Weber-Wulff snail: FU Berlin, ZI Fachdidaktik, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, W-1000 Berlin 33 email: weberwu@inf.fu-berlin.de, dww@math.fu-berlin.de