Why evaluate teaching – and how does that work w...
For students to learn successfully, teaching must be appropriately designed. Likewise, students should take responsibility for their own learning process. This means that students themselves are very good at judging how teaching should be designed for them. For this reason, there are regular evaluations at the TH Cologne that make the quality of teaching visible…
Inclusive Education Through Gaming: Beyond the Cha...
Learn about the needs of students with mental illnesses and raise awareness among educators at your university! The serious game Beyond the Chalkboard (BtC) can be integrated into workshops for higher education didactics to draw attention to accessibility issues at universities. Interested in working with BtC? Play the game yourself first. Afterwards, this article serves…
Using Open Educational Resources in Teaching
Open Educational Resources (OER) are freely available teaching materials that you may use for your events. Here you can find out where to find OER and under what conditions you can modify and use them for your purposes.
Digital teaching terms
Online, hybrid, blended, flipped … digital teaching knows many variations. For example, it can be completely online or a combination of classroom and online formats. We will illustrate the differences and provide orientation.
COIL: Internationalize Your Teaching Through Virtu...
Looking to bring global perspectives into your lectures—without organizing a study abroad program? COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) is a flexible and low-barrier way to internationalize your teaching. By teaming up with an international partner, you guide students through shared, virtual projects that build intercultural skills, digital fluency, and subject knowledge. This page introduces a…
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In the final phase of a COIL project, students come together, present, and reflect on their results. They look back on their academic insights as well as the experience of international collaboration, making their joint achievements visible. At the same time, instructors evaluate the project academically, organizationally, and interculturally. This phase is essential for ensuring…
This is the stage where planning turns into practice: students from both institutions finally meet, start working together, and build their joint learning experience. The focus lies on launching the collaboration smoothly, creating trust, and guiding students through meaningful international teamwork.
Learn about the needs of students with mental illnesses and raise awareness among educators at your university! The serious game Beyond the Chalkboard (BtC) can be integrated into workshops for higher education didactics to draw attention to accessibility issues at universities. Interested in working with BtC? Play the game yourself first. Afterwards, this article serves…
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THEORIES AND METHODS
Researching your own teaching with SoTL
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is an approach to researching one’s own teaching. With SoTL, you can make a significant contribution to advancing teaching practice through your scientific findings.
TOOLS
Camtasia
Camtasia Studio offers numerous ways and options to record, edit and publish instructional videos – without additional software. We will show you the most important functions for designing your videos.
Teaching strategy
AI 101 – An introduction to the world of artificial intelligence
Everybody is talking about artificial intelligence and its applications. We are currently in a phase of exploration. Despite a critical attitude towards AI technologies, they can fuel innovation and open up new scope for action to promote sustainable development as well as social transformation together with students and practice partners. Let’s try to clarify the…
THEORIEN UND METHODEN
How competence orientation succeeds in teaching
Competence-oriented teaching focuses the entire learning process on guiding students in the actual application of their knowledge. Learning Outcomes are defined in such a way that, in addition to mere subject knowledge (knowing what), its application, further development, and use (knowing how) are also integrated into the teaching. From the beginning, fair and valid assessment…
TOOLS
Miro
On the virtual whiteboard Miro, you can work interactively and synchronously with your students, regardless of location. We will show you how to use the tool to combine media, collect ideas together and develop concepts.
Lehrstrategie
Diversity-Conscious Teaching
Diversity and its appreciation are an essential part of the university’s self-image and thus also of the teaching and learning culture at the TH Köln. We accompany you on your way to a more diversity-conscious teaching and working environment.
