May 2024
University of Oldenburg Faculty Newsletter
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May 2024
University of Oldenburg Faculty Newsletter
Prof Dr Andrea Strübind talks about her mission as Vice President for Instruction
Day of Teaching and Learning
20 June 2024 - Day of Teaching and Learning on learning culture and learning spaces [Link only in German]
The central theme of this year's Day of Teaching and Learning will be collaborative shaping of the university as a place of learning. The aim is to explore how physical and digital spaces at the university should be designed in order to facilitate innovative forms of teaching and learning. In light of the pandemic, the programme will reevaluate the link between learning culture and physical presence on campus and consider possible further development.
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Ever heard of OER? New information service on open educational resources [Link only in German]
For instructors – This page provides an overview of OER support and frameworks at the University of Oldenburg. Find OER – Browse a curated collection of openly licensed materials from others that can be used in your own teaching. The OER Stammtisch invites you to exchange ideas online every fourth Friday of the month.
Pedagogic workshops, Mittagstreffen or certificate: the current programme for 2024
The Teaching and Learning in Higher Education team can answer any organisational questions you may have and accepts requests for workshop topics.
forschen@studium
Call for proposals for instructional projects for Research-Based Learning and Ideas for Research-Based Learning open until 10 June 2024
As part of the Research-Based Learning funding programme, instructors and staff at the University of Oldenburg can receive assistance for implementing research-based learning formats. Proposals for funding instructional projects or Ideas for Research-Based Learning (e.g. hiring student assistants or covering material costs) can be submitted to forschen@studium until 10 June 2024. Applications can be submitted for grants up to a maximum of €3,000 for the winter semester 2024/25 or the summer semester 2025.
Funded research-based learning projects for the summer semester 2024
The Research-Based Learning committee under the patronage of Prof Dr Andrea Strübind, Vice President for Instruction, has selected the following for funding: ten instructional projects for the funding line Research-Based Learning, two projects for the funding line Ideas for Research-Based Learning and seven student research projects about the topic "Is this actually fair?". The instructional projects and the Ideas for Research-Based Learning will be carried out in the summer semester, while the student research projects will be implemented between April and November.
Internal Surveys
Focus groups [Link only in German]
Internal Surveys already offers a small number of focus groups. These are moderated group discussions based on pre-defined key questions. This service will be expanded in a pilot project. Some topics that can be covered by this qualitative analysis include development of degree programmes, high student fluctuation, drop-out rates, and many more.
Positive feedback on the Teaching Analysis Poll (TAP)
Internal Surveys and Teaching and Learning in Higher Education have been offering the TAP for mid-semester qualitative feedback in courses for several years. Instructors whose courses have had the TAP implemented are more than satisfied with this assessment process. They especially value that changes to the course can still be made during the ongoing semester in response to student feedback.
Evaluation esults for winter semester 2023/24 are now online
Course evaluation [Link only in German]
The results for winter semester 2023/24 are available on our website. In the summer semester, the course evaluation will run from 10 June to 23 June 2024, however alternative times will be possible.
The complete analysis (German / English), the school-specific results and the categorised free text answers are available.
Further information (concept, questionnaire, etc.) about the student survey
For the central Graduate survey, the complete analysis (German / English), the school-specific evaluations, the categorised free text answers and a summary of the most important findings are available.
What happens with the findings? [Link only in German]
The findings are made available to the Executive Board, the schools and the surveyed institutions. In addition, specific reports are prepared for the annual degree programme conferences so to enable ongoing improvement to studying at the University of Oldenburg.
Project news
The projects SOUVER@N and participate@UOL at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg have been extended until December 2025. Everyone involved is delighted to see the continuation of the successful project.
SOUVER@N
On 18 and 19 March 2014, the three teams—Management, Coordination and Communication—held a closed meeting in the university guest house. The purpose of this meeting was to determine the current situation, discuss the next steps after the approved extension of the project, and to transfer and document the outcomes under the umbrella initiative "Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen".
In the podcast "SOUVER@N in der digitalen Hochschullehre - Ideen aus Niedersachsen", experts, instructors, students and employees talk once a month about topics related to digital and digitally enhanced teaching.
For your students
Funding for student research projects - application deadline: 10 June 2024
Bachelor and Master students of all disciplines can apply for grants for carrying out an extracurricular research project in small groups. Applications can be submitted for a maximum of €5,000 per group for materials and work (students would be hired on a student assistant contract). Applications are open until 10 June 2024.
Call for Papers - 9th Conference for Student Research (University of Hohenheim) [Link only German]
The ninth Conference for Student Research will take place at the University of Hohenheim on 24 October 2024. All students of the University of Oldenburg are cordially invited to apply to present their research at the conference. Abstracts can be submitted until 15 June 2024. If the submission is accepted, students can apply for a travel subsidy.