Iversity

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Iversity is an online education platform. iversity offers online courses in the field of higher education and further education, so-called MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Course ). Enrollment in the courses is free of charge. The languages ​​of instruction for the partly bilingual courses are mostly German and English. iversity works with individual professors and lecturers as well as with various European universities to produce the courses. Some of the courses offered were selected in 2013 as part of a competition. The MOOC platform iversity.org went online in October 2013. iversity now has 600,000 users, cooperates with 41 universities and has so far offered 63 courses (as of February 2015). The company has branches in Bernau near Berlin and Berlin . The company filed for bankruptcy in June 2016 . On August 9, 2016, it was announced that the Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH publishing group was taking over iversity as part of a restructuring . In the future, iversity wants to concentrate on further training offers for companies.

history

  • In 2008 the founder Jonas Liepmann developed a beta version of the iversity platform
  • In 2011 iversity GmbH was founded and Hannes Klöpper joined as the second managing director.
  • In 2012, a MOOC platform was developed in addition to the un.iversity learning management system
  • In spring 2013, iversity, together with the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, announced the “MOOC Production Fellowship”, a competition for online courses. A jury selected the 10 best MOOC ideas from 250 suggestions. The winners received € 25,000 for producing their courses.
  • In October 2013, iversity.org was relaunched as a platform for online teaching. The course change took place with 10 online courses and 115,000 registered users.
  • In January 2014, students took the first paid classroom exams on iversity.org at the company's partner universities, which is how iversity achieved its first sales.
  • One year after the relaunch, in October 2014, iversity's total funding increased to more than € 5 million.
  • In June 2016, iversity files for bankruptcy.
  • In August 2016, iversity was taken over by the Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH publishing group .

Courses

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) contain visual elements (course videos, animations, graphics), interactive elements (simulations) and written materials (scientific articles). All elements can be viewed as often as required. Teachers and students can interact with each other in discussion forums. With quizzes, teachers can check the success of the learners. Most courses on iversity.org end with an exam or a final project. Exams can be carried out on-site or online as a remotely supervised exam. Students at iversity.org can choose between different study paths with which they can acquire different certificates. There are costs for some certificates. Universities that offer courses on iversity.org can award ECTS points for passing them. This enables students to have credits earned online count towards their face-to-face study. ECTS credits are used by all European universities. A certificate with ECTS credit points is usually issued after passing an attendance test.

In the course production, iversity works with European universities and individual university lecturers. The teachers produce their own MOOC with technical support from the platform operator. iversity works with the following institutions and organizations, among others:

Business model

iversity generates its revenue from the sale of certificates that students receive after successfully completing their courses. These courses are offered to all types of learners, including college students or employees. Thanks to the ECTS integration, students can have courses credited towards their on-site study. iversity was able to raise € 5 million in venture capital. The investors are T-Venture , bmp media investors, BFB Frühphasenfonds, Masoud Kamali, Westtech Ventures, CRALS, Peter Zühlsdorf and Kontor B45. Jörg Dräger and Édouard Husson are members of the iversity advisory board .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lomas, Natasha in Tech Crunch Online: Berlin-Based iversity Relaunches As MOOCs Platform, Sets Its Sights On Becoming The Coursera Of Europe , March 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Schmidt, Marion in Die Zeit: Digital lecture snacks revolutionize education , June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ Stüber, Jürgen in Berliner Morgenpost: Moocs - the new educational television from the university March 11, 2013
  4. ↑ Arte: "iversity - the truly global university" ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , May 27, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.arte.tv
  5. ↑ Fowler, Nina in Venture Village: “Europe's MOOC experiment accelerates in Berlin” ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 15 October 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / venturevillage.eu
  6. ↑ Blando, Stefano in Cronata Diretta: "E-learnig: L'università italiana in prima linea con i MOOC" , January 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ Mulki, Muhammad Adil in Tribune Pakistan: "Online Courses: Ready to be MOOCed?" , July 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Lomas, Natasha in Tech Crunch: “Europe's iversity Launches 1st MOOCs With 100k + Students & Curriculum Of 24 Courses” , October 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ Cologne University of Applied Sciences: "UN and global university network offer online courses on environmental disasters and climate change" , December 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ Haberger, Denise / von Kieter, Ann-Christin in UNICUM: "MOOC: Online courses for the university from home" ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 20, 2015.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.unicum.de
  11. ^ Schuetze, Christopher in New York Times: "European Universities Catch the Online Wave" , September 22, 2013.
  12. ↑ Lupke-Narberhaus, Frauke in Der Spiegel Online: "Videos in the competition: Where is the best Mooc?" , June 22, 2013.
  13. ↑ ZDF heute-Nachrichten: “The web is turning into a lecture hall”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , June 24, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.heute.de  
  14. ↑ Lomas, Natasha in Tech Crunch: “Europe's iversity Launches 1st MOOCs With 100k + Students & Curriculum Of 24 Courses” , October 14, 2013.
  15. ↑ Winkler, Kirsten in: Edcetera: "Lessons from the iversity Launch" ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , October 16, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / edcetera.rafter.com
  16. ↑ STP Portal GmbH, Insolvency Portal: Online teaching platform iversity insolvent | Bankruptcy Portal. In: app.insolvenz-portal.de. Retrieved July 8, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Natasha Lomas: Online learning platform iversity gets a lifeline from Holtzbrinck media group. In: TechCrunch. Retrieved August 10, 2016 .
  18. ^ Grossman, Sara in The Chronicle of Higher Education: American MOOC Providers Face International Competition , July 5, 2013.
  19. ↑ Wired Academic: "5 Questions With An EdTech Startup: Hannes Klöpper of Berlin-based MOOC provider 'iversity'" ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , July 4, 2013.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wiredacademic.com
  20. ^ Fowler, Nina in Venture Village: "Online education platform iversity raises funding from T-Venture and new CEO" ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 16, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / venturevillage.eu
  21. ↑ iversity: "Press Release: iversity creates Advisory Board" , December 18, 2013.
  22. ↑ Weigert, Martin in Netzwertig: "Two years later - hot startups from Berlin and what has become of them" , January 29, 2014.
  23. ^ Fowler, Nina in Venture Village: "Professors, want to teach online? Berlin's Iversity offers ten € 25,000 MOOC fellowships ” ( Memento of the original from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 11th March 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / venturevillage.eu
  24. ↑ Blumenstyk, Goldie in The Chronicle of Higher Education: “Company Offers Cash Prizes to Lure Professors to Teach MOOCs,” April 25, 2013.
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  26. ↑ Lomas, Natasha in Tech Crunch: "European Online Education Startup, iversity, Gets ~ 500k Course Sign-Ups In First 4-Months" , February 19, 2014.
  27. ↑ Alexander, Kay in Edukwest: "iversity Nears 500,000 Enrollments" , February 20, 2014.
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  33. ↑ iversity: "User Interaction: What learning at iversity looks like" , October 13, 2013.
  34. ↑ iversity: "What learning at iversity looks like: Breaking down the 90 minute lecture" , September 26, 2013.
  35. ↑ Kraft-Linder, Annalisa in Daily Finance: "MOOCs: What's A Great College Class Worth When It's Free?" ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 16, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dailyfinance.com
  36. ↑ Winkler, Kirsten in Edcetera: "Verified Certificates - MOOC's Money Maker or Anachronism?" ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 24, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / edcetera.rafter.com
  37. ↑ Strobel, Marisa in M-Magazin: “Virtual learning with MOOCs” ( Memento of the original from February 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 5, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.m-magazin.net
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  40. ↑ iversity: "Online Education Platform iversity.org On The Road To Success" , February 19, 2014.