Kategorie: e-Learning

e-Learning allgemein

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[ijet, journal] Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning Vol. 21 / No.01 #ijet #research

Issue 21/01 of our journal on emerging technologies for learning got published. Enjoy the readings as usual for free :-).

Table of Contents:

  • Enhancing Power Electronics Labs through Error-Based and Self-Regulated Learning
  • Developing a Gamified Cybersecurity Training Program for Remote Work
  • Enhancing Educational Outcomes through the Integration of Virtual Learning Environment
  • College Students’ Intention to Use AI Tools in Academia
  • From Metaverse Myth to Augmentiverse Reality
  • Assessing the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

[Link to Issue 21/01]

Nevertheless, if you are interested to become a reviewer for the journal, please just contact me 🙂 .

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[guidlines] A digital textbook for everyone: Accessible and interactive, from concept to use #accessibility #tugraz #research

Our final guidlines „A digital textbook for everyone: Accessible and interactive, from concept to use“ are now online available:

The Guidelines offer practical orientation on how to design digital schoolbooks that are didactically sound, inclusive, and accessible. They address everyone involved in creating or using learning materials — from publishers, authors, and teachers to designers, developers, parents, and educational stakeholders.
A key feature of the project is its transdisciplinary approach: experts from subject didactics, inclusive education, UX design, computer science, and accessibility worked together to develop methods, processes, and examples. While the work is based on content from mathematics and geography, the principles are transferable to other subjects.
Digital schoolbooks provide new opportunities for individualized, collaborative, and competence-oriented learning. The Guidelines show how digital materials can follow a “Born Accessible” strategy from the very beginning, aligned with the principles of Universal Design for Learning. They provide concrete recommendations, best practices, and examples that can be directly applied to development projects.
The content covers the entire development process — from defining inclusive learning goals to decisions about design and representation, technical implementation, feedback structures, and ongoing quality assurance.
These guidelines were developed as one of three key outcomes of the Erasmus+ project Digital Education Material (DEM).

[English version @ Zenodo]
[German version @ Zenodo]

Reference:
English version: Brnic, M., Degenhardt, S., Edelsbrunner, S., Erdel, T., Greefrath, G., Kargl, B., Lathan, H., Macchia, V., Mönter, L., Schön, S., Schütt, M.-L., Torri, S., Wetzel, M., & Ebner, M. (2025). A digital textbook for everyone: Accessible and interactive, from concept to use. CDV. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18313228
German version: Brnic, M., Degenhardt, S., Edelsbrunner, S., Erdel, T., Greefrath, G., Kargl, B., Lathan, H., Macchia, V., Mönter, L., Schön, S., Schütt, M.-L., Torri, S., Wetzel, M., & Ebner, M. (2025). Ein digitales Schulbuch für alle: Barrierefrei und interaktiv von der Idee bis zur Nutzung. CDV. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18301620

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[statement] European Universities alliances must embrace open educational resources #oer

Sandra and I did a short essay about „European Universities alliances must embrace open educational resources“ for the European University Assiciation.

Abstract:
To ensure legally compliant, sustainable and digitally sovereign teaching in European Universities alliances, open educational resources are an essential tool.

[essay @ EUA Homepage]
[essay @ ResearchGate]

Reference: Ebner, M., Schön, S. (2026). European Universities alliances must embrace open educational resources. Expert Voices. European University Association. [draft]

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[report] Streamlining course catalogue metadata amongst European university alliances. An overview of existing standards, developments, perspectives and challenges (Technical Report) #unite #tugraz

Our report titled „Streamlining course catalogue metadata amongst European university alliances. An overview of existing standards, developments, perspectives and challenges (Technical Report)“ is now online available:

The digital transformation of higher education has created new opportunities and challenges for European university alliances aiming to foster seamless collaboration across institutions. Unite!, a leading European University Alliance focused on technology and engineering, has initiated the Cm.2 Digital Campus work package to develop an integrated digital learning environment. A key component of this initiative is the establishment of course catalogues that facilitate student and staff mobility within the alliance. However, the lack of standardised metadata models and the diverse approaches of partner universities to course cataloguing present significant obstacles to interoperability. This report presents the work of the Unite! Metadata Standards Working Group, established within the Cm.2 “Digital Campus” framework to address these challenges. The purpose of this document is to present a clear, coherent view of the metadata for a course catalogue of a European university alliance. Because the subject matter involves many interrelated topics and dependencies, the needed linear presentation does obscure the logical connections between them. The goal was the identification of sustainable and scalable approaches to course catalogue integration. The report outlines several entry points. Nevertheless, it is designed to bring colleagues on board who are not yet familiar with the background and the various use cases for course catalogues. Consequently, it opens with a basic introduction to the essentials of virtual mobility, the recognition of study achievements using the ECTS users’ guide (EC DG EAC, 2015) and highlights the difficulties of international / multilingual domain vocabulary and other basic issues (chapter 2). As described, we then presented the various access points from multiple perspectives: existing metadata standards (chapter 3), the (potential) role of national standards (chapter 4), two examples from other European university alliances (ENHANCE and YUFE, chapter 5), and results of an exploratory analysis of attributions in university course catalogues (chapter 6). Findings from the analysis of some Unite! partners‘ course catalogues highlighted inconsistencies in metadata usage, challenges related to terminology, and gaps in machine readability. Chapter 7 then summarises challenges surrounding metadata for joint course catalogues and finally, chapter 8 describes strategies for a common course catalogue in university alliances and provides a draft on how to develop and decide upon a course catalogue. This report aims to serve as a foundation for future discussions and technical developments within Unite! and other European alliances seeking to establish interoperable course catalogues. By addressing the challenges of metadata fragmentation and system integration, university alliances can enhance the accessibility and effectiveness of digital learning infrastructures, ultimately improving mobility and collaboration across higher education institutions.

