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August 2, 2023

Second funding phase in the Kraft-Copilot project: Improving self-care for young adult carers

A new chapter begins for the Kraft-Copilot project, which aims to support young adults who care for a loved one. After a successful first funding phase, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has now approved the second funding phase. The course has been set, and the learning and networking platform to promote self-care among young adult carers is now launching...
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June 27, 2022

Adaptive and individual learning with digital learning formats: Survey results in the ELe-com project

  Have you ever acquired knowledge on the Internet for your professional activities? This is one of 25 questions that had to be answered in an online survey lasting around 15 minutes as part of a target group analysis. Here is the background: In the ELe-com project, a digital adaptive learning application for job-related further training on the subject of e-commerce is being developed and tested in the ILIAS learning management system. As part of...
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December 21, 2021

Learning outcome-oriented documentation of further training in the blockchain

The current challenges of digitalization, globalization and individualization are leading to an ever faster change in job profiles and growing pressure on the lifelong development of professional skills. The importance of standardized documentation of lifelong learning biographies is increasing. Against the background of increasing micro-qualifications and constantly changing requirements, it is therefore difficult for learners to keep up with the abundance of...
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August 9, 2021

Supporting study choice decisions – OSA 3.0 promotes targeted engagement with engineering courses

"Mechatronics, electrical engineering or mechanical engineering - what should I study?" The search for orientation in the variety of the 15 different engineering courses at the TU Dresden presents prospective students with a large selection of options. Many criteria play a role in making the right decision. The "Online Self-Assessments for Prospective Engineering Students (OSA 3.0)" project supports this decision-making process in a systematic way....
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May 24, 2021

Digitalisation in vocational training: The DiBBLok project team is investigating factors influencing successful cooperation between learning locations

The dual system of vocational training is characterized by the cooperation between different learning locations. How the cooperation between different actors in vocational training (learning location cooperation) can be as successful as possible is the central question of the joint project "DiBBLok". The online report book "BLok" serves as the object of investigation. Based on user information on this instrument, the research project aims to find answers to questions such as...
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17 May 2021

Digital transformation processes in vocational training institutions

In the joint project "Change Maker - Changing organizational structures through sustainable media education concepts in educational institutions in the retail sector (VOM_Handel)" (duration 2017-2020), the challenges of digitalization for three specific vocational training institutions were examined and "digital" strategies developed. The educational institutions are under pressure to meet the changing requirements of the digital world of life and work with their offerings. During the...
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12 May 2021

OLGA: Promotion and evaluation of participation and citizen science projects

Regional sustainable development aims to reduce the economic and social distance between rural and urban areas, based on the political goal of equal living conditions in all areas of Germany. The OLGA project is therefore trying to interlink the Dresden project region more intensively, strengthen regional economic cycles, optimize ecosystem functions and promote mutual understanding within the population. OLGA stands for "optimization...
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2 May 2021

DOmIcILE-VR: Approaches to the sustainable implementation of VR learning environments in vocational education

Virtual reality (VR) learning environments have great potential for vocational training. From a learning psychology perspective, according to various studies, they can – compared to usually less immersive visualizations on two-dimensional displays – increase learners' interest, increase their motivation and enjoyment in learning, and give them the realistic perception that they are currently studying in a different environment.
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14.04.2021

Virtual teaching collaborations – For an open, digital learning world

On December 31, 2020, the joint project "Virtual Teaching Cooperations" at the Media Center ended, which included five sub-projects at various Saxon universities: Initiative to develop a multilingual teaching and learning environment (Prof. Dr. Kirstin Hoffmann, West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau and Dr. André Matthes, TU Chemnitz) An open, digital learning world for virtual teaching cooperation using Building Information Modeling (Prof. Dr. Karsten Menzel, TU Dresden and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Möller,...
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April 7, 2021

The Third Way (T3W): Developing a new curriculum for social enterprise for European graduates

The Third Way (T3W) is a project devised to improve communication and knowledge sharing between the vocational and higher education sector and social enterprises (The so-called Third Sector). At the heart of the project proposal is the development of a new curriculum pathway for students from different educational domains around vocational and business subjects wishing to become social entrepreneurs. The...
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