Foundation of Teaching with Digital Tools (English) [DiL]

In our workshop, we offer lecturers and teachers the opportunity to familiarise themselves with key concepts and methods for contemporary teaching. This seminar is aimed at professionals who wish to adapt their teaching methods to the demands of the 21st century. Participants in this workshop will be introduced to the basic principles of modern teaching, with a particular focus on aligning teaching objectives and methods. Together we will explore how teaching can be structured more efficiently and how learning objectives can be defined more precisely to best meet the needs of students. A central aspect of the seminar is the use and integration of digital technologies, both in the lecture theatre and in the virtual seminar room. We emphasise how digital resources can be used as an integral part of an interactive and engaging learning environment. Through practical applications and discussions, participants will learn how they can use innovative teaching methods to increase the engagement and motivation of their students. Various approaches to activating learners will be presented and put into practice. This seminar is ideal for lecturers who want to develop their skills in designing engaging and effective teaching experiences. It provides an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues and learn from experts. We look forward to welcoming you to our workshop and shaping the future of teaching and learning together.  

Learning Outcomes:
Applying constructive alignment in teaching: Participants will be able to demonstrate how they apply the principle of constructive alignment in their own teaching contexts by developing and harmonising coherent learning objectives, teaching methods and assessment methods.
Formulate and apply effective learning objectives: Participants will be able to formulate specific, measurable, achievable, relevant learning objectives for their courses and demonstrate their implementation in their curricula.
Integration of digital tools into teaching concepts: Participants will be able to demonstrate how they purposefully use digital tools in their courses to create interactive and engaging learning environments, both in the lecture theatre and in the virtual seminar room.
Develop and implement active teaching methods: Participants will be able to identify and apply different active teaching methods to increase student participation and motivation and will be able to present concrete examples from their practice.
Reflection and evaluation of own teaching practice: Participants will critically reflect on their teaching methods and evaluate the effectiveness of the newly integrated approaches and technologies in order to plan future improvements and adaptations in their teaching.  

Promoted platforms (with main function) in this workshop
Virtual meeting:
ZOOM or Teams
-   Breakoutsessions
-   If Teams: collaboration in office-documents

Quiz platform:
Kahoot! (www.kahoot.com) for querying factual knowledge from the participants
Mentimeter (www.mentimeter.com) for querying personal attitudes and associations
PINGO (www.pingo.de), German “Peer Instruction” Platform for very large groups ·     

Exchange platform:
Whiteboard-Collaboration-Board: Mural (www.mural.co)  (like miro)
Whiteboard-Collaboration-Board: Padlet (www.padlet.com) easy sharing of links, materials, ideas

Artificial Intelligence
ChatGPT (http://chat.openai.com) as a helpful tool to get ideas how to structure lectures, create learning outcomes, create activating methods and useful platforms And in addition a list of didactic methods to use all those platforms.  

Please try to note down, what your students should be able to do after one of your lectures. You would try to formulate a “learning outcome”.
Get prepared to be actively engaged in the workshop. Try to find a place where you can speak freely and without disturbance  

Coffee, Snacks and Tea in our workshop room, or if you participate virtually:
ZOOM Link a few days before the meeting
Documentation of all the tools
Interactive learning materials in a learning management system (moodle)