Michael E. Auer

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Michael E. Auer (born 1948 in Weimar) is a German computer scientist and engineering educator and professor at the Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria. He is the head of the Center of Competence (CoC) Online Laboratories at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences and serves as President of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES) until 2018. In June 2006, Michael Auer was elected as President and CEO of the International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE). He is founder and chair of the annual International Conference Interactive Computer aided Learning (ICL) in Villach / Austria, chair of the steering committee of the annual International Conference Remote Engineering and Virtual Instrumentation (REV). Under his guidance, international teams developed a Joint European Master Study Program Remote Engineering (EU project MARE) and a Joint European Bachelor Study Program Information Technology (EU project BIT2010). He is editor-in-chief of the International Journals of Online Engineering (iJOE), Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), and Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM). He also acts as an associated editor for Middle and Eastern Europe of the European Journal of Open and Distance Learning (EURODL). Michael E. Auer received his Ing. degree (1971) and his Ph.D.…

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