On January 22, 2020, the first "Forum for Digital Higher Education in Saxony" took place at the SMWK.
The event was dedicated to the question: "How can digitalization be used to systematically improve teaching?" and presented a varied programme with specialist lectures, posters and a speed dating session to exchange experiences.
Since 2019, the SMWK has been supporting the cooperation between the Saxony University Didactics Center and the e-learning working group of the State Rectors' Conference "Digital Higher Education in Saxony" with around 750,000 euros annually. The funding includes the Digital Fellows program. Here, lecturers develop their own teaching activities and personalities using digital media. In this way, they contribute to the digitalization of Saxon university teaching in the undergraduate education of students. Digital Fellows are thus representatives of a specific approach to using digital media to optimize their teaching. These projects are intended to develop a model effect for other lecturers and are presented and discussed publicly by the Digital Fellows. Among the 43 Digital Fellows for the further development of digitized higher education, employees of the HSZG also presented the first results of their Digital Fellowships projects:
As part of the projects, innovative, digitally supported teaching and learning scenarios are tested and their sustainable anchoring in university teaching is promoted.
As part of this cooperation agreement, digitization processes for teaching will initially be promoted at all 14 Saxon state universities, universities of applied sciences and universities of art and music until the end of 2023. In addition to supporting individual lecturers, the funds provided will also be used for further education programs and to support change management at the universities.
The new call for applications for "Digital Fellows" was also opened on January 22, 2020 at the end of the forum(https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/fellows).
In summary, the event offered a wide range of opportunities to discuss with experts and to build and maintain networks.
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15th Annual Engineering Education Conference 2020
Focus on production and service structures of the future
Paths to technical education
Date: May 14 to 16, 2020
Venue: Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences
Registration form: www.hszg.de/ipw2020
