THE BAVARIAN VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY - AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH FOR THE INFORMATION AGE

摘要

The Bavarian Virtual University (BVU) was founded in 2000. It supports its 31 member universities in providing high quality e-learning courses for a growing number of students of higher education. Like its member universities, the BVU is almost fully financed by the Bavarian Ministry of Education. Its aim is to share academic knowledge and thus to increase cooperation between its member institutions in the field of net-based education. The courses offered derive from almost all disciplines; law, medical sciences, business studies and key qualification courses are the most popular of these. All BVU courses run completely online, thus facilitating their exchange among the member universities. However, the aim is not to replace but to complement the offerings of the traditional universities. Students obtain credit points in the courses, but they achieve their degrees at their home universities as the BVU does not offer complete degree programmes.