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At the last annual conference of EDEN, the European Network for Digital Education, the motto was “Yes, we can” – Digital Education for a Better Future. Johannes Schleiss was in Dublin for us and draws seven important lessons from the presentations. “Yes, we can” was this year’s motto of the annual conference of EDEN, the […]
The digital transformation of higher education has revolutionized the way universities operate and engage with their stakeholders. However, it brings new challenges, for example in the area of cybersecurity. The increasing number of Cyberattacks on universities – as does Hans Pongratz, an expert at the Center for Higher Education (zhb) at TU Dortmund University, at […]
The digital transformation of higher education has revolutionised how universities operate and engage with their stakeholders. However, it also brings about new challenges, for instance in the realm of cybersecurity. The increase of the number of cyber attacks on universities – as Hans Pongratz, expert at the Zentrum für HochschulBildung (zhb) of TU Dortmund, pointed out […]
Für das HFD ist die Stärkung von Studierendenbeteiligung und die Zusammenarbeit mit Studierenden auf Augenhöhe seit Beginn an ein Grundpfeiler seiner Arbeit. HFD-DigitalChangeMaker und Student René Rahrt sowie HFD-Programmmanagerin Yasmin Djabarian erklären, wie Kollaborationsmodelle aussehen können. Der Beitrag ist erstmals in der dritten Ausgabe des HFD-Magazins strategie digital zum Thema “Partizipation” erschienen. Studierende gestalten Hochschulen […]
An exciting line-up of thought-provoking panels and talks showcased at the University:Future Festival 2023 will explore the innovative approaches that are shaping the future of higher education today. In the following, HFD’s own Channa van der Brug walks you through some of the most anticipated English language sessions of the festival. With a diverse range of […]
How will artificial intelligence affect our academic culture? Recent debates about GPT-3 raised concerns about AI possibly outpacing well-known forms of publication and assessment. In our Blog, Manuel Dolderer, Co-Founder and President at CODE University of Applied Sciences, pleads for new learning environments that embrace and shape technological progress. As universities, it is our job […]
In November 2022, Hochschulforum Digitalisierung was involved in a number of activities to focus on the topic of interoperability at national and international level. What is interoperability in higher education all about? And why is the topic important? Oliver Janoschka, head of the HFD office, spoke with Evelien Renders, consultant for international education at the […]
How Ukrainian Universities Survive and Transform in Times of War After the full-scale war in Ukraine started in February 2022, local universities were taken by surprise and had to adapt to a completely new and unpredictable reality overnight. After the first destructions, ongoing missile attacks and Russian troops coming closer to Ukrainian cities, academic institutions […]
Where does the use of a certain technology – for example a learning management system or the use of OER – stand in the higher education landscape? A stage model, developed by Martin Ebner et al., could help to describe this in the future. Anyone who has written technical proposals for European projects knows that […]
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, […]
