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In our blog, we regularly publish articles, opinion pieces, good practices and much more on the future of academic education. Would you also like to publish something with us? Then contact us at kommunikation@hochschulforum.org.

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Digital education and information resources for refugees

Digital education and information resources for refugees

The long-term integration of those seeking refuge in Germany will be one of the central tasks facing our society in the coming years. In this regard, education will have a key role with regard to integrating refugees and enabling them to gain qualifications. Higher education institutions, together with other players in the field of adult […]

E-Learning Asia – Malaysia’s giant leap to the #elearning future

E-Learning Asia – Malaysia’s giant leap to the #elearning future

Along with other e-learning experts of the Hochschulforum, Philipp Höllermann is currently visiting several higher education institutions in Southeast Asia. In this article, he shares his insights on how Malaysia develops ambitious e-learning solutions to accommodate a rapidly increasing number of students. The text was originally published on Philipp Höllermann’s Blog, The Future of Learning in […]

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Why Germany’s higher education system needs a digitalization strategy

Why Germany’s higher education system needs a digitalization strategy

Philipp Höllermann was one of experts who took part in an official visit to several higher education institutions in Southeast Asia, organised by Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD). In this blog post, he shares his insights on what Souteast Asia might teach us regarding the digitisation of higher education institutions in Germany. It’s a funny thing with […]

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Ada Pellert: “There has been a transformation from teaching to learning”

Ada Pellert: “There has been a transformation from teaching to learning”

FernUniversität Hagen has 40 years of experience in distance education. While the demand for distance education is increasing, the expectations of students are changing as well. Daniel Otto spoke to Professor Ada Pellert, president of the FernUniversität Hagen, about the revolution in distance learning, the shift form teaching to learning and the role of technology […]

New perspectives: Campuses are changing. Bild: [https://unsplash.com/search/campus?photo=lgUiUeQpLHw Inbal Marilli]

Reinventing education in the digital era – four scenarios

Reinventing education in the digital era – four scenarios

From 27 to 30 June 2017, a group of 21 students from 11 countries participated in our workshop event "Reinventing education in the digital era". They developed scenarios for how education might look like in 2037 and presented them at the Global Learning Council Summit 2017. With this article, we document the scenarios that the students developed.

“It’s a big wake-up call for teachers and policymakers”

“It’s a big wake-up call for teachers and policymakers”

From 27th to 30th of June students from all over Europe took part in the Workshop "Reinventing education in the digital era" and the GLC Summit. Within this context, several students interviewed participants of the summit. Isabell Fries and Florian Dercks talked to Kati Tiainen. Kati Tiainen has a Master of Education from the University of Helsinki. In 2004 she began to work for Microsoft as Academic Program Manager. Now she is Digital Learning and Strategy Director and responsable for Microsoft education business in Central and Eastern Europe. 

“Existing education models are inefficient” – Interview with Bror Saxberg

“Existing education models are inefficient” – Interview with Bror Saxberg

Dr Bror Saxberg is Vice President, Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), a philanthrophic organisation that aims at improving education and science. Bror Saxberg is responsible for CZI’s thinking about how to expand and apply learning science results and good learning measurement practice at scale to real-world learning situations across the full span of learning. Saxberg most recently served as Chief Learning Officer at Kaplan, Inc. where he was responsible for the research and application of innovative evidence-based learning strategies, technologies, and products across Kaplan’s full range of educational services offerings. Saxberg received an Honors BA in Mathematics and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington, an MA in mathematics from Oxford University, a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT, and an MD from Harvard Medical School.

Future. Photo: [https://unsplash.com/photos/2ugtRrYMLLk Samuel Zeller]

Hybrid Learning Spaces and game-based learning – Prof. Dr. Sylvester Arnab interviewed

Hybrid Learning Spaces and game-based learning – Prof. Dr. Sylvester Arnab interviewed

Prof. Dr. Sylvester Arnab holds a professorship in game science at Coventry University, where he investigates the use of games, gamification and serious games in teaching and learning. He is co-initiator of the Disruptive Media Learning LAB and gave a keynote on innovative teaching and learning experiences through research and creative practices during our Summer School 2018. We had the chance to interview Sylvester during the Summer School.

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Why good teaching is crucial for preparing students for a digitised world

Why good teaching is crucial for preparing students for a digitised world

In this article, Professor Andreas Schleicher delineates his vision of the digital turn in global higher ecducation. 

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Bologna Digital 2020 – Harnessing the potential of digitalisation in the European Higher Education Area

Bologna Digital 2020 – Harnessing the potential of digitalisation in the European Higher Education Area

On December 14th 2018, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung hosted an international expert workshop on ‘Bologna Digital 2020’ in Berlin. In the next phase the participants will continue to work together to formulate a white paper for a Bologna Process, which fully harnesses the potential of digitalisation to improving teaching and learning in the EHEA.

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