User:Elearningresearcher/openhpi

openHPI is a platform for massive open online courses (MOOC) in the field of computer science and information technology. It is hosted at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam (HPI), Germany. openHPI is open for everyone, participation is free of costs. Everybody can register and enroll for courses without any prerequisites. openHPI’s courses are derived from HPI’s bachelor and master programs in IT system engineering and cover both foundations of information technology and highly topical innovations.

The course languages are English and German. Courses follow the same educational scenario: The subject domain is split up into six weekly units. For each week, video lectures, reading materials, and quizzes are produced and presented in a learning sequence. Discussion forums are set up for each week, and actively moderated by the teaching team. Learning progress is assessed through self-tests that can be taken an indefinite number of times, and homework, where points are granted and collected for the final score, required for obtaining the certificate. After a course ends, materials stay available in archive mode.

The platform started in September 2012 and until now 3 courses have been offered.
 * "In-Memory Data Management" (English) taught by Prof. Hasso Plattner (13,126 enrolled participants, 2137 certificates granted).
 * "Internetworking with TCP/IP" (German) taught by Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel (9891 enrolled participants, 1635 certificates granted).
 * "Semantic web technologies" (English) taught by Dr. Harald Sack.

Upcoming courses deal with Data Management with SQL, the World Wide Web and Business Process Technology.