Digitisation of teaching
The focus of this handout is first of all on individual teaching and learning scenarios and their facilitation via digital media. We focus on three teaching/learning scenarios:
the shifting of seminars or group work into the digital space
the development of online resources for self-study units.
the digitisation of lectures
The university's colleagues in the central e-learning laboratory and the IT support will be happy to support you.
Before you start digitising, please clarify the following questions:
- Do I have access to the IT systems of Fulda University of Applied Sciences (fd number)?
- Does a learning environment exist for my course or module (Moodle course, e.g. in eFBW, ET-Kompass, LuSt, etc.)?
- Do I have the required role in the learning environment (teacher rights) to set up my course?
If you are not sure about the answer, ask in the e-learning lab!
- Look at the module objectives
- What competences should students be able to demonstrate at the end of the module?
- What learning content is necessary for this?
- Which methods have to be used or practised?
- Sequence your courses according to
- Information transfer (e.g. script, book, article, video, etc.)
- Processing (e.g. activating tasks, repetitions, reflections)
- Transfer (e.g. practical tasks)
- Create materials, tasks, etc. for the individual sequences and make them available on the learning platform.
- Try to mix individual work and group tasks. Social integration is especially important for remote learners!
- Use the free attendance time for feedback on the work results and individual learning progress.
You can download a short guide from the Department of Social Work here: Guide to online teaching
Short video on special features of digitally supported teaching (Hans-Martin Pohl - DLS) 16 min
First steps in online teaching - Hochschulforum Digitalisierung 5 min, in more detail 5-tipps-online-lehre
Important: Change takes time. Do not overtax yourself or your students. You will find support offers below.
Please note: the linked guides and videos are currently only available in German language.
Transferring a lecture into an online event seems relatively simple at first. From a didactic point of view, however, there are currently some hurdles. On the one hand, high-performance services for video lectures (e.g. Adobe Connect) are currently not available in a fail-safe manner. On the other hand, interaction with students is relatively difficult. There is no direct feedback from the students in these offerings. With a number of participants > 10, it is only possible to work with a text-based chat system. There is little time to react to this during a lecture.
Therefore, asynchronous scenarios are preferred.
Divide your scripts, slide sets, lecture notes into "digestible learning bites" of approx. 20-30 min learning time. Afterwards, give the learners a task that deals with the learning content. This should process and repeat what they have learned. In doing so, make sure to encourage the students' reflection. Vary the social form (individual or group work). Collect the results of the work on the learning platform. If possible, give your students feedback on this.
The following links refer to short explanatory videos. These are also available directly on the respective learning platform.
- Create an introductory text for your students.
- Create materials and activities for your students
- Manage your files
- Set up assignments for your students
To present your content as annotated slide sets, simply use PowerPoint. An explanatory film was created by Prof. Grimm from FB AI.
Powerpoint presentations can also be annotated and published as self-running presentations. For the exact procedure, see our explanatory film.
Communication within the learning community can be synchronous or asynchronous. Synchronously, a small group of learners can exchange information in chats or virtual classrooms. Currently, there are no secure resources at the university for this type of communication.
Asynchronously, i.e. at different times, learners can exchange information in forums on the learning platforms.
Forums are also very suitable for consultation sessions. Collect questions from your students and answer them for everyone in the forum. This saves time and helps to achieve a common level of information.
Outside of the university, there are other platforms for exchange, which are often not DSGVO-compliant.
The following links refer to explanatory videos.
- Discussion forums in Moodle (external link Fernuni Hagen)
- Subscribe to forums in Moodle (external link Fernuni Hagen)
Various activities exist on the learning platform for cooperation between students, e.g. "Wiki" or "Mutual Assessment" (peer feedback method). Texts can be written jointly in "Etherpad". The service is available at the following address:
The following links refer to explanatory videos.
- Quick guide to working with Etherpad (external link)
- Wikis in Moodle (external link Fernuni Hagen)
- Mutual assessment
Tests can be used to check learning success. Take a look at the following explanatory video:
To provide your students with materials for self-learning, there are various options on the learning platform. Take a look at the following explanatory videos:
Important information about providing self-study videos
If you want to make learning videos or annotated PowerPoint slides available to your students, please note the following information:
Please do not upload video files directly to the learning platform! Instead, integrate your videos via the video streaming service Panopto. You do not need to worry about the number or file size of your videos.
In our Panopto help you will find corresponding video tutorials and detailed explanations on how to make videos available in your course with the help of Panopto.
Students with a disability/chronic illness can either benefit from online teaching or face great challenges, depending on their impairment. At the beginning of your course and in the general information, e.g. on moodle, signal your willingness to provide support with a sentence, e.g. "If someone needs support due to a disability or chronic illness, please feel free to contact me by e-mail or during personal office hours."
On the topics of accessible online teaching and accessible documents, you can find guides, documents and information materials here:
Information and Counselling Centre Studies and Disability (IBS) of the German Student Union.
You can also find further information on our intranet
If you have any questions, please contact the representative for students with disabilities/chronic illness: Corinna Steinebronn
Contact
Hans-Martin Pohl
Head of Department and University Didactics
Info for lecturers!
In order to use the learning platform of the respective department, you need an access authorisation (fd number). You can obtain this from the IT support.