Wolfgang F. Finke Libri

While the implications of the Information Age have been discussed for a number of years, the focus is now shifting to higher education and concepts for lifelong learning. The educational services needed by lifelong learners are different from traditional educational offerings: Focus is on individual learning needs and competencies to perform in complex real-life situations. While classroom instruction is still the prevalent educational concept in most of the institutions offering services to lifelong learners, there is a fast growing interest in net-based learning and teaching, and new organizational and pedagogic concepts for net-learning are required. An analysis of research in the fields of human learning and instruction leads to concepts that are used to outline a co-constructivist approach to net-pedagogy. In addition, organizational requirements for the implementation of net-based learning systems, supporting operational functions, subsystems, and roles are outlined using business process design methods and tools. Finally, IS support requirements for net-based learning are analyzed and a case study is used to demonstrate the prototype implementation of a groupware-based co-constructivist learning environment.

Die dynamische Entwicklung der Computertechnologie eröffnet bei der Gestaltung computergestützter Informationssysteme neue technische Möglichkeiten. Zentrale Grossrechner werden durch dezentrale, arbeitsplatznahe Kleincomputer ergänzt oder ersetzt. Bei der Gestaltung von Hard- und Softwaresystemen sehen sich verantwortliche Manager einem Dschungel alternativer EDV-Konzepte gegenüber. Die Arbeit entwickelt alternative Organisationsformen für verteilte ADV-Systeme, die den Rahmen für die Konzeption von Hardware, Software und Benutzerschnittstellen bieten. Ein anwendungsbezogenes Konzept zur Gestaltung computergestützter Informationssysteme unterstützt den Entscheidungsprozess auf der Ebene des Informationssystem-Managements.