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With the development of a teaching and digitalisation strategy, Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences has set itself the direction for future-oriented and high-quality teaching. The Department of Teaching & Learning was involved in this process together with other cooperation partners. The aim was to develop the strategy in a participatory manner.

Participants in the development of the teaching and digitalisation strategy

The following groups of people and committees play a central role in the development of the teaching and digitalisation strategy:

As this is a participatory strategy development process, all members of the university were also invited to take part. This included

  • Employees of the university's support facilities
  • Teaching staff
  • Student body

Participation - but how?

The aim was to organise the strategy development as a participatory process. But why at all? We, the Department of Teaching and Learning, assume that our university members themselves know best what they need, how teaching and learning should be organised in the future, which goals should be prioritised and how these can be achieved. True to the motto "Experts in their own cause„.

To give everyone the opportunity to participate, we have integrated various mechanisms into the process:

  • Integration of the University Assembly as the highest body of academic self-administration with members from the various status groups
  • Convening of Plenary meetingsto provide information on the status of the teaching and digitalisation strategy and to provide opportunities for co-determination through surveys
  • Workshopsin which members of the various status groups are called upon to participate jointly in strategy development

The shared experiences, opinions and results of these measures to promote participation have a significant influence on the strategy development process.

Over the next four years, we worked on implementing the teaching and digitalisation strategy across the university.

The result:

Teaching digitisation strategy

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Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences at the peer-to-peer strategy consultation of the Digitalisation University Forum

We, the Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, were selected for the Peer-to-peer strategy consulting of the Hochschulforum Digitalisierung (HFD) was selected!

Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences was one of six universities selected by a jury and will be supported by the HFD in its digitalisation process in 2023/24. The HFD is an initiative of the Stifterverband, the CHE Centre for Higher Education Development and the German Rectors' Conference, which has been supporting universities in shaping digital change since 2014.

What has happened so far? 

  • Step 1:
    Self-reflection: We analysed our initial situation and current challenges and formulated concrete goals for the further development of studies and teaching. The broad-based project team at our university worked together on this. The results were recorded in a written self-report. This was submitted to the external advisory and support team in mid-December and serves as the basis for the further advisory process.

  • Step 2:
    Consultation days - visit of the "peers": On 7 and 8 February, external experts ("peers") visited our university. For the two-day visit, the university had developed a comprehensive programme together with the peers. This served as the basis for discussing and reflecting on the challenges, goals and possible development paths in a joint and participatory process. To this end, all status groups worked together in workshops.

  • Step 3:
    Recommendation report: Following the counselling days, the peers worked with the HFD to prepare an individual recommendation report for Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.

  • Step 4:
    Action plan: After the recommendation report has been analysed within the university, the project team draws up a brief outlook in the form of an "action plan". The next steps in the strategy and implementation process are outlined on 3-5 pages. The plan also contains a concrete outlook on which priorities and measures are to be implemented.

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Introduction: Experts in peer-to-peer strategy consulting

The following external experts will support us in our digitalisation process as part of peer-to-peer strategy consulting:

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