Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers

Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers studied English, Social Sciences and Educational Sciences at the University of Bielefeld where he finished his Ph.D. on “Quality in E-Learning” in 2003. He is now the coordinator of the “European Quality Observatory” (http://www.eqo.info) for the Department for Information Systems for Production and Operations Management at the University Duisburg-Essen. Before he has been responsible for the evaluation of the project “L³: Lifelong Learning”, in which a comprehensive infrastructure for E-Learning was developed by a consortium of 20 partners and which was led by SAP AG. In close collaboration with SAP he led the development of the L³-Quality-Strategy.

Dr. Ehlers is an internationally recognized researcher and innovator in the area of E-Learning focussing mainly on quality management. He has extensive experience in helping individuals achieving superior learning performances and has run several projects and evaluations in the field of e-learning and knowledge management as well as e-business including new-technology-consulting for small and medium sized enterprises. Dr. Ehlers developed the Learners’ Quality Model for e-learning, which is a basis for learner centred quality development in e-learning. He is the author/ publisher of several books and more than 50 articles and book chapters, has been a featured speaker at numerous international conferences throughout Europe, and is member of several national associations for e-learning and education in Germany.


Recent Publications (only English Publications):

  1. Ehlers, U.-D. (2004): Qualität im E-Learning aus Lernersicht. Grundlagen, Empirie und Modellkonzeption subjektiver Qualität. Wiesbaden
  2. Ehlers, U.-D., Gerteis, W., Holmer, T., Jung, H. (Hrsg.) (2003): E-Learning-Services im Spannungsfeld von Pädagogik, Ökonomie und Technologie. L³-Lebenslanges Lernen im Bildungsnetzwerk der Zukunft. Bielefeld
  3. Ehlers, U.-D., Gerteis, W., Holmer, T., Jung, H. (Hrsg.) (2004): E-Learning-Services in the Crossfire of Pedagogy, Economy and Technology. L³-Lifelong Learning in Future Networks. Bielefeld
  4. Ehlers, U.-D., Michel, L., Pawlowski, J.M. (erscheint vor. 06/2005): European Handbook of Quality and Standardisation in E-Learning. Thessaloniki
  5. Ehlers, U.-D., Schenkel, P. (2004): Bildungscontrolling im E-Learning. Bildungscontrolling im E-Learning. Erfolgreiche Strategien und Erfahrungen jenseits des RoI. Heidelberg (im Druck)
  6. Ehlers, U.-D., Schenkel, P. (ed.) (2004): Bildungscontrolling im E-Learning. Bildungscontrolling im E-Learning. Erfolgreiche Strategien und Erfahrungen jenseits des RoI. Heidelberg
  7. Adelsberger, H., Ehlers, U.-D., Pawlowski, J. (2003): Quality Strategy for E-Learning-Service-Providers. Proposal for the SAP-EMEA Congress 2003 in Basel. In: Conference Proceedings. Basel
  8. Ehlers, U.-D., Goertz, L. (2004): Quality in E-Learning – The European Perspective. Results of the LearnTEC 04 Workshop. In: Proceedings Learntec 2004. Karlsruhe
  9. Ehlers, U.-D. (2004): Quality in E-Learning From a Learner’s Perspective. In: Proceedings of 3. EDEN Research Workshop 03/2004, Oldenburg (Best Paper Award des EDEN Research Workshop)
  10. Ehlers, U.-D. (2004): Quality in E-Learning From a Learner’s Perspective. In: European Journal for Distance and Open Learning, eZine: http://www.eurodl.org
  11. Ehlers, U.-D. (2004): Quality in E-Learning. The Learners Perspective. In: European Journal for Vocational Education and Training. CEDEFOP. Thessaloniki.
  12. Ehlers, U.-D., Hildebrandt, B., Pawlowski, J.M., Teschler, S. (2004): The European Quality Observatory. Enhancing Quality for Tomorrow’s Learners. In Proceedings of 3. EDEN Research Workshop 03/2004, Oldenburg
  13. Ehlers, U.-D., J. M. Pawlowski (2004): Learning From Experience. Towards a Formal Model for Contextualization of Experiences for Quality Development. In: proceedings of International Conference for Advanced Learning Technologies 2004, Joeensu, Finnland
  14. Ehlers, U.-D., Pawlowski, J.M. (2003): The European Quality Observatory: Enhancing Quality in Tomorrows Education. In Proceedings of Online Educa 2003, Book of Abstracts, Berlin