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Conference of the German Association for University Didactics (dghd) 2025

Theme: "Key Competencies and University Didactics: Building Blocks for Transformative Higher Education"

To what extent do personal developments influence societal transformations, and how can societal change processes be addressed in terms of their impact on individual personal development? Against this backdrop, the focus is on the following key topics, among others:

  • Societal Responsibility
  • Personal Development
  • Democracy Education
  • Sustainability
  • Artifical Intelligence

Registration opens on December 15, 2024.

The link to the Conference Tool (German only).

Further Information

If you require childcare during the conference, please register with the Balu und Du team by 01 February 2025. To arrange childcare, provide details about the age of your child(ren) as well as the scope and type of care needed by sending an email to:baluunddu(at)scope.fra-uas.remove-this.de.

 

The Participation costs are as followed:

  • For dghd members: €70 participation fee
  • For non-members: €120 participation fee
  • For students and doctoral candidates: €50 participation fee
  • Participation is free of charge for freelancers and members of Frankfurt UAS
  • The participation fee for the Conference Dinner is €30

We have reserved single and double rooms (approximately 300 rooms in total) at four hotels for you. Bookings for these contingents can now only be made directly with the providers listed below.

 

  • Best Western IB Friedberger Warte
    Tram line 18: Direct connection to the university in 10 minutes
    Booking code: dghdKonferenz
    reservierung(at)ibhotels.de

 

  

01.06.2024:

Publication of the Call for Submissions

15.06.2024:

Start of the submission phase

15.08.2024:

Deadline for all submissions

August - September 2024 

Review by the program committee and assignment to reviewers

15.09.2024:

Start of the review process

01.11.2024:

End of the review process

November - December 2024 

Feedback on submissions and creation of the preliminary program

13.12.2024:

Start of registration for the conference

15.12.2024:

Publication of the preliminary program

24. - 28.03.2025:

dghd Annual Conference 2025

Prof. Dr. Stefan Braun, Frankfurt UAS

Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Kitmeridis, Frankfurt UAS

Dr. Sabrina Engelmann, Frankfurt UAS

Hannah Lutz-Vock, Frankfurt UAS

 

Dr. Björn Kiehne, Technical University of Berlin

Dr. Angelika Thielsch, German Association for Higher Education Didactics

Dr. Nerea Vöing, University of Paderborn

Claudia Walter, BayZiel - Bavarian Center for Innovative Teaching

Prof. Dr. Tobina Brinker, Society for Key Competencies in Teaching, Research, and Practice e.V.

Heike Kröpke, Society for Key Competencies in Teaching, Research, and Practice e.V.

Program (Monday-Thursday)

TimeAgenda Item

11:00 - 12:30 

Registration & Welcome

Building 1 / Hall

12:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Building 4 / Cafeteria

13:45 - 14:15

Meditation Hour

Building 10 / Room 125

14:30 - 16:00

Climate Game

Building 10 / Room 112, Nicole Engelhardt

Doctoral Forum

Building 10 / Room 309

• Self-Efficacy in Research (Katrin Ellen Klieme)
• Professional Identity of University Teachers (Hannah Lutz-Vock)
• The Importance of Space for Needs- and Future-Oriented University Didactics (Joia Handl)
• Development and Validation of a Model for AI Teaching Competence (Julia Jochim)
• Inquiry-Based Learning: Irritations as Catalysts for Transformative Educational Processes & the Strengthening of Self-Efficacy (Lydia Kolano-Law)
• Body-Related Self-Determination in University Teaching and Learning Settings (Charlotte Xavier)
• Key Competencies in Teaching and Learning Contexts Using Nutrition as an Example (Sarah-Lena Schäfer & Angela Häußler)
• Seminar Cultures as a Prerequisite for Implementation (Kamilla Megel)
• Interrupting Sitting Time & Movement Methods in University Teaching (Juliane Möckel)
• Eliminated Voting Barriers? – Political Participation of People with Intellectual Disabilities under the New Voting Law (Tabea Müller)
• On the Importance of Third-Party Physical Presence in Analog & Virtual University Seminars (Jonathan Knapp & Martin Giese)
• Between Formality & Informality: On the Working Conditions of Academic Staff at German Universities (Nicole Geier)

