Authors:
Daniel Staegemann
1
;
René Degenkolbe
1
;
Stefan Weidner
2
;
Robert Häusler
1
;
Vinzent Lange
1
and
Klaus Turowski
1
Affiliations:
1
MRCC VLBA, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Universitaetsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
;
2
SAP University Competence Center Magdeburg, Universitaetsplatz 12, 39104 Magdeburg, Germany
Keyword(s):
Education, Platform, Software Development, Prototype, Scenarios, Use Cases, Open Source, OER, BIRD.
Abstract:
In today’s knowledge-driven world, the competences of its citizens have turned into one of the most valuable resources a country can build its success upon. Hence, it is of extremely high importance to not only provide high-quality education, but to also make life-long learning as convenient as possible. This is the main idea behind the national education platform the German government intends to establish. With that goal in mind, momentarily, a prototypical implementation is being developed in a project called BIRD. The publication at hand outlines four possible scenarios: classical learning environment, simulation games, extracurricular certifications, digitization of administrative processes. The contribution is therefore twofold, to disseminate the project as well as to provide a basis for discussion that might lead to additional or related scenarios.