How can students be best prepared for their professions? What does the learning environment have to look like so that tomorrow’s junior staff can acquire in-depth knowledge and apply it in practice? Just two of the many questions that teachers and students of the University of Luebeck (UzL) and the TH Lübeck presented on the day of the apprenticeship. In the rooms of the TH Lübeck welcomed Jochen AbkeVice President for Studies and Digitization at the Technical University of Lübeck and Till Tantau, coordinating course director B.Sc. and MSc Courses of the UzL the participants. Connected on site as well as online!
Professors and students from a wide variety of areas reported on their experiences. Milena Zachow, Professor of Programming and Software, reported how she had to quickly change her teaching in the wake of the Corona Pandemic. From on-site lecture to online-first within a few days. How the teaching has changed through this time is an experience shared by all participants. Carsten Mildner, the diversity officer at TH Lübeck, explained how teaching can do justice to diversity. He gave impulses as to what inclusive teaching formats could look like.
Where the journey should go, knows Andrew Schrader, Professor for Ambient Computing at the Institute for Telematics at the UzL. He is currently working with many other professors and staff to improve medical education for students through skills labs. The question he posed: is skills training also hybrid? And what actually happens when students from different regions of the world come together and study together? Christoph KüllsProfessor of Hydrology and International Water Management shared with Rafael Schramm from the laboratory for hydrology at the TH Lübeck. Experiences from teaching with international students.
In a session on student engagement, teachers and students openly stated where improvements could still be made. Both sides wanted, for example, self-selected use cases where they can apply the theory in practice. A common sticking point: online teaching, which is partly passive and is seen as an obstacle to building trust. Equally, however, online teaching can be a benefit for students who have a long way to travel.
Finally, Jochen Abke is convinced:
We have all exchanged many ideas and seen that similar hurdles appear in many places at universities. The exchange was very helpful and I am looking forward to another day of teaching next year.