Digitalization in Teaching

RUB university teachers develop and use digitally supported teaching and learning scenarios to take advantage of the potential offered by digitalization in teaching and to impart digital competences. The aim is to prepare students optimally for life and work in a digitalized and internationally connected environment.

AI applications and digital tools for university teachers and students open up new opportunities and solutions, for example to make teaching and learning processes more flexible in terms of time, more family-friendly and more inclusive, to reduce administrative hurdles and to support internationalization through digitally supported formats across national borders. However, the rapid developments in these areas require a strategy.

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Strategy

Measures relating to studying and teaching are formulated in a separate digital strategy for teaching.

Support for University Teachers

RUB encourages its teachers to try out new forms and formats of digital teaching and, after a successful initial implementation, to embed them permanently in degree programs. However, teaching with digital technologies also requires extensive support for teachers.

Numerous programs, services, and tools are available to help them accompany their seminars and lectures digitally and design their teaching and learning scenarios in a flexible, inclusive manner, independent of time and location.

• The e-learning department of the Centre for Teaching and Learning (“Zentrum für Wissenschaftsdidaktik”, ZfW) supports institutions responsible for degree programs in the implementation of e-learning projects. Tutors from the eTeam Digitalization in the e-learning department of the Centre for Teaching and Learning (ZfW) advise university teachers on finding the right online offering for their requirements, setting it up, and using it effectively.
• The Centre for Teaching and Learning (“Zentrum für Wissenschaftsdidaktik”, ZfW) also provides support and information on inclusive teaching methods and digital accessibility, while the Contact Point for Accessible Examinations (KobaP) provides support on implementing measures to compensate for disadvantages.
• RUB offers training and advice on numerous aspects of digitalization. These offers are bundled in the service portal for employees.
• Ruhr University Bochum is developing its own services in line with the rapid developments in digitalization.
• Competent contact persons are available to help with legal questions relating to digitalization, such as copyright law. They actively provide information on innovations and interesting facts about digitalization at our university.
• OpenRUB is the platform for freely accessible and open teaching and learning materials for all departments at Ruhr University Bochum. Teachers can use freely accessible teaching materials and make teaching materials they have developed themselves available to others.

Projects on AI in Studies

For University Teachers: Information, Advice & Training

General services

• Overview: Advice, further education, funding programs
• Workshops and advice: E-Team Digitalization
• Training opportunities for university teachers: Qualification programs
• Learning e-learning: Digital quick guides

Platforms & services

• Freely available materials: Open Educational Resources
• For all RUB members: GPT@RUB
• Teaching and learning platform: Moodle
• Campus cloud Sciebo: The cloud for RUB

AI

• Centre for Teaching and Learning: AI in studies and teaching
• Basic training: AI in university teaching
• FAQ: AI in studies
• On the use of AI in studying and teaching: Legal opinion

Guideline and strategy

• Digital teaching as a central field of action: Guidelines for teaching
• Central topic area of teaching and learning: Digital strategy