20 years Workshop on e-Learning

On September 22, 2022, HSZG celebrated a very special anniversary: the 20th Workshop on e-Learning. Since 2010, this conference has been jointly organized by the HSZG Center for e-Learning and HTWK Leipzig. It alternates between the Görlitz and Leipzig campuses. This year, once again, around 70 participants from all over Saxony made their way to Görlitz to exchange ideas and network through workshops and presentations on current topics and issues in the fields of e-learning and didactics.

The Workshop on e-Learning 2022 was opened by the director of the Centre for eLearning [Zfe] at HSZG, Prof. Dr. Matthias Längrich, followed by a welcome address from the University Executive Board delivered by the Vice President for Education and International Affairs, Prof. Dr. Sophia Keil. In his keynote address, Prof. Dr. Klaus Hering, the initiator of WeL at HTWK Leipzig, provided a fascinating insight into the beginnings and highlights of the Workshop on e-Learning over the past 20 years.

In the subsequent specialized presentations, attendees had the opportunity to gain insight into current research questions and projects across a wide range of disciplines. Topics ranged from“didactics”—such as the use of instructional videos and microteaching—to“e-assessment”in engineering and computer science, as well as“internships”and their digital and hybrid implementation, all the way to“data and law”including, among other things, questions related to the field of learning analytics.

The parallel workshops provided an overview of the Saxon e-learning projects currently funded by the SMWK. The collaborative projects “Flexible and Quality-Assured Teaching and Learning in Saxony’s Virtual Higher Education Space,” “Digital Infrastructures and Open Learning Environments,” “Assessment and Competency Measurement,” “Educational Equity, Access, and Openness,” and “Innovation Fund / Open Topics” presented their respective current research findings and offered all participants the opportunity for a broad discussion.

As is tradition, the WeL concluded with a dinner at the Patrizierhaus St. Jonathan.

We look forward to the upcoming WeL, which will mark its 21st edition and will once again be held at the HTWK in Leipzig.