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.
Categories Generally/Digital education/Digital research tools/Uncategorized
April 27, 2021

Book publication: e-Science – Open, Social and Virtual Technology for Research Collaboration

The eScience – Research Network Saxony was an ESF-funded joint project of all Saxon universities under the leadership of the TU Dresden, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the HTWK Leipzig (project duration: 01.10.2011 – 31.12.2014). The goal was to conduct fundamental and differentiated research into the approaches and methods of electronically supported science (e-science). Within three thematic clusters, e-business, e-learning...
Categories Digital education/Digital research tools/Higher Education
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,...
Categories Digital education/Digital research tools/Higher Education/Uncategorized
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...
Categories Vocational training/Digital education/Higher Education/Uncategorized
March 9, 2021

The WIR alliance “ZukunfTAlter” is committed to making Upper Lusatia a place worth living in!

Upper Lusatia will face many challenges in the future. These include demographic changes, the departure of the younger population to urban centers, the phase-out of coal and the associated problems with regard to employment and income. Nevertheless, Upper Lusatia as a region is characterized by a high degree of heterogeneity and diversity. Not least declared a "land of many opportunities", Upper Lusatia offers potential and breeding ground for innovations. The...
Categories City and country
January 5, 2021

OER for all – Theses on the conclusion of the OERinfo project at DIPF Frankfurt/Main

As a member of the advisory board of the "Information Center for Open Educational Resources" (OERinfo), Prof. Dr. Thomas Köhler, Director of the Media Center at TU Dresden, calls for increased support for the development and use of OER (see OER_Abschlusspraesentation_201102_final.pdf (open-educational-resources.de): "With the ban on large parts of classroom teaching in schools, the demand for OER was particularly boosted. Not only students, but also...
Categories Digital education/Uncategorized
November 26, 2020

Media competence on the move - the mobile learning app "Ausbilderwissen"

Flexible location and time-related training for company training staff Company training staff in the skilled trades and especially in small and micro enterprises (SMEs) are extremely busy. In addition to the responsibilities for the trainees, there are other company-related tasks that need to be completed every day. Training courses lasting several days are often not possible under these circumstances. Flexible location and time-related training with a smartphone or tablet -...
Categories Vocational training/Digital education
November 8, 2020

Digitalisation in the changing state-country interrelations

Town and country are often seen as opposites. City life is generally associated with ideas of social density, economic dynamism and social innovation. While rural areas on the one hand evoke romantic ideas of peace, slowing down and traditionality, on the other hand they are often perceived as structurally weak, outdated and backward. In reality, the living environments of people in town and country are intertwined and...
Categories Generally/City and country
October 19, 2020

Let's go – with Playful OPAL

With the digitalization of education, universities are being asked to provide new teaching and learning formats enriched with digital technologies. Almost all universities in Saxony can rely on a central e-learning infrastructure to support everyday teaching and individual, flexible online studies: the learning management system (LMS) OPAL. But how can OPAL courses be gamified? Playful OPAL can provide an initial answer. In addition to scripts and...
Categories Higher Education
September 25, 2020

Workshop "Digital Transformation - the school as a place for digital (learning) everyday life"

Workshop "Digital Transformation - the school as a place for digital (learning) everyday life" Under the title "Digital Transformation - the school as a place for digital (learning) everyday life", the pre-conference for the conference "Communities in New Media 2020" (www.GeNeMe.de) will take place on October 7th from 3:30 p.m. at the HTW Dresden. This pre-conference will discuss new educational concepts that arise from digitization...
Categories Generally/Digital education/Teacher training
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