16:30 - 18:00

Climate Game

Building 10 / Room 112, Nicole Engelhardt

Doctoral Forum with Poster Exhibition

Building 10 / Room 305

Simulation Game: Simulating a Crisis Scenario

Building 10 / Room 113, Stefan Braun

from 19:00 onwards

Evening Program: Wine Bar Butte

 

TimeAgenda Item

09:00 - 10:30

Registration

Building 10 / Hall

10:30 - 12:30

Welcome and Keynote

Building 4 / Audimax

12:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Building 4 / Cafeteria

12:45 - 14:15

Meditation Session

Building 10 / Room 125

14:30 - 16:00

Tour of the German National Library
(Pre-registration is recommended for better planning)

Democracy Education, Building 10 / Room 113:
•  Concept and Impact of a Teaching Module on Democratically Developing Assessment Criteria in Educational Science Seminars for Teaching Programs (Janis Wehde)
•  Cultures of Remembrance and Democracy Education in the Context of Musical-Cultural and Political Education at Universities – Results of a Current Teaching and Research Project (Sabine Schneider-Binkl)
•  Decolonizing Teaching Practices (Miriam Gertzen)
•  Monuments, Memory, and Democratic Dialogue: A Transnational Project Seminar Case Study (Petra Zaus, MaryAnn Snyder-Körber, Jeanette Vigliotti)
•  Digital Democracy – Key Competencies for and in Digital Democracy (Alexa Maria Kunz, Sarah Herrmann, Michael Mäs)

University Didactics in Transition, Building 10 / Room 205:
•  The (Untapped) Potential of Learning Tasks in University Teaching (Verena Eickhoff)
•  Successfully Evaluating Teaching Constitutions on a Regular Basis: An Experience Report from Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences (Lisa König, Peter-Georg Albrecht, Christoph Stamann, Yvonne Bönninger, Julia Möws, Susanne Borkowski)
•  Motivations and Barriers: A Qualitative Analysis of the Use of University Didactic Offers by Teachers (Michael Sommer, Josefine Marquardt, Sandra Büttner)
•  Blended Learning as a Driver for Didactic Innovation: Competence Development for Digital Administration at HöV Rheinland-Pfalz (Magdalena Roguska-Heims, Martina Ludwig)
•  Integrative Democracy and Sustainability Education within Teacher Training Programs (Eike Zimpelmann, Reimar Toeppell)

Sustainability-Oriented Competencies, Building 10 / Room 202:
•  Design Thinking in Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD): Practicality and Competence Acquisition from Learners' Perspectives (Julia Hufnagl, Julia Haslinger)
•  More Than Just "Technology" – Promoting Sustainability-Oriented Competencies in Engineering Programs (Silke Frye)
•  Basic Research Meets Teaching: Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Development in Engineering University Education (Frank Dieball, Stefanie Meilinger, Florian Bahl, Philipp Kruppe)
•  Sustainability Education 101 (SE101): What You Need to Know to Foster Sustainability in Your Courses Now (Stefan T. Siegel, Eliane Troxler, Bernadette Dilger)
•  Promoting Soil Health for Sustainable Development: Key Insights for Higher Education (Alexandra Reith)

AI Integration, Building 10 / Room 310:
•  Promoting AI-Supported Scientific Writing Competence in Subject Teaching: Didactic Approaches for Integration in Disciplinary Contexts (Isabella Buck)
•  AI in Scientific Writing Seminars (Annegret Höpner, Dieter Uckelmann)
Double the Impact: Scientific Writing with AI & Transformative Academic Development (HongLy Nguyen, Kathy Meyer-Ross)
•  The Role of AI in Tutorial Work: An Innovative Contribution to Improving Teaching Quality? (Anna-Luisa Morvay, Doris Segebarth, Katrin Heß)
•  Implementing AI Literacy and Ethics as Part of Future Skills (Christina Müller-Naevecke)

