29. May 2024 | Interne Serviceseiten, Service, Studium

Call for Participation for the Annual Conference of the eTeach Network Thuringia

The eTeach Network Thuringia is holding its annual conference on 4 and 5 November at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena on the topic of ‘Building bridges. Areas of tension in digital teaching innovations’. Teachers, students, university didactics experts and interested parties from Thuringia and throughout Germany are cordially invited to contribute to the event. These can be submitted until 31 July.

Rapid developments and innovations in the field of digitalisation are influencing teaching and learning by enabling new scenarios of digital teaching and learning, flexible and time-independent use of learning materials, self-determined learning and cooperation beyond the boundaries of one's own university. At the same time, digitalisation results in requirements that put tried and tested didactic methods and concepts to the test. They affect the spaces of learning and teaching and the social interaction of learners and teachers alike. In addition to enthusiasm and potential for innovation, it is also about questions of resources, goal- and needs-orientated inclusion, mindfulness and questions of equal opportunities, participation in university discourse and participation in digitality.

Such developments have characterised universities for several years and raise urgent questions: Who benefits and who is left behind? How can all those involved in educational processes be supported? How can bridges be built to compensate for differences in resources, competences, prerequisites and technology acceptance?

The annual conference of the eTeach Network Thuringia focusses on areas of tension, distortions and blind spots that arise through the introduction and use of digital technologies, media and artificial intelligence. The conference offers the opportunity to exchange views on current issues, to network and to build bridges in order to deal with these upheavals. This year, it will take place on 4 and 5 November 2024 and is being organised jointly with Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

Detailed information on the event and on submitting contributions is available in the Call for Participation (in German only) and online at www.eteach-thueringen.de/Jahrestagung (in German only).