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Open DC
A Global Service Offered to Universities
Whether it is the ERASMUS-Student from Norway, the DAAD scholarship holder from Indonesia or the researcher from the U.S. wanting to visit a German university, all these academics have one common interest: for questions on their visit to the German university their first contact will be the International Office. To meet the needs of these target groups as well as to ensure that they arrive well prepared, Freie Universität Berlin developed the online coaching platform Distributed Campus.
This highly effective innovative technology is being made available with the transmission model Open DC for the entire German academic landscape.
Open DC Offers the Following Advantages for the International Office at Your University:
- online illustration of offline preparation steps
- materials tailored to a student’s specific needs
- simple updating options independent from time and place
- direct and fast communication with the target group
- structured monitoring of students‘ work progress
- combining target groups allows for individual and prompt support
- use of one central platform for all involved staff and international students/scholars
- promoting a positive image of the university by use of innovative technology
- parallel use of administration tools, such as student data pools or study management systems.
The coordinator for the ERASMUS program at Freie Universität points out: “By using Open DC, our international students can already enter the university virtually before their actual arrival. So they feel ‘more welcomed’.”
The International Academic Clientele Will Benefit from the Following:
- extensive information concerning all relevant academic and cross-cultural topics
- the information provided is up-to-date and reliable
- individual and personalized checklists
- interactive elements that allow ratings and comments (Web 2.0)
- integrated German modules to refine language skills
An American exchange student at Freie Universität ads: „I am absolutely obsessed with the Distributed Campus web portal! I think that it’s a brilliant idea and it is helping me so much already! I feel a lot more prepared for Germany than before I began using this great tool!”
