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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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Growing Risks: Digital Infrastructure Under Pressure

Cyber security Infrastructure

Growing Risks: Digital Infrastructure Under Pressure

Public institutions, including universities, are increasingly the focus of cyber attacks. University management is aware of this development. At the same time, however, there is a discrepancy between the perception of the general threat situation and the threat to their own institution. What do the data tell us, and what could be done to change this? Channa van der Brug speaks with Marian Burk, responsible for the recently published Hochschul-Barometer, who sheds light on the matter.

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Channa van der Brug
07.01.25

Help for people from Ukraine – how universities get involved

Help for people from Ukraine – how universities get involved

The Kremlin’s attack on Ukraine is shocking. But as stunned as the situation and the view of the news situation makes us, the willingness to help strikes us as equally impressive. The offer is growing daily and digital possibilities such as Twitter are also being used highly creatively to inform and organise offers of help, […]

Leandra Müller-Wolf
11.03.22
Backround: Flag of Ukraine. Text: Link Collection. Help for people from Ukraine. How Universities get involved

How can universities support students in complex crises?

Tool-Box zu Student Wellbeing

How can universities support students in complex crises?

The HFD blog series "Toolbox on Student Wellbeing in the Digital Age" deals with the relationship between student mental health and digitalization processes at universities. Tanja Brock and Jan Schuhr provide helpful ideas for promoting health in everyday university life in the form of a toolbox. In the fourth and final part of this blog series, complex crises among students are addressed and possibilities and limits are shown as to how lecturers can deal with these situations appropriately.

Jan Schuhr
Jan Schuhr
18.09.24

How does online teaching work in fragile contexts? A guest article by Dr. Katja Jung

How does online teaching work in fragile contexts? A guest article by Dr. Katja Jung

Blended learning models are able to facilitate access to international educational opportunities for students in fragile contexts. A new handbook provides guidelines and ideas for donors, university leaders and practitioners on how to do this. This article was automatically translated using DeepL Translator. Please excuse any errors. One of the most bitter consequences of violent political conflicts […]

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Dr. Katja Jung
23.09.19
The course takes up the special atmosphere of the intellectual encounter of the past and transfers it to the present by primarily addressing Israeli and Palestinian students.

How to realise events and teaching online. A tools collection

Corona-Virus Digitale Lehre Konferenz Tool

How to realise events and teaching online. A tools collection

In this post, we present results from our community survey: A Digital Toolkit for Online Events. Do you have experiences to share as well? Take the survey now. We are continuously adding to this article. Do you see something different? Have you spotted an error? Is there anything you would like to add? Feel free to […]

Katharina Mahrt
15.12.20

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.

Florian Hanke
13.09.18
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Impressions from the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2024: Perspectives from a European university representative

Impressions from the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2024: Perspectives from a European university representative

Isabel Gallin (EUNIS, KIT) reports on this year's EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This conference is one of the leading events on digitalization in higher education and offers the opportunity to gain exciting insights into global trends and to deepen the transatlantic exchange.

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Isabel Gallin
05.12.24

Inequalities in higher education: A global perspective

Inequalities in higher education: A global perspective

During the University:Future Festival 2021, Bronwen Deacon and Anne Leiser led a panel discussion that focused on inequalities in global higher education at an individual, institutional, and systemic level. The two experts in the field of international education projects work at institutions that facilitate the exchange and achievement of global education goals. In this blog entry they […]

Bronwen Deacon, Anne Leiser
15.02.22
Titelbild: Sind wir auf dem Weg zur Blended University? Symbolbild: Keimender Setzling, Logo: University:Future Festival 2021, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung

Integrating (Digital) Wellbeing into Institutional Strategy: What German Universities can learn from the University of British Columbia

Integrating (Digital) Wellbeing into Institutional Strategy: What German Universities can learn from the University of British Columbia

Promoting wellbeing at universities is no longer a peripheral issue: it forms the foundation for successful (digital) teaching and learning environments and is increasingly being strategically embedded on an international level. Universities like the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada recognized this early on and integrated wellbeing deeply into their institutional strategy. For this blog article, Mandy MacRae, Wellbeing Engagement Strategist at UBC, provides insights into the history and significance of the wellbeing initiative and explains how challenges and successes have shaped UBC's journey toward becoming a health-promoting university.

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Theresa Sommer
05.05.25
A picture of flowers and the text: "Integrating (Digital) Wellbeing into Institutional Strategy: What German Universities Can Learn from the University of British Columbia.” By Theresa Sommer.

International, joint curriculum development: What is the impact of European university alliances?

International, joint curriculum development: What is the impact of European university alliances?

In this article, Channa van der Brug, International Program Manager at Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, sheds light on how European university alliances jointly develop curricula and study programmes. She presents three of these alliances in more detail: CHARM-EU, EDUC and ECIU University. In discussions with representatives of the alliances, she learns about the different approaches they take to collaborative curriculum development.

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Channa van der Brug
04.12.24
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