HFD Hangouts
The HFD Hangouts are virtual discussion formats that we offer regularly via Zoom. The Hangouts bring together experts, teachers, employees of didactic or support institutions, students, and interested parties from the world of education to informally exchange ideas on current topics and challenges related to digitization in higher education.
The online meeting begins with a keynote speech. Afterwards, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and actively participate in the discussion. The topics are set by the community itself. We record some of the keynote presentations and make them available here and on YouTube.
Our past hangouts
10.07.2023 from 14-15:30: Lern-Fair – Free learning support for disadvantaged students
(with Anja Ahner and Maria Matveev)
6/16/2023 from 2pm-3:30pm: Why ChatGPT doesn’t mean the end of academic writing.
(
with Martin Rademacher, Project Manager at the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung)
03/14/2023 from 2pm-3:30pm: Personality Development, ChatGPT and Generative AI: What matters now.
with Prof. Dr. Enkelejda Kasneci (Computer Scientist, Chair of Human-Centered Technologies for Learning – Technical University of Munich (TUM)) and Prof. Dr. Joachim Metzner (former President of TH Köln and philologist)
with
Prof. Dr. Christian Spannagel
(Professor for Mathematics and its Didactics with focus on Computer Science and Implementation of New Media at the Heidelberg University of Education) and
Ludwig Lorenz
(student of media informatics at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, member of the HFD-Future-AG DigitalChangeMaker).
9/27/2022 from 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.: Hangout “Social Accessibility with Unconditional Teaching.”
with Katharina Pietsch and Tyll Zybura and Leonie Ackermann
07/20/2022 from 3pm-4:30pm: Rethinking student-centeredness!
with René Rahrt, Lea Bachus, Kevin Saukel, Franz Vergöhl, Ralph Sonntag
Review of other HFD hangouts :
- On 9/14/2021, the HFD Hangout focused on the topic of. Equal opportunities and accessibility. You can here to read the presentation by our guest, Professor Dr. Benjamin Tannert from the Institute for Digital Participation at Bremen University of Applied Sciences.
- On 2.9.2021 founded the Community Working Group “Network Serious Games and Gamification for Health” founded a nationwide
Network for Serious Games and Gamification in the Health Sector
. - On July 1, 2021, Prof. Dr. Anett Mehler-Bicher from the University of Applied Sciences Mainz gave opportunity to experience virtual reality. Together, participants explored a Mozilla Hub VR room.
- On May 20, 2021, Dr. Axel Oberschelp of the German Center for Research on Higher Education and Science presented the first results of his study on the support of barrier-free online teaching at at US universities with a view to the German higher education area. The study was commissioned by the HFD.
- On April 20, 2021, Dr. Klaus Wannemacher and Laura Bodmann from the HIS Institute for Higher Education Development presented their study, conducted on behalf of the HFD-AG “AI, Big Data and Algorithms”.
Study on Artificial Intelligence and Algorithms at Higher Education Institutions
before. The Hangout was part of the AI Week.
- The HFD Hangout on 25.11.2020 with Dr. Iris Wunder from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Julia Szymetzko and Darina Rizova Krüger from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin was about experiences with the
Onboarding of First Semester Students in the Digital Winter Semester
. - On September 17, 2020, Silvana Vogeler (HS Emden/Leer), coordinator of the QLiN network, Jürgen Sackbrook (TU Clausthal) and Peter England (Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg) shared planning statuses and impulses of the QLin network on the topic of
Onboarding of first semester students
in the upcoming digital winter semester. - In the HFD Hangout on September 3, 2020, Dr. Petyo Budakov reported under the title “The Usability of E-learning and Blended Learning Platforms” on the
Erasmus + project CreatINNES
. - Chantel Ridsdale, author of the widely cited study “Strategies and Best Practices for Data Literacy Education Knowledge Synthesis Report” presented in the HFD Hangout as part of Dataliteracy Week on April 28, 2020 an
Overview of data literacy competencies and approaches to data literacy education.
. - On April 27, 2020, Prof. Cathryn Carson, Dr. Eric Van Dusen, and Prof. Deborah Nolan shared insights in the HFD Hangout as part of Data Literacy Week
Insights
into the Data 8 program of the University of California, Berkley.
- “
Integrating digitization-related competencies into teacher education
“ was the topic of the HFD Hangout on Dec. 4, 2019. Matthias Kostrzewa presented, among other things, the university joint project
digiLL
ago. - In the HFD Hangout on December 2, 2019, Prof. Dr. Tobias Seidl spoke about. “
LEGO® Serious Play® in university teaching.
