Review TdLL 2021
Review TdLL 2021
10.00 a.m.
Welcome
The Vice President for Studies, Teaching and International Affairs Prof. Dr Verena Pietzner
The welcome video of the Vice President for Studies, Teaching and International Affairs Prof Dr Verena Pietzner.
10.15–11.30 am
Theoretical insights from education, philosophy and economics
Prof. Dr Heinke Röbken (School I, Institute of Educational Sciences, professorship for Educational Management; C3L)
Paul Blattner ( School IV, Institute of Philosophy, research focus: Didactics of Philosophy)
Prof. Dr Till-Sebastian Idel (School I, Institute of Educational Sciences, professorship for School Pedagogy and General Didactics)
Moderator: Dr Susanne Haberstroh (Department for Study Affairs)
As lecturers and researchers at the UOL, Heinke Röbken, Paul Blattner and Till-Sebastian Idel approached the topic of examinations from three different theoretical perspectives. First, drawing on studies in the economics of education, Heinke Röbken examined common myths and facts regarding examinations and the awarding of marks at universities. Paul Blattner, drawing on Michel Foucault, explored the ways in which examinations shape the subject. Finally, Till-Sebastian Idel examined the ambivalent relationship between pedagogy and examination. At the end, there was an opportunity for discussion and to engage in conversation with one another.
11.45-12.30
Practical impulses - parallel
In the five parallel short contributions, different practical perspectives on examinations were presented and discussed: What role does the exam play in learning? How can exams be made transparent through feedback? How can an e-portfolio accompany the learning process and at the same time serve as an examination? What does diversity-orientated assessment mean? And how can teachers and students deal with anxiety before and during examinations?
Are you still testing or are you already learning? Contemporary testing at school and university
Dr Dorthe Behrens, Lisa Bramsmann, Thanh Hang Dao and Markus Kempe (School I, Institute of Educational Sciences)
Do examinations at school and university serve the learning process or is it the other way round, that learning processes only serve the preparation of examinations? In order to discuss this question, the lecture reported on a seminar concept from the educational sciences for student teachers in which contemporary examinations for schools are discussed. Students presented selected examples of examination formats that they developed as part of the seminar. In addition, it was discussed whether the seminar itself could be an example of how to organise a contemporary examination at the university.
Audit ethics through transparency and feedback
Natalie Dutescu (School IV, Institute of Philosophy)
Examination situations are usually viewed from the perspective of performance-measuring grades. Central to this lecture was its ethical illumination. The aim was to ensure that candidates are protected from arbitrariness and examiners from accusations of the same. To this end, a transparent examination preparation, implementation and re-registering student was proposed, based on comprehensible formal and content-related building blocks.
Process-orientated testing with e-portfolios
Anatolij Fandrich (School II, Department of Computing Science)
The course "Soft Skills and Technical Competence" is aimed at students in the introductory phase of computer science degree programmes and teaches technical content as well as interdisciplinary skills such as time and self-management, creative methods and formulating (peer) feedback. As part of the two-semester course, students produce artefacts using 3D printers, laser cutters and microcontrollers and document the project work, the practice-oriented exercises and their individual learning progress in an e-portfolio. The practical experience of handling and assessing e-portfolios as an examination achievement was discussed in the lecture.
Diversity-orientated testing?! Impulses for student-orientated teaching, learning and examination processes
Ayla Satilmis (Gender and Diversity, University Didactics) and Carolin Keune (Student council member)
What does diversity-orientated assessment mean and why is it even necessary? How can heterogeneous conditions among students be dealt with in teaching, learning and examination situations? And what are the Allowances for special needs at the University of Oldenburg?
These questions were at the centre of the presentation and were examined from different perspectives. The aim was to provide food for thought for diversity-orientated teaching, learning and examination processes and to exchange ideas for design options.
Fear of the exam - unchangeable fate?
