University didactics in transfer

The Higher Education Pedagogy Treasure Chest offers you an overview of great ideas. You’ll find inspiration, information, and guidance on various areas of higher education pedagogy (including efficient class / course planning, assessment, professional class / course delivery, and learning portfolios), as well as information on e-books, books, blogs, and more. The materials come from universities, well-known websites, or professionals in the field of higher education pedagogy.

Link: https://hochschuldidaktik-online.de/hochschuldidaktik-schatzkiste/

Here you will find a project database. You can use it to search for and find projects in Saxony related to e-learning.

Visit the website:
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/portal/parentpage/projekte/best-practice-matrix/

The Digital Learning Map showcases teaching and learning scenarios that utilize digital media and are implemented at German universities. Use this collection to find inspiration for new ideas, get in touch with the contact persons, or share your own practical examples.

Visit the website: www.e-teaching.org/community/digital-learning-map

Since September 1, 2019, the Saxon State Ministry of Science and the Arts (SMWK) has been supporting a total of 43 Digital Fellows who integrate innovative digital concepts into their teaching and thus lead by example in digital higher education in Saxony.

Visit the website:
https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/portal/parentpage/projekte/digital-fellowships/digital-fellows-stellen-sich-vor/

Three brochures on the topics:
- Increasing flexibility and versatility with digital teaching and learning materials,
- More feedback for better teaching & possibilities of e-assessment and
- Supporting communication and collaboration with digital media

available at: http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-217606

Here you'll find tips and ideas for future-oriented teaching.

Visit the website: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/impulse/

Throughout Saxony, higher education pedagogues and media educators from Lehrpraxis im Transfer plus, Digital Higher Education Saxony, and the HDS office are currently providing digital resources to support you in this process.

Below you will find a website that is continuously updated:
https://www.hd-sachsen.de/web/page.php?id=1325

Through its “Teaching Hacks” series, the Saxony Center for Higher Education Pedagogy (HDS) makes examples of digital teaching practices available as sources of inspiration.

As part of each “hack,” university instructors from across Saxony describe how they have overcome various pedagogical challenges related to online teaching or how they have learned to deal with them. They often highlight solutions that are easy to implement.

The recorded keynote presentations are available here.

You can find the Hacks at:
https://video.mz.test.tu-dresden.de/album/view/aid/12

The annual conference of the German Society for Higher Education Diactics (DGHD) takes place every year in March. The event includes interesting poster sessions and a transfer market. In order to promote exchange beyond the local borders of the event, some sessions are now also accessible online.

Further information: www.dghd2020.de/poster

"Lessons Learned III" Focus Conference — Spin-offs of Digital Teaching Experiences

When the first suspicions arose in March 2020 that the coronavirus might become a problem in Germany, anyone who predicted that the resulting pandemic would lead to at least three semesters conducted almost entirely online would likely have been considered crazy.

The “Lessons Learned” Focus Conference is therefore intended to present concepts, discuss successes as well as failures, offer suggestions, and provide examples that can be adapted for participants’ own courses.

Link: https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/25243189249/CourseNode/91449070526132?5

Reviews:

• FOKUS CONFERENCE “LESSONS LEARNED II” – SPIN-OFFS OF DIGITAL TEACHING EXPERIENCES
  Link to the recap: https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/die-fakultaet/news/fokus-konferenz-lessons-learned-ii-spin-offs-digitaler-lehrerfahrungen

• Tested, good, limitless: New academic journal on e-learning concepts to be published in Dresden
  Link:https://tu-dresden.de/ing/maschinenwesen/die-fakultaet/news/getestet-gut-grenzenlos-neues-fachjournal-fuer-e-learning-konzepte-wird-in-dresden-veroeffentlicht

• The first “Lessons Learned” focus conference at TU Dresden took place on October 14 and 15 and served to present concepts, discuss successes as well as failures, offer suggestions, and adapt examples for use in our own events. The main presentations are available online as YouTube recordings—perhaps there are one or two interesting examples in there for us as well:

Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zoqsN8FxPI

Opening

A. Brosius, J. Hoffmann – Manufacturing Technology – This Time Without a Hands-On Component

Y. Kyosev – Experience report on the development of the learning studio at the Chair of “Assembly Technology for Textile Products”

Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzRoSJuHmgQ

K. Eckert - MW-VNT-36 (Recycling): Concept / Experiences

Th. Schmidt – Today Is Yesterday’s Tomorrow, or: How Things Kept Turning Out Differently

Video 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh20qDKG79M

H. Kuerten, R. Slakhorst - Online Education in Mechanical Engineering at TU Eindhoven: Experiences & Challenges

D. Bernstein, M. Schuster, M. Beitelschmidt - Introduction and Student Evaluation of Digital Learning Formats in Two Methodological Foundational Courses in Mechanics

