Since 2023, Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences has held an annual Teaching Day in the summer semester. Change of perspective takes place. Various formats offer participants the opportunity to engage in dialogue on various topics and change their perspective. Each year, the Day of Teaching has a different theme.
The success and relevance of the format was reflected in the feedback from participants. The Department of Studies and Teaching is looking forward to continuing to develop the Teaching Day together with you and to offering you a varied and exciting programme in the coming years.
This page offers you an insight into past changes of perspective.
This year's change of perspective took place on 29 May 2024 under the motto "City, country, teaching - in freedom and democracy" will take place. In view of the state elections in Thuringia in 2024, the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law and the 35th anniversary of the Peaceful Revolution, these are highly relevant topics.
Together with students, doctoral candidates, teaching staff and employees of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences and the Bauhaus University Weimar we have looked at how Teaching in uncertain times can be designed. A diverse Programme with offerings in presence, online and hybrid enabled individual participation connected via the Virtual Campus Thuringia. Keynote speeches, workshops and discussion rounds invited participants to delve deeper into individual topics and gain new perspectives. Various questions were thematised: How can teaching respond to crises? What does good teaching mean in 2024? Can good teaching be passed on? If so, how? What gaps are there in teaching? How and with what can they be filled?
The Teaching Day thus offered a great opportunity to contribute one's own perspective, exchange ideas and thus shape current and future teaching at Thuringian universities!
Follow us on our second "Apprenticeship Day":
On 24 May 2023, the first Teaching Day took place at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences as part of the "Change of Perspective" project - a day dedicated entirely to teaching and presenting projects, teaching concepts and teaching units from regular courses. The aim of the day: to strengthen the exchange and cooperation between the departments in order to jointly address current developments and think ahead together.
Designed as a participatory project to promote exchange, appreciation and further thinking, we worked with all of the university's teaching staff to organise a varied programme for the first Teaching Day. Programme put together. Together we started the day with a kick-off workshop by Prof Dr Cordula BorbeVice President for Studies & Teaching. This was followed by 16 workshops - organised by lecturers for lecturers. A lunch lecture was also offered during the lunch break. These varied programmes enabled lecturers from all subjects to exchange didactic methods and approaches and to think ahead together. The day was rounded off with a coffee, which once again invited participants to exchange ideas. The 16 participating teachers were given an hour's time on various topics by other teachers in return for their commitment. This included an hour practising sailing knots with Prof. Dr Frank Wiese or an hour with Prof. Dr Sabrina Schramme, who explained how to best gender your word language with just a few linguistic moves.
According to the participants, the Teaching Day promoted three key aspects: Appreciation, dialogue and inspiration. The positive feedback suggests that a new edition of the Teaching Day will be well received.
(The project was organised by the Department of Studies & Teaching together with e-Team and with the support of Dr Pascal Leibbrandt coordinated.)
Follow us on our first "Apprenticeship Day":
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