Setting Up a Collaborative Online International Learning Project

The first step in creating a COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning) project is identifying a suitable course and a partner that aligns with your academic goals. A well-matched collaboration enhances student learning by integrating diverse perspectives, interdisciplinary approaches, and real-world problem-solving. When establishing a cooperation with a teaching partner, it is important to agree on…

18. June 20250Comments 5 minRead time

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Using Lego® Serious Play® at university

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.

6. May 20240Comments 7 minRead time

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Writing portfolios with THspaces

Portfolios allow students to reflect on content, deepen their knowledge, and further develop their writing processes. THspaces helps teachers to structure portfolio work, make results visible, and encourage student exchange.

26. February 20240Comments 8 minRead time

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Lesson Planning

Effective collaboration with project-based learning

Project-based learning is more than just teamwork. Using this university teaching method, students can learn from the diversity of their group members and, at the same time, contribute their skills and ideas.

25. January 20240Comments 12 minRead time

Lesson Planning

How to transfer Good Practices

Didactic design patterns (also known as patterns) document good practices in teaching. They are based on experience gained from teaching practice. The structured form of patterns allows tried and tested solutions to recurring problems to be described and published in an easily understandable way. As a result, they make good practices visible and offer a…

14. November 20230Comments 6 minRead time

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Open thinking, networking, and developing joint solutions at HIP

The University’s Interdisciplinary Project Week is an established digital format for interdisciplinary collaboration beyond faculty and subject boundaries. Students learn to operate in heterogeneous teams and develop an understanding of methods from other disciplines. Their task is to develop a project idea thematically linked to the respective Science Year. The central element is the methodically…

14. November 20230Comments 10 minRead time

Bräuer, Gerd (2016): Konzeptuelle Überlegungen zur Ausrichtung von Schreibzentren als Lernzentren. In: Ballweg, Sandra [Hrsg.]: Schreibberatung und Schreibförderung: Impulse aus Theorie, Empirie und Praxis. Frankfurt am Main: Lang, S.337-360.

Writing

Peer Tutoring – Students Support Students

With peer-to-peer tutoring from students for students, the services of the Writing Center have been expanded to include a particularly low-threshold format. But what exactly is behind it – and how does peer tutoring complement the teaching and learning culture at TH Köln?

29. September 20230Comments 10 minRead time

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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?

6. July 20230Comments 16 minRead time

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Writing

Practicing Writing Skills with the One-Minute-Paper

In order to gain the ability to write academic texts, students need to acquire academic expertise: What are the requirements of academic writing? How do I cite correctly? Et cetera. Students’ success in writing also depends to a large extent on their practical knowledge, i. e., the experience they have gained and the routines they…

23. May 20230Comments 7 minRead time

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Group work with digital tools

How can group work be implemented effectively? As a teacher, you can use digital tools to encourage student exchange and help students achieve productive results.

17. April 20230Comments 7 minRead time