Diversity

Screenshot from Beyond the Chalkboard: The game’s characters stand beside the podium in a seminar room. From left to right: Elli, wears a cap, has long black hair, wears long pants and a t-shirt. Next to her is a lecturer holding a clipboard. At their feet lies Sam’s cat. Then Sam, wearing beige pants, a gray sweater, a black backpack, has brown hair and holds a book. Then fellow student Alex and Professor Hempel with glasses, bow tie, and mustache. On the far right sits a small dog.
Inclusive Education Through Gaming: Beyond the Chalkboard in Practice
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…
Gender diversity in university teaching
As a teacher, how can I create a teaching and learning space where everyone feels comfortable? There is certainly no universal solution to this problem. However, engaging with diverse identities and one’s own stereotypes can dismantle discriminatory structures and unconscious preconceptions. In the following article, you will learn how to ensure gender-sensitive teaching.
Schmuckbild: Eine Person sitzt am Laptop, zu sehen sind nur die tippenden Hände. Grafische Symbole der Barrierefreiheit kommen aus dem Laptop hervor.
Accessible teaching
Accessibility improves your teaching! This fact is often forgotten because the focus is on the presumed additional expense. Besides, there do not seem to be any students affected in your course anyway – so the topic cannot be that important. In fact, you can create accessible conditions more easily than you might think. This will…
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.

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