Sowohl für die etablierten als auch für potenzielle neue Akteure im Bildungswesen ist gegenwärtig eine systematische Planung bzw. Analyse ihrer Aktivitäten angesichts der sich wandelnden Wertschöpfungs- und Wettbewerbsstrukturen von hoher Relevanz. Peter Weber zeigt in dieser Arbeit...

Der Arbeitsmarkt ist in einem ständigen Wandel. Die fortschreitende Digitalisierung sowie zunehmende Fachkräfteengpässe machen es für Unternehmen unerlässlich, kontinuierlich in die Qualifizierung ihrer Mitarbeitenden zu investieren. Die Investition in Aus- und Weiterbildung ist notwendig...

Assumingly very few sectors of society can avoid the digital transformation, which has been storming in the recent years. Despite of the digitalization being a global mega trend and an essence to survive in the modern world, it seems that many entities are still struggling in initiating the...

This volume was prepared by Constantin Mang while he was working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes a short introduction and four self-contained chapters that focus on ICT...

Future workplaces require collaboration skills in which members of different work communities use technologies to solve complex problems. Vocational education and training (VET) programs need to meet the challenge to prepare students to be part of a competent workforce. Particularly initial...

An der Universität Münster (WWU) im Ganzen als auch an der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät (Fachbereich 4, FB4) im Besonderen sind verschiedene Ziele rund um die Digitalisierung der Lehre strategisch verankert. Die Bachelorarbeit [Hüm18] widmete sich der Frage, wie es um die...

Challenging and volatile economic environment forced enterprises to seek alternative ways to optimize the cost and time needed to train their employees in adoption of new skills and technologies. Effective training shortens the time new skills are applied in practice, which results in shorter...

We present experimental evidence on the impact of a technology-aided after-school instruction program on learning outcomes in middle school grades in urban India, using a lottery that provided students with a voucher to cover program costs. A key feature of the program was its ability to...

Though online technology has generated excitement about its potential to increase access to education, most research has focused on comparing student performance across online and in-person formats. We provide the first evidence that online education affects the number of people pursuing formal...

This paper investigates the models and acceptability of e-learning to the emerging student markets for higher education institutions (HEIs) from the more developed countries (MDCs) and seeks to evaluate the differing models of delivery from a practical and a socio-economic perspective. The...

Der vorliegende Technical Report berichtet über technische und inhaltliche Entwicklungen sowie Einsatzerfahrungen aus dem zweiten Projektjahr des Projekts "Bildungsgerechtigkeit im Fokus, Teilprojekt 1.2 - Blended Learning". Der Report gibt einen Überblick über die Erweiterungen, die am...