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...
Categories Generally/Vocational training/Digital education/Higher Education/Uncategorized
September 15, 2021

CODIP projects represented at the Saxon AI Congress

On September 10, 2021, the Saxon AI Congress took place in Leipzig. Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer presented the "AI Strategy for the Free State of Saxony" at the event and discussed with representatives from education and science, among others. Prof. Dr. Thomas Köhler was involved as a discussion partner in the panel "AI knowledge in schools, training and further education". He emphasized his perspective of AI as "tools...
Categories Vocational training/Digital education/Digital research tools/Higher Education/Teacher training
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....
Categories Digital education/Digital research tools/Uncategorized
August 2, 2021

Media Education without Borders (MEWB) – Project completion

The Media Education without Borders project was successfully completed. In connection with its evaluation of the project, a positive assessment was made by the National Agency, which is responsible for awarding the funding and monitoring its use. During the project period, employees of the TU Dresden, in collaboration with partners in Germany, Hungary, Spain and Ireland, developed a multimedia learning module that was used in...
Categories Vocational training/Digital education/Digital research tools
July 27, 2021

ELe-com: Empowering Learning – Enabling adaptive learning in continuing professional education using the example of e-commerce

Online retail is in a steady growth phase, which has been further intensified by the Corona pandemic. This is demonstrated by rising e-commerce sales, which emerge from the current survey by the Federal Association of E-Commerce and Mail Order Germany (Bevh). This development results in a need for qualification in the area of professional training in retail - but conventional offers are no longer sufficient to cover this. There is an increasing...
Categories Vocational training/Digital education/Digital research tools
June 22, 2021

EFA in testing

The current digital prototype of the learning game EFA - Safely through the jungle of obligations has been tested together with Saxon companies since May 18, 2021. The project aims to support the acquisition of skills by Saxon micro and small companies in the social services sector with regard to occupational health and safety. Test companies are thus actively involved in the game development with the aim of adapting it to the needs of social service companies.
Categories Vocational training/Digital education
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...
Categories Vocational training/Digital education/Digital research tools/Uncategorized
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...
Categories Uncategorized
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...
Categories Digital education/Digital research tools/City and country/Uncategorized
May 7, 2021

Digitally supported further training in Saxon KKU: attitudes are positive, infrastructure and use still have room for improvement

In the research and development project “Promoting further training participation of micro and small enterprises through digital learning scenarios (weiter.digital)”, technology-supported further training concepts for workplace-integrated use in micro and small enterprises (SMEs) as well as in medium-sized companies are being developed and tested. In order to specify the initial situation in Saxon SMEs and their requirements for workplace-integrated, digitally supported further training, an initial analysis was first carried out to determine the current status of further training...
Categories Generally/Vocational training/Digital education
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