Virtual Education in Business Information Systems ( VAWI ) - facilitating collaborative development processes using the Essen Learning

This paper focuses on the installation of a virtual education in business information systems (VAWI), using innovative ICT-concepts and -technologies. We start with the description of the organizational background of the VAWI-project. Furthermore, we introduce conceptual approach concerning the integrated, web-based environment for the participants of the VAWI-project as well as the resulting course of study, i.e., managers, administrators, developers, teachers, and students. In the second part, the Essen Learning Model (ELM) is presented as a potential approach to support the VAWI-project. ELM describes a multi-level development model for computer supported learning environments. We focus on the specification of metadata to enable reuse, recombination, and recontextualization of learning objects. Subsequently, present an example of a web-based simulation course, utilizing the Essen Learning Model respectively the ELM-Application.