M. Kuhtz, R. Kupfer, C. Kirvel, N. Modler, M. Gude - The Practical in the Virtual – Digital Teaching at ILK

A. Ehrenhofer – Lecture/Learning Videos with and without a Script

Video 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr2yl6-3yV8

C. Thomas - Online Teaching, or: “How I Can Connect with Students from a Distance”

M. Fiedler, B. Spak – A Comparison of Digital Tools and Options for Lectures in Undergraduate Studies

Video 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLrWQ5kpVPE

M. Beitelschmidt, Z. Wang - Engineering Kit for Experimental Labs@home

F. Arnold, J.-O. Joswig - PC3Lab@Home: An Individualized Computer Lab in Physical Chemistry

S. Odenbach, J. Morich, L. Selzer – A Lab Course Without In-Person Sessions – Is That Possible?

Video 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py2JuFUyBS0

U. Gebhardt, M. Schuster, M. Beitelschmidt, T. Wallmersperger, J. Fröhlich, S. Odenbach, M. Kästner - Digital Lecture Seminar

B. Kruppke, H.-P. Wiesmann – Anonymous, Procrastination, and the Zoom Diplom

Video 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g97dHxCeKZ8

B. Schlecht, T. Rosenlöcher - Possibilities and Limitations of Digital Teaching and Testing in the Foundational Course “Machine Elements”

E. Dohmen, A. Lange, B. Kraus, S. Sturm, S. Odenbach – Online Exams with OPAL, ONYX, and MAXIMA – Opportunities and Limitations

As part of the TUD “E-Learning Gem” competition, students and faculty members were invited to nominate e-learning concepts and content that were created by instructors with exceptional passion and dedication during the COVID-19 semester.

Link: https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/organisation/rektorat/prorektor-bildung/zill/e-learning/corona/e-learning-schmuckstueck

• Final Report on the BRIDGING Project

  The extensive BRIDGING research project, “Digital Higher Education Concepts—University Consortia—Academic Disciplines,” concluded on September 30, 2020. The final report, now published, provides—grounded in existing research findings—answers to research questions regarding the transfer of digital higher education concepts to academic disciplines within the context of higher education consortia. Based on an interview study—in which several stakeholders from the Saxon community also participated—the report identifies both disciplinary dimensions of differentiation in connection with digital teaching, as well as food for thought for higher education consortia and a reflective model of multidirectional transfer processes as a translation and interface task. The final publication can be found here: https://tore.tuhh.de/handle/11420/8855

• Myths About Digital Transformation in Higher Education
  “Most universities will disappear… In-person instruction is set to be abolished… Digitalization makes instructors obsolete… Digital teaching does not count toward teaching load… Digitalization restricts academic freedom… Digital natives have absorbed digital skills with their mother’s milk… Discursive formats aren’t possible digitally… Digital skills are more important than teaching skills… Digitalization is a cost-cutting measure…” —> There are several widespread misconceptions surrounding the topic of digitalization at universities. The new HFD discussion paper debunks some of these fallacies: https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/sites/default/files/dateien/HFD_DP_13_Mythen_Digitaler_Wandel_Hochschulbildung.pdf
  

• Specialized Journal for E-Learning Concepts in Dresden
  The reference work “Lessons Learned,” which compiles experiences with digital and hybrid scenarios under pandemic conditions, has been available to university instructors for the first time since July 21, 2021. TU Dresden Professor Stefan Odenbach and the Saxon State and University Library (SLUB) are focusing the first two issues of the journal on teaching at universities. For more information, visit: https://idw-online.de/de/news773171.
  
• Methodology Guide for the“From Analog to Digital” Study Group, MOOCamp 2020
  https://read.bookcreator.com/VBTBmiXkvoUE98PpAUaM4DNGZvl2/77ZfcLDwTrumhFpRkmr9EA

The HFD’s first academic anthology, “Shaping Digitalization in Studies and Teaching Together: Innovative Formats, Strategies, and Networks,” has been published by Springer VS and is now available for free download. In the 33 articles, experts from the higher education sector provide comprehensive insight into the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation for German universities. With this freely accessible publication, the HFD aims to promote greater collaboration, openness, opportunities for participation, and the courage to explore new and unconventional paths.

Download link: https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/de/news/digitalisierung-gemeinsam-gestalten-sammelband

The Community Working Group on “Exam Scenarios for Digital University Education” of the Higher Education Forum on Digitalization has published the white paper “Digital Exams in Universities.”

Link: https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/de/news/digitale-pruefungen-hochschule-whitepaper