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Methods

Freie Universität Berlin's advanced graduate degree program East European Studies Online combines online self study with full-time attendance periods (mostly in Berlin) - it is thus a distance learning program with on-site elements

The e-learning part of the program works with an online learning management system (Blackboard). Participants receive a password that enables them to enter this learning environment. Communication with instructors and fellow students takes place via email. Blackboard works best with Windows (98 upwards) and the Internet Explorer (5.5 or later versions).

In-house classes serve to get to know one another in person and to deepen particular points of interest in more traditional ways of teaching like seminars, lectures, or discussions. They offer the welcome chance to meet the other students, the instructors as well as the program team in person. Classes start on Monday morning and last till Friday evening.

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