Recommended Citation: Kubik, T., Schön, S., Bertonasco, R., Alcober, J., Diard, J., Ebner, M., Francisco, A., Gasplmayr, K., Hoppe, C., Koschutnig-Ebner, M., Krysiak, J., Martikainen, J., Petersson, J., Szymanska-Kwiecien, A. & Taraghi, B. (2025). Streamlining course catalogue metadata amongst European university alliances. An overview of existing standards, developments, perspectives and challenges (Technical Report). Graz University of Technology. DOI: 10.3217/0xewj-6mb92 

[Link to the report]

This is an impactful contributions, methodological rigor, and exceptional novelty in the field of european alliances in higher education.

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[report] Implementing the European Student Card within the European university alliance Unite! #unite #tugraz

Our report about „Implementing the European Student Card within the European university alliance Unite!. A technical report on status, developments, and plans of Unite! universities“ is online available:

This report describes the implementation of the European Student Card Initiative (ESCI), launched by the European Commission in 2022 and comprising Erasmus Without Paper (EWP), the European Student Card (ESC), and the ERASMUS+ App, within the Unite! alliance. The first part focuses specifically on the ESC, drawing on the actions taken and the information gathered within the framework of the initiative. The Unite! alliance, comprising nine universities (Aalto University, Grenoble INP graduate school of engineering and management, University Grenoble Alpes, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Graz University of Technology, Universidade de Lisboa, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya/BarcelonaTech, Technical University of Darmstadt, and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology), aims to promote the concept of a European campus. The report outlines the nature of this initiative, the strategy adopted since 2023, and the current state of implementation within the Unite! alliance (as of August 2025). It presents two solutions for establishing ESCs within the alliance, including internally developed software solutions, such as a virtual student card application created by Politecnico di Torino, and options involving external service providers, such as Capmonetique in France at UGA (as part of the Unite! partner INP-UGA). The report also highlights potential improvements and broader implications of implementing the ESC, with the objective of supporting and informing other universities about the available solutions.

Recommended Citation:  Bertonasco, R., Diard, J., Landfahrer Berglez, K., Schön, S., Alcober, J., Büttner, W., Cruz, L., Ebner, M., Espadas, C., Ferrian, C., Fink, J., Gasplmayr, K., Hoppe, C., Järvelä, H., Krysiak, J., Oller, M., Petersson, J., Reignier Tayar, N., Schmidt, A., Sessler, C., Szymanska-Kwiecien, A. & Tadaszak, R. (2025). Implementing European Student Card amongst the European university alliance Unite!: A technical report on status, developments, and plans of Unite! universities (Technical Report). Graz University of Technology. DOI: 10.3217/nzz7b-vam63

[Link to the report]

This is an impactful contributions, methodological rigor, and exceptional novelty in the field of european alliances in higher education.

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[publication] Digitale Souveränität & OER – Chancen und Verantwortung der Hochschulen #tugraz #OER

Für das letzte fnma-Magazin haben wir noch einen kurzen Beitrag rund um das Thema Digitale Souveräntität und OER geschrieben.

Auf der Tagung Campus Innovation 2021 präsentierten wir, dass die Kombination aus offenen Lehrmaterialien und selbstverwalteten digitalen Infrastrukturen die Unabhängigkeit von externen Anbieter:innen und somit die digitale Souveränität stärkt (Ebner & Schön, 2021). In einem aktuellen Beitrag (Schön & Ebner 2025) haben wir dies erneut aufgegriffen und als einen der Vorteil von OER beschrieben.

[article @ ResearchGate]
[fnma Magazin 04/25]

Referenz: Ebner, M., Schön, S. (2025) Digitale Souveräntität & OER – Chancen und Verantwortung der Hochschulen. fnma Magazin 04/25. S. 31-34. [draft]

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[podcast] KI-gestützte Lehre #tugraz

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Es freut uns, dass wir nun den 25. Teil unserer Podcast-Serie „Lehren – Lernen – Lauschen“ auf der TELucation-Webseite zur Verfügung stellen können. Diesesmal spricht Benedikt Brünner zu „KI-gestützte Lehre„:

In dieser Folge spricht Benedikt Brünner vom Institute of Human-Centred Computing über seine Forschung zu digitaler Bildung und den verantwortungsvollen Einsatz von KI im Lehr- und Lernprozess. Er gibt Einblicke in seinen Weg vom Lehramt zurück an die TU Graz, erläutert Chancen und Grenzen von KI in der Hochschullehre und zeigt, wie KI-Tutor:innen, gezieltes Prompting und KI-gestützte Lernmaterialien Lehrende und Studierende unterstützen können.

[#27 – Benedikt Brünner zu KI-gestützte Lehre]

Und nicht übersehen – der Podcast ist auch in allen gängigen Portalen verfügbar:

Damit möchte ich mich auch in die Weihnachtspause 2025 verabschieden und mich gleichzeitig bedanken, dass so viele Personen hier mitlesen. Ich darf allen ein schönes Weihnachtsfest 2025 wünschen, sowie ein gutes und gesundes Jahr 2026.
Im Jänner 2026 beginn ich gerne wieder mit alter Frische.