Digital Competencies & Data Literacy, Building 10 / Room 311:
• Digital Competency Model for Students (Lisa Ulzheimer, Nina Christ, Daniela Kamutzki)
• Promoting (Legal) Digital Data Literacy through Practice-Oriented Design-Based Learning (Anton Sefkow, Marten Borchers, Lukas Musumeci)
•  Aren't We All a Little Critical? The Concept of Critique and Didactics of Transdisciplinary Data Literacy Education (Andreas Hütig)
• DrAI Wins? A Constructivist Application Matrix and Recommendations for a Learning-Promoting Use of AI in Higher Education (Thomas Schröter)
• Can a Basic Understanding of AI Be Developed Without Informatics Skills? (Felix Weschenfelder)

Application & Impact, Building 10 / Room 303:
• The Impact of a Simple Algorithm on the Quality of Distractors in Multiple-Choice Questions (Florian Klapproth)
• How Does the Use of AI Tools Influence Student Performance in Data Science? (Lena Michelle Müller, Rahim Hajji, Sebastian von Enzberg, David Döring, Reik Donner)
• DBR-Based Development of Teaching Material for Dealing with Generative AI in Studies (Jennifer Preiß, Nadia Blüthmann)
• Integrating AI into Teaching: A Question of Attitude (Daniel Otto, Verena Assenmacher)
• Navigating AI Integration: Enhancing Bachelor Thesis Assessment (Lisa David, Christina Anderer)

Ethical Education, Building 10 / Room 309:
• Establishing an Interdisciplinary Understanding of an Ethically Sensitive Topic in Teaching (Daniela Schmitz)
• From Lectures to Spaces of Silence: Mindfulness as a Part of University Life on Many Levels (Andreas Franze, Kathy Meyer-Ross)
• Promoting Metaskills Through Cultivating Emotional Balance (CEB) in Peace Education Curricula (Peggy Bendler)
• Learning Democracy Through Experiencing Democracy! (Christine Buchwald)

Reflection, Building 10 / Room 312:
• Integrating Agile Methods in Higher Education: Approaches to Supporting Transformative Learning (Christiane Wittich)
• Just Save the World?! Supporting Students in Their Civic Engagement Through Scientific Reflection (Nadia Blüthmann, Eileen Lübcke, Kai-Uwe Schnapp, Nils Zurawski)
• Better Together than Alone – Collaborative Problem-Based Learning as an Answer to Complexity (Marcus Berger)
• What Remains? Effectiveness of a Workshop for Teachers on Didactic Reflection (Lisa David)
• Shaping Competence and Critical Thinking as Integral Components of Competence-Oriented Teaching – Lessons from Vocational Pedagogy (Eike Zimpelmann)

Research-Based Learning, Building 10 / Room 304:
• Research-Based Learning with Societal Responsibility – A Benefit for University Teachers as Well (Susanne Wimmelmann, Constanze Saunders, Eileen Lübcke)

Shaping Change, Building 10 / Room 112:
• Responsibly Shaping Change: On the Success of Transformative Learning (Frank Wistuba, Monika Wyss)

Democracy Education in Subject Teaching, Building 10 / Room 305:
• Democracy Education in Subject Teaching: Scenarios, Dilemmas, Strategies for Action (Katinka Netzer, Astrid Tan, Ulrike Lange, Peter Salden)

16:30 - 18:00        

Audio Walk
For better planning, prior registration is recommended.

AI Competence & Teaching, Building 10 / Room 309:
• Development of a Model for AI Teaching Competence (Julia Jochim, Vera Kristina Lenz-Kesekamp)
• Teaching Meets AI: Assessing, Developing, and Integrating Personal Competencies into Teaching (Natalie Dambier, Britta Lintfert, Regine Martschiske)
• Digital Competence as the Foundation for Future Skills and AI Competence in Higher Education Teaching (Myriam Hamich)
• Between Hype and Reality: Insights from Practice on University Development with AI (Kira Baresel, Benjamin Möbus, Franco Rau)
• Media Competence as a Guiding Principle for Institutional Self-Qualification (Christine Hoffmann, Christine Schulmann)

