Tag: Digital teaching and learning

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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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