I had the opportunity to participate for three days at the EDEN Conference 2026 in Porto. The theme “Beyond Technology: Human-AI Collaboration for Learning and Teaching” initially seemed more broad than deep. However, as it turned out, media-didactic and higher education practitioners and researchers navigate reflectively and carefully in an educational landscape that appears to be characterized primarily by uncertainty and pressure to act
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Empowering Educators: GenAI for ITI Teachers in Arunachal Pradesh
9. Oktober 2025 On September 25–26, 2025, we had the privilege to facilitate an immersive, hands-on workshop on generative AI (genAI) for 22 […]
Micro-credentials for South Asia. New learning in new formats
Review of the DS2S Regional Meeting in Bangalore: International colleagues from Asia and Germany discussed the development of future skills in higher education. The focus was on learner-centered approaches, cooperation on equal terms, and the opportunities offered by micro-credentials. Companies and universities are seeking new qualification pathways – synergies for higher education are emerging worldwide.
How do you discover blog posts? – Analysis of my poll at Mastodon (Sept. 2024)
How do you discover blog posts? – Analysis of my poll September 10, 2024 I started a poll on Mastodon to find out […]
The Concept of Educational Technology as a Kaleidoscope of Digital Education
Educational technology is a central concept when it comes to the digitalization of education. The contradictions and isomorphisms it contains shape the development […]
Online Lecture Series: Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals
Policy packages for complete decarbonization in the global north and the global south (Dr. Germán Bersalli IASS). We are pleased to announce the seventh and the last event in our lecture series “Research meets Practice. Scientific and Civil Society Approaches to the Sustainable Development Goals” on Wednesday, 30. November at 16:00 CET, 10:00 COT.
Energy-saving-online-teaching and the narrative of the sickening digital learning
Universities and colleges are looking to conserve energy to cushion increased costs. Online teaching is once again coming into focus as a crisis management teaching format. In Rhineland-Palatinate, this has already become a problem. The discussion shows how persistent the narrative of “sickening online teaching” is.