Certificate programme “Future-Oriented University Teaching through Technology Integration”

1. Developing didactic skills in the use of digital tools in teaching:
   • Expanding one's own knowledge and applying basic didactic concepts to plan and implement courses that take into account digital tools and technologies in order to design courses that are up-to-date and skills-oriented.
     
   • Identifying suitable digital methods and media to support the learning process of students.
2. Further developing one's own teaching:
   • Design and implementation of a teaching project with digital components.
   • Inclusion of feedback from colleagues, university didactics experts and students for future teaching design.
   • Critical reflection on one's own teaching practice and identification of potential for improvement.
   • Publication of findings as Scholarship of Learning and Teaching or other format.
3. Peer exchange:
   • Participation in peer exchange activities to reflect on and improve one's own teaching practice.
   • Giving and receiving constructive feedback for the continuous development of teaching skills.
     

1. Expansion of one's own didactic competence in dealing with digital tools in teaching for a future-oriented teaching design:
   • Expansion of one's own knowledge of digital and virtual methods and media for teaching in order to develop personally innovative teaching concepts that support the learning process of students in a competence-oriented way.
   • Identification of suitable digital methods and media for one's own teaching in face-to-face/online or blended learning formats.
   • Evaluating the use of digital methods and media in teaching and deriving optimization possibilities.
2. Further developing one's own teaching:
   • Designing and implementing one's own teaching project with digital components and, in connection with this, applying digital tools to design courses.
   • Continuously revise and improve one's own teaching practice based on feedback from a university didactics perspective, personal reflection and student evaluation results.
   • Publish the findings as a scholarship of learning and teaching or in another format.
   • Participate in teaching networks to jointly develop and discuss innovative teaching concepts.
     

This asynchronously provided material is divided into several individual topics, which are processed according to interest and the intended teaching project. During the first conversation, you will receive an individual plan for processing the contents as part of the certification program. The following topics are offered:

• Technology integration to provide asynchronous teaching and learning materials: Digital media such as videos, podcasts, blogs, interactive charts, 360° scenarios or 3D models can be used as teaching and learning materials to provide learners with information and support them in developing content. These materials can be used in both synchronous and asynchronous phases.
• Technology integration to promote collaborative learning activities: Digital media facilitate communication and collaboration between teachers and students as well as among students themselves. These include, among others, chat-based exchange platforms, video conferencing and jointly editable online documents such as Cryptpad, Miro or Padlet.
• Technology integration to design interactive learning activities: Digital media can enable interactive learning activities, e.g. through quizzes, simulations, virtual lab exercises and H5P elements in learning management systems. These interactive elements promote active learning and student participation.
• Technology integration to create individualized learning paths for students: By using digital media, learning processes can be adapted to the individual needs of students and aligned with competencies. Adaptive learning platforms, the use of AI and personalized learning environments are examples of such possibilities.
• Integrating technology to enable feedback and evaluations: Digital media can be used to provide feedback and evaluate learning progress. This can be done through online tests, AI-supported evaluation systems, peer reviews and feedback tools.
• Gamification and game-based learning methods in teaching: Gamification can be used to incorporate learning games or quizzes into teaching to convey content in a fun way. The well-thought-out use of points systems and rewards can also boost student motivation. Gamified teaching is possible, for example, by integrating gamification elements into learning platforms.
• E-portfolios for reflection and self-evaluation in teaching: E-portfolios can be used to document student learning progress and to encourage reflection on personal development. Another possibility is to use peer feedback and self-evaluation routines to promote students' metacognition.
• OER materials in teaching: Open Educational Resources in higher education are still a rare phenomenon in Germany. However, such materials can be used and further processed practically in one's own teaching.
  

A digital learning portfolio that guides you individually through the certificate program and in which you already write down relevant content for publication. In addition, it reflects your own developmental progress.

During the certificate program, you will develop a personal teaching project with the support of university didactics. This is designed on the basis of self-learning content and consultation sessions, then implemented in your own teaching and finally evaluated using feedback from students and, if applicable, colleagues, and your own reflection. The teaching project is published at the end of the certificate program as a SOTL or digital poster.

In addition to individual consultations with a university didactics employee, exchange phases with colleagues are organized. This provides feedback on one's own ideas and considerations. During the implementation of the teaching projects, classroom observations are carried out, and colleagues can also observe your teaching project.

In addition to the self-study material, seminars selected by the participants themselves are attended as part of the certificate program. These workshops focus on digital media and technologies in teaching and are listed on the website profilehreplus.de with the reference [DiL]. The range of seminars offered changes every semester and seminars from other Bavarian universities can also be attended.