Personal Development, Building 10 / Room 311: 
• Critical Information Evaluation as a Future Skill in Science and Personal Development (Annabel Kramp)
• Body Orientation as a Development Opportunity (Ilona Esslinger-Hinz, Jens Bucksch, Martin Giese, Angela Häußler, Kamilla Megel, Juliane Möckel, Jonathan Knapp, Sarah-Lena Schäfer, Charlotte Xavier, Joia Handl)
• Successful Teaching in Social Work Means Personal Development (Susanne Iris Bauer, Marlene Jänsch)
• Holistic Development of Teaching Personality in Teacher Training: The Role of Person-Oriented Art Therapy in Promoting Self-Reflection in Teaching Students (Theresa Valentin)

Student Perspective, Building 10 / Room 312:
• Competence Development in Studies and Teaching – We Are Here: The Fusion of Academic Advising and Higher Education Didactics into the Center for Academic Advising and Competence Development at HfWU Nürtingen Geislingen (Johannes Fuchs, Tobias Leiblein)
• Incorporating the Student Perspective: Development of a Competence Framework for Student-Centered University Teaching (Lisa Hüther-Pape, Mathias Hempfling)
• How Much Students as Partners Do Students Want in Teaching? Limits of Co-Constructive and Transformative Educational Processes (Nina Weimann-Sandig, Saskia Junge)
• Promoting Future Skills of Students in the Seminar "Future-Oriented Competence and Personal Development" (Sybille Holz, Felicitas Kluger)
• Asynchronous Self-Learning Units Meet In-Person Teaching: New Ideas for Promoting Flexible Learning (Polly Oberman, Verena Heger)

OER, Building 10 / Room 303:
• OER Materials to Promote Students' Self-Regulated Learning (Natalie Enders, Ute Zaepernick-Rothe, Christina Bermeitinger)

AI in Teaching, Building 10 / Room 305:
• Workshop “AI in Teaching”: Presentation and Expansion of the Guidelines by the Digital Media and Higher Education Didactics Working Group (Iris Neiske, Claudia Bremer, Hans-Martin Pohl, Martin Mandausch, Michael Eichhorn)

Agile Learning Path, Building 10 / Room 304:
• Agile Learning Path to the Inner Development Goals (Frauke Godat)

Transformative Learning, Building 10 / Room 112:
• Transformative Learning in Service Learning Projects – Expanding Personal Interpretative Perspectives (Nina Friese)

AI, Building 10 / Room 202:
• “We Should Also Do Something About AI” – Opportunities and Limitations of Central Higher Education Didactic Institutions in Cross-Cutting Topics (Katrin Retzlaff, Hanna Weiland-Breckle)

Learning to Transform? Building 10 / Room 113:
• Learning to Transform? Participatory Concept Development on the Path to a Transformative University (Susanne Gotzen, Katerina Brandes, Julia Gerber)

Reflection Competence, Building 10 / Room 205:
• The Role of Reflection Competencies and Their Didactic Implementation in Teaching (Christiane Metzger, Kerstin Nolte)

Scope: U!REKA, Building 10 / Room 310:
• Workshop with Two Focus Areas:
- Commonly Developing a European Challenge-Based Educational Agenda
-Lab: Co-Creativity in Social Arts: Co-Creating International Education and Exchange (Raul Gschrey, Dorothea Jecht, Michelle Gerhard, Max Prentner, Leigh-Ann Rauhala, Michel Vorenhout)
 

From 18:00 onwards

Fuck-Up Night, Florian Cieslik

Building 10 / Hall

TimeAgenda Item

09:00 - 10:30

Fishbowl (Tobias Seidl, Marco Rieckmann, Stefanie Winter, Malte Persike, Jörg Miller) 

Building 4 / Audimax

10:30 - 11:00   

Coffee Break

Building 10 / Halle

11:00 - 12:30

 
  • Campus Tour
    For better planning, prior registration is recommended.

  • Tour of the German National Library
    For better planning, prior registration is recommended.

