Börje Holmberg
Börje Holmberg (born March 22, 1924 in Malmö ) is a Swedish educator.
Life
He studied English, German, Romance studies and education at Lund University and received his doctorate in 1956. Holmberg worked for over 19 years in the field of distance learning at Hermods in Sweden. From 1956 to 1965 he held the position of director of education. In 1966 he was appointed General Director of the Hermods Foundation, until his resignation in 1975. In 1976 he became Professor of Distance Learning Methodology and Director of the Institute for Distance Learning Research at the FernUniversität in Hagen . In 1995 he became planning president of the new private FernFachhochschule Darmstadt (now Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule ).
Awards and honors
- Knight 1st class of the Wasa Order
- Knight 1st class of the Finnish Order of the White Rose
- Honorary doctorate from the Open University
- Honorary Doctorate from Deakin University
- Member of the Royal Physiographic Society in Lund
Fonts (selection)
- James Douglas on English pronunciation c. 1740 . Lund 1956, OCLC 186689894 .
- About the teaching methods in distance learning . Hamburg 1962, OCLC 73637270 .
- Research into distance education. Distance learning and distance learning research . Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 363144270X .
- Distance education and languages. Evolution and change . Clevedon 2005, ISBN 1-85359-776-7 .
literature
- as editors Gerhard E. Ortner , Kurt Graff and Harald Wilmersdoerfer: Distance education as two-way communication. Essays in honor of Börje Holmberg . Frankfurt am Main 1992, ISBN 3631453590 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holmberg, Börje |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish educator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Malmo |