Weiterführende Links/ Useful resources

Digitalization/ Digital Teaching

1. https://www.e-teaching.org/

Website hosted by the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien: is research-based; informs about current events and new developments; provides an overview of e-teaching projects via the Digital Learning Map; will provide a meta-search of websites related to the digitalization of teacher education in the near future.

 

2. https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/

Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, funded by the BMBF: is research-based; informs you about recent developments in higher education; includes information about digital teaching and assessment.

 

3. https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu

European Commission: Digital Competence Framework for Educators (DigCompEdu); also offers a self-assessment tool at https://ec.europa.eu/jrc/en/digcompedu/self-assessment

 

4. https://digital-competence.eu/dc/

Another self-assessment tool for digital competence, the so-called "Digital Competence Wheel", offered by the Center for Digital Dannelse: commercial, but the free trial already gives you a graphic representation of your self-assessed digital competence.

 

5. https://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/

Teacher training videos created by Russell Stannard; see also the associated YouTube channel; gives advice about digital teaching and blended learning; introduces different tools and software programs to beginners and advanced users.

 

6. https://wbdig.guetesiegelverbund.de/

World Wide Weiterbildung: a website about digital tools in further education; offers you a search engine called Tool-o-search that helps you filter out tools and methods that you can use in digital teaching depending on your needs (e.g. prior knowledge, purpose, duration).

 

In addition, many universities provide overviews of useful tools on their websites and introduce you to innovative projects.

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