Universities in Dortmund, Wuppertal and Aachen develop virtual "zeroth" semester
striving to develop a reform model so that participation in such supplementary courses can also be funded by the BaföG. The courses are to be credited to the students as additional study achievements and, if [...] s already offer a wide range of support services for first-year students, including preliminary courses, for example. However, the content is covered in a short period of time before the start of the lecture [...] beVinuS.NRW addresses these disadvantages: Through digital self-learning, students can use the courses flexibly in terms of time and location and repeat precisely the content in which they still have …