Students wish to have more online learning even after the pandemic
In the second year of the coronavirus pandemic, students in Germany are satisfied with their university’s crisis management. This is the finding…
Comparative data shows little progress in the acquisition of digital skills on teacher training programmes
Even today, it is possible to complete a teacher training course in Germany without having to acquire digital skills. Comparative data provided…
Hochschulforum Digitalisierung: further funding up to 2025
The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) will continue to receive funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The funding period of the…
Only few cancellations of lectures and examinations at German HEIs, despite the coronavirus
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic also has an effect on day-to-day university life. Nonetheless, higher education institutions (HEIs) in Germany were…
CHE statement on digitalisation in higher education and teacher education in Saarland
CHE stated its view to the Landtag of the Saarland in Saarbrücken for the Enquête Commission “Digitalisation of the Saarland” on 22 [...]
Rapid investments, little strategy: research findings on the digital summer semester 2020
The Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (German Forum for Higher Education in the Digital Age) has summarised the initial results of the research accompanying summer…
Master’s students satisfied with coronavirus crisis management at their university
The need to switch completely to online teaching owing to the coronavirus pandemic was a major challenge for higher education institutions (HEIs) [...]
University architecture of the future: traditional facilities result in traditional teaching
Whether good WLAN, light rooms or flexible furnishings: modern teaching and learning concepts need an appropriate environment. Examples from higher education institutions [...]
About 60% of universities reported online learning provisions in their strategic planning pre-COVID-19, but only few appeared to be prepared for a quick shift to full online programmes
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed millions of learners, teachers and researchers to new realities, new ways of learning and teaching, examination, communicating [...]