University Didactics Officer

Photo: M.A. Daniel Winkler
M.A.
Daniel Winkler
Rectorate/Education Department
02763 Zittau
Schwenninger Weg 1
Building Z VII, Room 4010
4th upper floor
+49 3583 612-4595
Profile

Main areas of work

  • Supporting lecturers in the further development of their teaching
  • Conception and implementation of university didactic training programs
  • Didactic design of media-supported teaching/learning scenarios in university teaching

Research

Degree course

  • Bachelor of Engineering at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences for Technology, Economics and Culture
  • Master of Arts at the International University Institute Zittau of the Technical University of Dresden

Memberships

Publications (selection)

Winkler, D., Przybysz, K., Schwarz, T., Lindner, F., Keil, S. (2025). Dyadic Remote Maintenance with Augmented Reality. 11th IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modeling, Management and Control (IFAC MIM2025). Research and Innovation on Manufacturing and Logistics for a better world. NTNU Trondheim. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 59(10), 2754-2759. doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.09.463

Winkler, D. (2025). Didactic reduction through the use of augmented reality in technical education: Opportunities and challenges of design. In J. Klein-Wiele, M. Hamich, G. Götz & A. Dederichs-Koch (Eds.), Interplay of theory and practice in teaching - paths to technical education. Contributions to the 18th Annual Conference on Engineering Education 2024 at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, Mosbach (June 13-15, 2024). doi.org/10.82321/01dhbw-47m51

Winkler, D., Lindner, F., Meyer-Ross, K.K., Keil, S. (2025). The Acceptance of Augmented Reality in Technical Education: A Comparison Between Educational and Industrial Contexts. In: Auer, M.E., Rüütmann, T. (eds) Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility. ICL 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1281. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83520-9_51

Winkler, D.; Lindner, F. and Meyer-Ross, K. K. (2023). Inklusion durch informationstechnische Assistenzsysteme -
Gelingensbedingungen digitaler Lernszenarien mit Hilfe von Augmented Reality am Beispiel hörbeeinträchtigter oder gehörloser Menschen in der technischen Bildung. Communities in New Media (GeNeMe). Inclusive digital: Designing an open community. Dresden. doi.org/10.25368/2024.7

Winkler, D., Lindner, F., & Meyer-Ross, K. K. (2023). Potentials and challenges of using augmented reality to increase retention effects in assembly processes. In S. Kersten & G. Kammasch (Eds.), Paths to technical education: 17th Engineering Education Regional Conference 2023. Dresden University of Technology.

Winkler, D., Lindner, F., Mühlan, K., Przybysz, K., & Keil, S. (2022). Information technologies of the future - Video and augmented reality-based assembly instructions for technical education. In 15th Annual Conference on Engineering Education 2021

Lindner, F.; Winkler, D. and Keil, S. (2021) Required Competence Development in Higher Education to Manage the Digital Transformation in the Industry: Paricipatory Action Research with Stakeholders Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process, 2021 World Engineering Education Forum/Global Engineering Deans Council (WEEF/GEDC), 2021, pp. 1-6, dx.doi.org/10.1109/WEEF/GEDC53299.2021.9657471

Mühlan, K.; Przybysz, K.; Lindner, F.; Akrmanová, D.; Winkler, D. and Keil, S. (2021). A Review and Implementation Framework of Industrial Augmented Reality. 26th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA) doi.org/10.1109/ETFA45728.2021.9613426

Lindner, F.; Winkler, D.; Mühlan, K.; Wendt, U. and Keil, S. (2021). Learn to Shape the Digital Transformation: The Design Approach of a Learning Factory for Industrial Engineers. SSRN Electronic Journal. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3858409

Winkler, D. (2020). Augmentation vs. reduction - possibilities and opportunities of didactic reduction through augmented reality for technical education (2020) In: 14th Engineering Education Annual Conference 2019 (2020). doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26205.26085

Editorship

Kammasch, G; Keil, S; Winkler, D. (2024) Production and service structures of the future in focus - paths to technical education. Annual conference of the Ingenieurpädagogische Wissenschaftsgesellschaft (2021) and pre-conference (2020). ISBN 978-3-9818728-5-9.

Expert activities (selection)

International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning and IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy. Innovation via Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education. Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)

IFAC Conference on Manufacturing Modeling, Management and Control, General Theme: Research and Innovation on Manufacturing and Logistics for a better world. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) Trondheim

Annual Conference of the Society for Higher Education Research (GfHf), Topic: The socially relevant university - How can the integration of science, practice and society succeed?

APOLLON University of Applied Sciences of Health Economics, study booklets: Authentic Presentations, Lively Moderation and Visualization

International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning and IGIP International Conference on Engineering Pedagogy. Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility. Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech)

Annual Engineering Pedagogy Conference. Challenges of contemporary engineering education in the academic and vocational sector. Dresden University of Technology

Award

Inclusion in the Academy of Excellent University Teaching (2025) - a nationwide network of award-winning lecturers to promote innovative, interdisciplinary university teaching