Macro level blended learning - universities cooperate successfully in online teaching

The Bavarian virtual university ( ) is a network of universities and universities of applied sciences in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. Through this network the member universities, all of them brick-and-mortar institutions for face-to-face teaching, adopt the distance mode into their programmes. The provides online-courses with an equivalent of two to six credit points (by CTS) which the member universities can integrate into their study programmes. The enables its member universities to enlarge and enrich their programmes, and it helps the students to organise their studies in a more flexible way.