Content Management Of Guiding Texts With Xml Topic Maps

Abstract

The authors define the use of internet-based information and communication technologies as a key qualification for students of all disciplines. In this essay, they describe a project that the Department of Education at the University of Heidelberg has been carrying out since 2001. Here, students of the humanities and social sciences are trained as "learning advisors" who acquire the necessary knowledge as multipliers. The participants work out xml-based contents in a self-directed way according to the "guiding text method". This requires the acquisition of information technology skills, which is a focal point alongside the development of a (both technical and social) network.