Hasso Plattner Institute Launches Worldwide Educational Web Platform "Open HPI"
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Posted on July 31, 2012 at 7:07:01 AM
Hasso Plattner Institute Launches Worldwide Educational Web Platform "Open HPI"
BERLIN, July 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
The German Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) plans to offer free online courses starting
in September for all who are interested. As a forerunner in Europe, the Institute would
like to make worldwide interactive online courses, taught by its computer science
professors, available via the Internet platform http://www.openHPI.de. The courses
will be offered in English. To take part, it is only necessary to be registered at the
"openHPI" portal. There are no admission restrictions for the online courses, which are
embedded in a social learning network. Those who have mastered the material have the
possibility to take a final exam on the Internet and receive a certificate.
The first course is to be conducted at the beginning of September by Prof. Hasso
Plattner, founder of HPI and co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the
software giant SAP. The course lasts two months and provides an introduction to the
revolutionary new In-Memory Database Technology. This was researched at HPI starting in
2007 under Plattner's direction and then successfully implemented together with SAP.
Called In-Memory Data Management, this innovation enables the flexible evaluation of huge
amounts of data to be carried out with lightning speed. HPI estimates that there will be
several thousand participants in Plattner's worldwide-accessible online course. Open HPI
will gradually be expanding its online course offerings over time.
"Learners first work independently on the course subjects, with the help of learning
videos, discussing them with other course members and instructors on the Internet. At the
same time, they check their progress based on the provided self-tests," explained HPI
director Prof. Christoph Meinel. Up to now, the HPI in Potsdam, a city close to Berlin,
has offered thousands of video recordings through its own platform
http://www.tele-task.de and via Apples iTunes U.
HPI Spokesman Hans-Joachim Allgaier, Tel. +49-331-5509119,
presse@hpi.uni-potsdam.de
Source: HPI Hasso-Plattner-Institut
BERLIN, July 31, 2012/PRNewswire/ --
The German Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) plans to offer free online courses starting
in September for all who are interested. As a forerunner in Europe, the Institute would
like to make worldwide interactive online courses, taught by its computer science
professors, available via the Internet platform http://www.openHPI.de. The courses
will be offered in English. To take part, it is only necessary to be registered at the
"openHPI" portal. There are no admission restrictions for the online courses, which are
embedded in a social learning network. Those who have mastered the material have the
possibility to take a final exam on the Internet and receive a certificate.
The first course is to be conducted at the beginning of September by Prof. Hasso
Plattner, founder of HPI and co-founder and chairman of the supervisory board of the
software giant SAP. The course lasts two months and provides an introduction to the
revolutionary new In-Memory Database Technology. This was researched at HPI starting in
2007 under Plattner's direction and then successfully implemented together with SAP.
Called In-Memory Data Management, this innovation enables the flexible evaluation of huge
amounts of data to be carried out with lightning speed. HPI estimates that there will be
several thousand participants in Plattner's worldwide-accessible online course. Open HPI
will gradually be expanding its online course offerings over time.
"Learners first work independently on the course subjects, with the help of learning
videos, discussing them with other course members and instructors on the Internet. At the
same time, they check their progress based on the provided self-tests," explained HPI
director Prof. Christoph Meinel. Up to now, the HPI in Potsdam, a city close to Berlin,
has offered thousands of video recordings through its own platform
http://www.tele-task.de and via Apples iTunes U.
HPI Spokesman Hans-Joachim Allgaier, Tel. +49-331-5509119,
presse@hpi.uni-potsdam.de
Source: HPI Hasso-Plattner-Institut