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Impressions of Teaching Futures on 22 May 2025 from the JLU Main Building

Highlights from Teaching Futures on 22 May 2025

On 22 May 2025, the first day of teaching and learning in the main building of JLU was also covered on social media. Afterwards, a short compilation of the highlights was created.

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Keynote by PD Dr. Malte Persike: "Campus Reboot: The Importance of Future Skills for the Transformation of University Culture"

The presentation explores, using concise guiding questions, how the development of future skills and the redesign of teaching, learning, and assessment impact all areas of higher education. Rapid advancements in fields such as artificial intelligence and immersive technologies, as well as the transformation of many work contexts, directly affect the necessary competency profiles.

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Interview between Prof Dr Alexander Goesmann and Lara Zieß

Before the Fishbowl discussion organized by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at JLU, a conversation took place between Prof. Dr. Alexander Goesmann, JLU Vice President for Teaching and Learning, and Lara Zieß, Student Vice President of Philipps University Marburg.

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Panel Discussion "Artificial Intelligence"

In this panel discussion, Axel Dürkop and Jonas Leschke provide an overview of the topic, answer key questions that concern both educators and students, and share their insights on the role and future of AI.

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Panel Discussion "Student participation"

In this panel discussion, Bonny Brandenburger and Franz Vergöhl discuss (digital) participation and collaboration in university teaching. They share their experiences with participatory teaching, highlight examples of good practice and talk about the challenges of participatory processes.

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Closing and conclusion

At the end of the day, presenter Thekla Jahn summarised key findings and results in an exchange with Dr Sebastian Busse, Dr Joss von Hadeln, Maraike Büst and Dr Charlotte Kitzinger.

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Keynote Hubertus Weyer "COILs and Co-Teaching: The Internationalization of Future Skills, Language Skills and Subject-Specific Teaching and Learning"

This keynote presents selected COIL and co-teaching projects that have been implemented at Wiesbaden Business School (RheinMain University of Applied Sciences) over the last two years. Qualitative and quantitative data from evaluations and other university surveys will show how the students and teachers involved assess their effectiveness.

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Keynote Dr Aliya Assubayeva "Bridging Borders in Water Education and Building International Teaching Partnerships"

Based on experiences from Germany, Uganda and Kazakhstan, Dr Aliya Assubayeva demonstrates the potential and strength of interdisciplinary teaching, digital learning and global partnerships in hydrology in this keynote speech. Using a concrete example, she demonstrates practical strategies for establishing and sustainably shaping international academic collaborations.

Poster "Virtual realities, real consultation"

The poster by Dominik Evangelou presents the transformative role of avatars and artificial intelligence in counselling training in virtual reality and supported Dr Miriam Mulders in her showcase "The Virtual Consultation Room – Students Train Social Skills in VR" in the Immersive Showroom.

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Poster "Media didactic concept"

The poster by Dr Miriam Mulders presents the collaborative conception and testing of virtual reality in hybrid teaching/learning offers and supports the associated showcase "The Virtual Consultation Room – Students Train Social Skills in VR" in the Immersive Showroom.

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Poster "Making Voice and Presence Virtually Realistic"

The poster by Dr Ulrike Nespital and Gerald Czerney presents the VR project "Making Voice and Presence Virtually Realistic" at JLU and highlights the possibility of transferring what has been learned to courses with virtual spaces, the technical implementation and the initial survey results. The poster supported the associated showcase in the Immersive Showroom.

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Poster "Digital excursions to places of extractivism in Latin America"

The poster by Prof. Dr Verena Dolle and Isabel Gaviria presents a teaching format at JLU that uses VR to take students to central places of extractivism in Latin America. The focus is on the historical and current effects of the exploitation of raw materials in regions such as Guatavita, Potosí and Cerrejón. The excursions are complemented by educational material on extractivism and green energy.

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Poster “Integrating FHIR-driven Radiology Infrastructure with Cutting-edge Virtual Reality for Enhanced Clinical Workflows and Education”

The poster by Viet Duc Vu and colleagues presents an innovative concept for linking standardised radiological data infrastructure (FHIR, DICOM) with virtual reality technology. The aim is to display medical data interactively and immersively in real time in order to improve clinical workflows and teaching scenarios. The focus is on intuitive interactions with 3D data models.

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Poster “Partners in Progress – Enabling VR in Teaching through Co-Teaching”

The poster by Ramin Siegmund and Hannah Rahel Jäkel presents a joint teaching project at Philipps University of Marburg as part of NIDIT, which enables the use of virtual reality in university teaching. The focus is on an interdisciplinary co-teaching concept with a dual technical and didactic structure. The aim is to qualify education students for collaborative learning in VR environments. Implementation takes place in the MeetInVR application, with intensive support and detailed technical and infrastructural planning.

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Poster on the fishbowl discussion on student participation

The poster documents key questions from the fishbowl discussion at Teaching Futures on the topic of student participation at universities. The topics discussed included participatory teaching methods, inclusion, feedback culture, decision-making processes, digital forms of support and incentive systems. The aim was to gather new ideas for active student participation and to highlight potential for the further development of teaching/learning processes.

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Poster „The IMPACCT Project – International Mobility with Partners Abroad for Culturally Competent Teachers“

The poster by Dr Annika Brück-Hübner and Dr Wiebke Nierste presents JLU's IMPACCT project, which promotes international exchange in teacher training. The focus is on intercultural preparation, student mobility and interreligious dialog.

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Poster „Building an academic network in France through study excursions“

The poster by Sylvie Cloarec (Wiesbaden Business School) presents an excursion program for students on the International Management course. The aim is to establish an academic network with French partner universities and to motivate students to spend a semester abroad in France at an early stage. The focus is on exchanges with international offices, getting to know potential partner universities and promoting intercultural skills.

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Poster „Enhancing First-Year Student Success Through Experiential Learning“

The poster by Sumari Tesnear and Lauwrence Loock presents a teaching-learning concept to promote the academic success of first semester students through experiential learning. The focus is on recreational educational activities that strengthen personal skills such as resilience, self-reflection and social interaction. The project is based on a mixed-methods design and will be carried out at South African universities between February and May 2025.

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Poster „Tutors’ Qualification – International Course“

The poster by Richard Vargas presents an international tutor course at JLU, which is part of the NIDIT project. The aim is to qualify international students for their work as tutors and to promote intercultural cooperation and partnership-based teaching-learning relationships. Among other things, the focus is on online workshops and the development of intercultural communication.

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Poster „NIDIT – International Teaching Training“

The poster by Anna Jäger, Juliane Sommer and Richard Vargas presents the international teaching training activities of the NIDIT team at JLU. The aim is to qualify teachers, researchers and student tutors in digital and international university teaching. The focus is on digital teaching skills, international cooperation and the development of long-term partnerships across national borders.

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Poster „GloPEG – Global Primary School Education Giessen“

The poster by Prof Dr Anja Seifert, Dr Annika Brück-Hübner and Dr Ulrike Beate Müller presents the GloPEG project at JLU, which promotes the internationalization of primary school teacher training. The focus is on the development of intercultural skills and the qualification of prospective teachers for “global citizenship”. Three innovative seminar formats will be presented: VIP, VIEW and BIE, which combine virtual, blended and physical mobility.

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Poster „Open Data Fundamentals“

The poster by Ievgen Bilyk presents the international online seminar “Open Data Fundamentals” at JLU. The focus is on Open Government Data as a social and technological topic. In interactive sessions, students from all over the world learn how to analyze and practically apply open data. Practical professional insights through guest lectures and intercultural exchange complement the learning concept.

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