Training program for e-tutors

The Centre for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (ZHL) offers a training program for e-tutors. Student assistants are provided an overview of all the possibilities and the application of digital teaching resources, and ought to support teachers during their assignments. In that, they can help by consulting, accompanying and co-designing, in order to select digital teaching-learning processes for their own subject area in consultation with teachers.

News and Events

We are delighted to announce that the ZHL is using Bavarian state funds to finance the personnel costs for ten e-tutors for five months.We cordially invite teachers to submit an application for this fantastic opportunity!In addition, ten more students can use the training offer free of charge.

With a total of 20 training places available, this is an unmissable opportunity. The training at ZHL is conducted by the Paul Dölle, and the chair is provided free of charge.
We are delighted to announce that ten students will have the fantastic opportunity to receive funding for their personnel costs through Bavarian state funds.If you are interested in applying for student funding and training, we kindly ask that you submit your application to ZHL by the end of January or July every year.For more information and the correct dates, please take a look at our "news" section.
The first mandatory training days for the e-tutors will be before the start of lectures in April or October every year, and the seminars will take place as hybrid face-to-face/online seminars.Invite your students to register for them independently at the course on ProfiLehrePlus.de (link to be provided).

Here you can find more information about funding for teachers and the template for the application of an E-Tutor position for the coming semester.

Training

During training, students acquire proficiency in using digital resources in teaching. They are provided an overview of teaching-learning-formats as well as applications of various methods concerning digital media and technologies. They determine respective pros and cons and are able to put the most important technologies and media to use. They are capable of consulting interested teachers on fitting media, technologies, methods and formats for their respective lectures. During preparation and conduction of a lecture, e-tutors support teachers. They are sensitised to various questions concerning copyright.

E-tutor competences in keywords:

During their training, e-tutors work on the following competences:

Advice on the selection and design of digital teaching and learning processes
Co-designing and expanding courses with digital elements based on current university didactic findings
Production of teaching videos (including screencasts, studio recordings, video editing, experiments) and their integration into moodle (e.g. via Panopto or interactive H5P element) [optional]
Advice on copyright issues
Expansion of support options in the teaching process

Contact persons

The ZHL team will support you with your application, as well as with promoting the according position within your subject area. Please feel free to reach out to us!

Would you like ideas on how you can use e-tutors? With pleasure! Here you will find an incomplete list of ideas, impulses and possibilities. We are happy to support you with any project in your teaching!

BASIC SUPPORT FOR DIGITAL TEACHING

First point of contact for technical questions
Setting up and maintaining Moodle courses
Upload and organisation of teaching materials
Management of participant lists
Support for online meetings (Zoom/Teams)
Provision of digital handouts
Basic troubleshooting
Moderation of online chats

EXTENDED SUPPORT

Design of digital learning units
Creation of simple explanatory videos
Development of multiple-choice tests
Integration of interactive elements (H5P)
Supervision of online group work
Organisation of hybrid events
Preparation of screencasts
Implementation of feedback tools
Designing accessible materials
Integration of voting tools

ADVANCED PROJECTS

Conception of complex blended learning scenarios
Production of professional instructional videos
Development of adaptive learning paths
Integration of gamification elements
Design of electronic examination formats
Creation of interactive simulations
Consultancy on didactic digital concepts
Development of virtual labs
Organisation of peer-based online formats

EXPERT PROJECTS
⭐ AI integration in teaching scenarios

Development of subject-specific prompts
Integration of CustomGPTs
AI-supported learning support
Automated feedback systems

⭐ Innovative assessment formats

E-portfolio systems
Competence-based examination scenarios
Adaptive testing
Peer assessment tools

⭐ Multimedia learning environments

Augmented reality applications
Virtual reality learning environments
360° video productions
Interactive 3D models

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