“. - PD Dr. Ulrike Hanke spoke in the HFD Hangout. “
Using self-learning materials as a way to design courses and continuing education programs
” on November 17 about her experiences and gave useful hints to the participants. - Dr. Tina Ladwig spoke on the HFD Hangout. “
State initiatives in the context of digital higher education – potentials of cross-university, cross-network and cross-state cooperation
” on July 17, 2019, about initial findings from the BRIDGING research project. - The HFD Hangout on July 2 was all about the topic of “
Writing competence in studies
“presented by Dr. Dagmar Knorr. - In the HFD Hangout on June 18, 2019, Dominic Dives (Bauhaus University Weimar) introduced the eTutor program of the Bauhaus University and discussed opportunities, challenges, and learnings with participants.
- Dr. Daniel Tolks gave a crash course on May 9, 2019, on the topic of. “
Unraveling the mysteries of Gamification
“. - On April 24, 2019, Christian F. Freisleben-Teutscher (FH St. Pölten) spoke on the topic of. “
The power of improvisation – light-footed options for action in teaching
“. - In the HFD Hangout on April 9, 2019, Dr. Janine Radtke and Henning Haschke from the dual@TUHH coordination office presented the interactive online module “
RINOcloud
“, a project of the HOOU. - In the HFD Hangout on March 11, 2019, Christian F. Freisleben-Teutscher (FH St. Pölten) presented under the title. “Inverted Classroom – Diverse and Dialogue-Oriented University Teaching”. called for an exchange around the topic of Inverted Classroom.
- In the HFD Hangout on February 25, 2019, Mathias Magdowski (Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg) shared his experiences with using “
Personalizable Tasks and Anonymous Peer Review.
“ reported.
In the HFD Hangout on January 24, 2019, Annette Hexelschneider presented. “
Digital knowledge maps for teaching and learning
“ presented.
- In the HFD Hangout on December 6, 2018, Professor Dr. Myrto Leiss (Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences) spoke about her experience with the topic of “
Blended Learning/Virtual Events
“ reported. - In the HFD Hangout on October 25, 2018, Ilka Nagel (Østfold University College, Norway) provided insight into the topic of “
Video Feedback
“ given. The Hangout was moderated by Christian Friedrich. - In the HFD Hangout on October 15, 2018, Lisa Ulzheimer (JGU Mainz) presented the project “
Medicine in the Digital Age
“ a blended learning concept at the University Medical Center Mainz. The Hangout was moderated by Christian Friedrich. - On March 19, 2018, the first HFD Hangout was held on the topic of. “
Motivating teachers
“ held. It was moderated by Michael Folgmann (TU Munich) and Prof. Dr. Michael Kipp (HS Augsburg).
Hangout Series HFD Let’s Talk! Sharing ideas – taking along impulses (2021)
Online event series on good practice from online teaching.
During the Corona pandemic, faculty and students gained a variety of experiences with teaching at a distance by transitioning from face-to-face to online/blended/hybrid teaching scenarios. In an open dialogue in the HFD Hangout format “Let’s Talk” – a spin-off of the HFD Hangouts – teachers, students and university/media didacticians from one institution talked to each other about realized teaching concepts in 2020/21 and their experiences with them. A good-practice example from the HFD community served as a starting point for each session. Afterwards, there was room for questions from the participants during the discussion.
Past “Let’s Talk” Hangout Dates:
The asynchronous version of the lecture “Introduction to Quantitative Educational Research”.
– with Dr. Angelika Thielsch and Prof. Dr. Ariane S. Willems, Georg-August-University Göttingen (March 15, 2021)- Possibilities of digital internships and virtual experiments in online teaching -. with Ulrike Rada and Philipp Wabnitz (March 9, 2021)
Digital teaching with business games
– with Dr. Martina Emke, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schneider and Max Meckelmann (March 1, 2021)
Goethe’s Poetry
– with Iris Neiske and PD Dr. Kristin Eichhorn, University of Paderborn (February 25, 2021)
Publishing during studies – Paper Sprint with the Scientific Workflow Guide
– with Anke Pfeiffer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dieter Uckelmann, Carla Rebecca Lüps and Florian Hammes, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences (February 23, 2021)
Media production meets teaching research – the EduTeST module
(Educational Testing and Statistics) – with Michael Eichhorn and Florian Horn from Goethe University in Frankfurt a. M (February 11, 2021)