The e-teaching Transfer lab supports and analyses transfer processes between academia and educational practice. As a basis for this, it develops and operates various portals and networking resources for teaching and learning with digital media in schools and universities.
The lab focuses on designing and continually developing portals that address the use of digital media in education and facilitate the exchange of information. In terms of content, it is currently focusing on two areas:
Over 20 years of experience with e-teaching.org has shown that editorially managed portals have the potential to engage people from different backgrounds and encourage their participation. This makes portals an effective tool for transferring knowledge from research to practice, as well as facilitating mutual exchange.
Against this background, establishing and further developing portals is one of the central activities of the lab, which was launched in 2023. That includes developing strategies for applying proven portal design principles to new contexts. To this end, the lab develops strategies for designing, editing and improving portals that specifically support co-constructive processes, i.e. joint development of content. As well as designing portals, the lab develops and expands networking opportunities to support and promote the establishment and growth of communities of practice and experts.
Based on this practical work across different contexts, it will also be possible to generate findings that contribute to a better theoretical understanding of transfer processes between research and practice communities, as well as to the systematic further development of the concept of transfer.
Deputy Head of Lab
+49 7071 979-103m.schmidt@iwm-tuebingen.deTeam assistance
+49 7071 979-104p.hohls@iwm-tuebingen.deSoftware developer
+49 7071 979-319t.mueller@iwm-tuebingen.dee-teaching Transfer
Duration 04/2023 - 03/2026
The IWM’s portal e-teaching.org has been supporting the use of digital media in higher education since 2003 by providing practical and research-based information. A particular strength of the portal is the wide range of information it offers, including more than 1,000 websites. The AuftAkt project addresses two key challenges associated with the portal's extensive knowledge base: finding portal content (1) and keeping it up to date (2).
Go to projecte-teaching Transfer
Duration 02/2023 - 06/2026
Students are growing into a culture of digitality. To shape their future in a self-directed way, they need digitization-related know-how and orientational knowledge. High-quality teacher training is a prerequisite for the successful digital transformation of schools and education. The Kompetenzverbund lernen:digital is committed to this goal. The IWM participates in the science communication for lernen:digital by designing the Future Space on the lernen:digital web portal.
Go to projecte-teaching Transfer
Duration 11/2022 - 10/2024
Within the framework of the project, a problem-oriented connection of the information and qualification portal e-teaching.org for the higher education sector to the National Education Platform (Education Space) is to be created and transferred to productive operation. Building on the results of an already completed project (conception phase), the prototypical connection to the education space started there will be further expanded and various services of e-teaching.org will be extended to make them interoperable with the education space and other connected services.
Go to projecte-teaching Transfer
Duration 01/2003 - open
The use of digital media in higher education seems to be taken for granted today - but a closer look reveals that its potential is often far from being fully exploited. This applies both to traditional forms, such as the use of learning management systems, and to new developments, such as the design of hybrid learning spaces or the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching. These examples illustrate the importance of continuous, low-threshold and quality-assured support for the use of digital media in teaching. The information and qualification portal "e-teaching.org" has been pursuing precisely this goal since its launch in 2003. The portal specifically targets university lecturers and those responsible for e-learning at universities in German-speaking areas and has won several prestigious awards, such as the Comenius EduMedia Award. It aims to support the didactically meaningful integration of digital media in teaching and to encourage the testing of innovative teaching scenarios through a comprehensive, scientifically based Open Access programme developed in collaboration with the community. "e-teaching.org" contributes to the networking and exchange between science and practice by promoting the transfer of research results into practice and by providing impulses for further research based on practical experience. In its eight sections, the portal provides a wide range of topics such as didactical, technological and organizational aspects. The content is regularly being extended and updated. The presentation formats include texts, audios and video features, online events with e-learning experts and more as well as several social media channels. Acknowledging the necessity of strong partnerships, "e-teaching.org" cooperates with more than 100 universities and other partners in German-speaking countries. The community section of the portal offers the over 8.9000 members a broad range of functions. For the IWM, e-teaching.org fulfils three main functions: It is a sensor for current e-learning trends as well as a tool for transfer and for research. Therefore, the central tasks of the editorial team include the identification of promising ways to utilize knowledge media for learning. This sensor function allows the IWM to identify current trends at an early stage and to take up relevant issues in research. At the same time, the portal can be used to collect data in the field. Ever since its beginning, "e-teaching.org" has also served to communicate research results of the IWM to the public.
Go to projecte-teaching Transfer
Duration 04/2023 - 09/2025
Students with very different learning abilities take part in STEM lessons. Adaptive teaching, which considers individual prerequisites and offers personalised learning opportunities, is a promising didactic concept for dealing with heterogeneity. In the MINT-ProNeD project, research-based training and counselling concepts are being developed to support STEM teachers in using digital technologies for adaptive teaching and in preparing for future technologies.
Go to projecte-teaching Transfer
Duration 07/2023 - 02/2026
Digital technologies offer opportunities to rethink and redesign art, music, and sports lessons (KuMuS). Digital technologies are a promising medium especially for the targeted promotion of individual learning requirements of pupils. To integrate these technologies innovatively and successfully into everyday life in schools, the "KuMuS-ProNeD" project aims to develop an integrative overall concept for teacher education in art, music and sport and thus complements the "MINT-ProNeD".
Go to projecte-teaching Transfer
Duration 01/2024 - 12/2026
Research knowledge can be disseminated in various ways. Nowadays, the focus is often placed on digital media. However, digital media as a source of knowledge come with a number of challenges. In view of these, this project investigates within the framework of the "Metavorhaben Digitalisierung im Bildungsbereich II" examines the question of how to further the ability of users to assess the credibility of digital educational science media.
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