Wilfried Schumann (Head of the Psychological Counselling Service of the University and Student Services)
In many cases, exam anxiety leads to students not being able to properly realise and evaluate their own potential. What possibilities are there for students to approach exams more confidently, without anxiety and with confidence? How can teachers and students work together to ensure that exams are less stressful, that they really measure skills and do not mutate into a pure stress test?
12.30-13.30
Lunch offers - parallel
Many of us sit at our desks at home to teach, learn and work. In the midst of documents, notes and coffee cups, it is often difficult to find the time and motivation for a healthy break. The lunch programme at TdLL offered inspiration for a healthy meal and exercise.
12.30-13.15
Power food for top performance
Culinary ideas for sustained concentration: online live cooking with Jörg Bambynek
Whether dextrose or sweet bars, milkshakes or energy drinks - they all promise quick energy for supposedly optimum performance. Unfortunately, marketing and economic interests are behind this promise. What we need for a well-functioning metabolism and energy balance is very different!
In this session, participants were able to discover wholesome power food ideas that can be prepared quickly (and inexpensively) - whether in fruity, liquid form, as a practical snack on the go or as a filling meal at home. All under the motto: It's worth making it yourself!
13.00-13.30
Moving break
ZEH university sports
During the University Sports Oldenburg's Moving Break, participants gave tense muscles a well-deserved relaxation and improved their mobility and concentration. Loosening and stretching exercises for all areas of the body were performed live. The participants were then able to start the rest of the programme with a good feeling!
13.30-14.30
All for the future - future for all.
Poster presentations of student research projects - parallel
Independent research by students - both inside and outside of courses - characterises the study programme at the University of Oldenburg. Supported by the "Forschendes Lernen" programme, five student research groups have worked on different facets of the topic of "the future".
- A self-fulfilling prophecy? The effect of election forecasts on voting behaviour in local and federal elections in Lower Saxony
Florian Erlbruch & Torren Frank (School I) - The future of home - home of the future: Imagining home from migrant perspectives
Alejandra Castellanos Bretón, José Guillermo Ricalde Perez & Lisa Marie Perez Sosa (School III) - Between Utopia and Apocalypticism: Images of the Future in the Climate Movement
Robin Forstenhäusler, Laurids Heltschl & Askan Schmidt (School IV) - The future of stony corals in times of climate change - What role could their fluorescence play in recognising temperature stress?
Mike Jan Smykala & Laura Jana Fiegel (School V) - AI meets AD: Coining the future of early and accurate prediction of Alzheimer's disease progression
Raxide Andrade Leon, Oliver Bruton & Sumbul Jafri (School VI)
14.30-15.30
How students are helping to shape digital change in teaching - DigitalChangeMakers share their experiences
Bernadette Gruber ( Open University of Hagen, DigitalChangeMaker 2020/21), René Rahrt (Georg-August University of Göttingen, DigitalChangeMaker 2019/20) and Peter England ( Co-ordinator of ‘participate@UOL’, Department for Study Affairs)
How is my university changing? And how can I help shape this change? In this session, students Bernadette Gruber (Open University in Hagen) and René Rahrt (University of Göttingen) spoke about their involvement as DigitalChangeMakers in the Higher Education Forum on Digitalisation. The focus was on the university-wide issues they have a say in, why they consider co-creation important, and what they personally gain from getting involved in change processes.
With the new innovation project participate@UOL, participation is becoming a key part of the programme. In the Teaching Lab and Learning Lab, new opportunities are emerging for the collaborative design of (digital) teaching, for teaching experiments and for trying out new learning formats.
The DigitalChangeMaker session was supported by:
15.30-15.45
Review
The Vice President for Studies, Teaching and International Affairs Prof Dr Verena Pietzner
Björn von Schlippe
16.00-17.00 hrs
Award ceremony: Teaching Prize 2020/21
To encourage teachers in their commitment to good university teaching, the University of Oldenburg awards the Teaching Prize. The award is under the patronage of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Teaching and International Affairs.
This year, the Teaching Prize was awarded in the following categories:
- Best event
- Research-based learning
- Best course evaluation
Further information can be found on the Teaching Prize website.