University didactics

Overview

  • Saxon University Didactics Certificate
    By participating in the certificate program, teachers expand their individual teaching skills in the areas of knowledge, professional values and the ability to act.
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  • Open course offer
    This is aimed at new and experienced lecturers from all departments and status groups who would like to develop their teaching in line with their individual goals and needs.
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  • Apprenticeship Day
    The HSZG's Teaching Day takes place once a year in May in Zittau or Görlitz and is dedicated to current topics and developments in university teaching.
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  • Teaching exchange HSZG
    This exchange format offers teachers at the HSCG topic-related impulses and the opportunity for collegial exchange.
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  • Consulting
    Daniel Winkler supports teachers of all status groups and disciplines with challenges relating to teaching and questions of teaching development.
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  • Special: Podcast
    In this episode, university didactics speakers Michael Sommer (TU Dresden) and Daniel Winkler (HSZG) talk about innovative teaching methods, coaching and what bicycles have to do with good university teaching.
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News

Vice President Maćkowiak is standing in a row with the participants in the auditorium, and they are all smiling at the camera.
07.05.2026
Learning for tomorrow at "Apprenticeship Day 2026"
The theme of Teaching Day in 2026 was: “University as a Space for Shaping a…
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Students sit in the Mechanical Engineering lab and listen to a lecturer.
15.04.2026
Shaping the future of teaching
With the funding approval for the "Find YOUR Way" project, the HSZG is…
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16.03.2026
Studying with the Saxon teaching award winner
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09.03.2026
Perspectives from committee work and teaching development
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University Didactics Officer

“

University teaching is a professional activity that requires didactic competence, professional expertise and continuous development

”
Daniel Winkler
 

Further information

Innovations in Teaching and Collaborative Projects

  • Find YOUR Way Project
    The university-wide “Find YOUR Way” project develops innovative learning ecosystems to promote future skills. The project focuses on adaptive learning environments, personalized learning paths, learning analytics, and the active involvement of students in shaping teaching and learning processes.
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  • KOM³ Academic Success Project
    The “Studienerfolg KOM³” project supports students through digital learning resources, AI-powered learning support, and innovative formats designed to foster academic and problem-solving skills. The goal is to improve academic success and strengthen digital skills.
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Completed projects

  • Digital Higher Education Project
    Digitization workshops, Digital Fellowships, Digital Change Agents
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  • Project D2C2
    Implementing digitalization in disciplines in a participatory way :: Competencies Connected
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  • Transfer plus teaching practice project
    Teaching advice, shortcuts, specialist working groups, teaching-learning projects
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  • E-AssessMINT project
    Support for self-organized e-learning processes
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  • Project thermoE
    Competence-oriented e-assessment in the STEM field
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Contact person

Photo: M.A. Daniel Winkler
Referent Hochschuldidaktik
M.A.
Daniel Winkler
daniel.winkler(at)hszg.de
University Executive Board/Education Division
02763 Zittau
Schwenninger Weg 1
Building Z VII, Room 4010
4th upper floor
+49 3583 612-4595