In the "BLEND & ORIENT" project, the ZML is working with the Institute for Information Processing Technology (ITIV) is developing a blended learning concept for the bachelor's course in digital technology. The aim is to enrich the face-to-face courses with digital elements and to interlink all elements effectively. The resulting learning offer is intended to make it easier for first-year students to find their way around the subject on the one hand and to promote motivation and continuous learning over the course of the semester on the other. A digital learning map, cross-course challenges and supporting learning videos are used for this purpose.
The Bachelor's degree course in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at the KIT faculty of the same name, ETIT, provides its first-semester students with basic theoretical qualifications, including in the fields of mathematics, physics and digital technology. While many first-year students are already familiar with the first two from school, access to subject-specific content proves to be much more difficult.
Contact persons at ZML
Michael Gauss
Phone: +49 721 608-48206
E-mail: michael.gauss3∂kit.edu
Manuela Adams
Phone: +49 721-608-48211
E-mail: manuela.adams∂kit.edu
The aim of the BLEND & ORIENT project is to support the introduction to the subject of digital technology through a blended learning concept that promotes learning and motivation. To this end, the face-to-face courses (lecture, lecture hall exercise and tutorial) are to be supplemented by digital elements and dovetailed more closely with each other. A digital learning map, tasks in the sense of a "challenge-based learning" approach and associated supporting learning videos will be designed and produced as digital elements. These will then be integrated into the existing digital learning spaces on the ILIAS learning platform.
The digital learning map and the challenges are intended to link the various thematic sections of the course and emphasize their relevance to the course and professional practice. The activating challenges are supplemented by short video clips. These are intended to motivate students by illustrating the connection to real-life problems. They are also intended to support the completion of the challenge tasks by demonstrating a "knowledge space", the contents of which the students should already have mastered at this point in the semester. At the same time, the individual parts of the course are linked to each other in the digital course room on ILIAS to facilitate orientation in the subject.
Publications & presentations
- Process development for the integration of digital teaching elements in electrical engineering (2022) Barth, A.; Schmidt M.; Gauß M. - Inverted Classroom and beyond (22.02.-23.02.2022), Online