THKI GPT-Lab
TH Cologne offers its students and employees their own access to a Large Language Model: The THKI GPT-Lab. Based on an API interface, lecturers, academic staff, students and administrative staff can send requests to ChatGPT – free of charge and in compliance with data protection regulations.
ONCOO
The digital toolbox ONCOO offers you different methods for collaborative and interactive learning. From brainstorming to evaluation, it allows you to actively involve your students in the course. We will show you how the tool works.
Feedback in teaching
Since John Hattie’s meta-study “Visible Learning” was translated into German in 2013, one topic has become an integral part of the debate about our education system: feedback. But what is feedback and what is not?
Implementing hybrid courses
In the lecture hall, at home, or at a different location – offering hybrid courses, i.e., simultaneously at the university and online, allows you to reach all your students regardless of their location. This way, even those unable to attend in person due to personal obstacles can follow your teaching.
Practicing writing skills with the One-Minute-Pape..
Gaining the ability to write scientific texts, students need to acquire academic expertise: What are the requirements for academic writing? How do I quote correctly? Et cetera. The students’ writing success also depends largely on their practical knowledge, that is, the gathered experiences and the resulting routines. From the perspective of writing didactics, it is,…
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The iconic Lego® building bricks not only evoke positive childhood memories but can also form the basis for creative courses, co-creative curriculum development, or transformative university processes. Discover how the toys of childhood can now improve collaboration and communication at work.
The TIB AV-Portal is a platform for scientific videos and open-access audiovisual learning and teaching materials. The portal offers the possibility of making videos easily accessible and quotable. Based on Creative Commons licensing, many materials on TIB AV can be downloaded and reused.
Twillo is the Lower Saxony platform for Open Education Resources in university teaching, on which a cross-state collaboration with ORCA.nrw is now taking place. Here, you will find infrastructure and support for free educational materials from various topics and subject areas. Teachers can find suitable materials on twillo or publish their own media.
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THEORIES AND METHODS
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Peer tutoring – Students support students
With the new peer-to-peer writing consultation by students for students, the Writing Center’s services are being expanded to include a particularly easily accessible format. But what exactly is the idea behind it – and how does peer tutoring complement the teaching and learning culture at TH Cologne?
TOOLS
TaskCards
How do I provide well-structured learning materials, and how can I organize them digitally so that students can quickly find their way around? Help is provided by the online platform TaskCards, which can be used to sort and clearly display learning content, information, or deadlines.
Teaching strategy
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.
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.