  • Technology & Innovation, Building 10 / Room 312:
    11:00 - 11:15: Knowledge Management for Higher Education Teaching (David Lohner, Stefan Siegel)
    11:15 - 11:30: Teaching and Learning with and About Artificial Intelligence – Experiences from an Innovative Pilot Project at University X (Martin K.W. Schweer, Patricia Dammann)
    11:30 - 11:45: XRCampus: Low-Threshold Integration of XR Media into Higher Education Teaching (Jonas Würdinger)
    11:45 - 12:00: AI Comp – AI Competence in Digital Education (Elisabeth Krauß, Sonia Hetzner)
    12:00 - 12:15: Attitudes, Concerns, and Preferences of Students Regarding Remote Proctoring in Exams (Jan Konrad, Lukas Schulze-Vorberg, Sabine Fabriz, Julian Prommer, Nils Beckmann, Holger Horz, Alexander Tillmann)

  • Practice Orientation, Building 10 / Room 311:
    11:00 - 11:15: The Role of Internships in the Development of Engineers (Tobias Haertel, Silke Frye)
    11:15 - 11:30: Motivation Factor MicroCredentials? On the Essential Dimensions of an Attractive Educational Format (Peter-Georg Albrecht)
    11:30 - 11:45: Understanding Educational Processes: The Threshold Concepts Framework (TCF) and Transformative Learning (Cornelia Kenneweg, Matthias Wiemer)
    11:45 - 12:00: CityLabs as a Method for Jointly Developing Solutions to Local Challenges (Michael Weckop)
    12:00 - 12:15: How Innovative Teaching Approaches Strengthen Professional Competence – An Explorative Study (Prof. Manuela Bräuning, Anne-Marie Grundmeier)

  • Buddha, Building 10 / Room 305:
    Can Mindfulness in Higher Education Work Without Buddha? Reflecting on Mindfulness in Teaching (Nadia Blüthmann, Gunda Mohr)

  • Transformation, Building 10 / Room 205:
    From Inner to Outer Transformation: (How) Can Universities Contribute to Societal Change Using the Inner Development Goals? (Katharina Bonyhádi, Julia Weitzel)

  • Group Dynamics, Building 10 / Room 303:
    Experiential Group Dynamics Learning: A Paradigm for Learning Democracy and Social Skills Training (Joris Wachter, Anika Vagt)

  • Questions of Attitude, Building 10 / Room 309:
    Questions of Attitude: Approaches to Promoting Personal and Identity Development in Literary Studies Teaching (Leonie Krutzinna)

  • Competencies, Building 10 / Room 113:
    Competence in Dealing with Novelty and Uncertainty in the Industrial Engineering Program (Ricarda Lehmann, Wolfgang Echelmeyer)

  • Learning Path Generative AI, Building 10 / Room 304: 
    Exploring a Learning Path for Generative AI: Concept, Prompt Techniques, and Critical Reflection (Thu Van Le Thi, Barbara Meissner)

  • Ready for Practice, Building 10 / Room 310:
    Ready for Practice: Pilot Project for Preparing and Reflecting on Work in Multiprofessional Teams with a Digital Support Structure (Elke Mählitz-Galler, Carolin Lucke-Schurk, Anne Florence Merkle, Yvonne Bönninger, Gunnar Voß, Michael A. Herzog)

  • Joint Exploration, Building 10 / Room 202:
    Joint Exploration: How Do We Accompany Transformation Processes at Our Universities? (Jochen Spielmann, Volker Voigt)

  • Scope: Self- and Social Competencies, Building 10 / Room 125:
    Strengthening Self- and Social Competencies – An Experiential Approach Through Meditation and Mindfulness (Reiner Frey, Jörg Huth, Karola Szymanski)

 

12:30 - 14:30

Lunch Break

Building 4 / Cafeteria

12:45 - 14:15

Meditation Hour

Building 10

14:30 - 16:00

 
  • Cemetery Tour
    • For better planning, prior registration is recommended.
  • Social Responsibility, Building 10 / Room 305:
    • 14:30 - 14:45 Work-Related Behavior Patterns and Learning and Performance Motivation of Students in Service Learning (Carmen Heckmann)
    • 14:45 - 15:00 Service Learning and the Sustainable Transformation of Universities – A Multiple Case Study (Marco Rieckmann, Katrin Hedemann, Alexandra Reith, Ann-Kathrin Bremer, Anne Lindau, Juliana Hilf, Michael Böcher, Bror Giesenbauer, Ina Stausebach)
    • 15:00 - 15:15 Transformative Higher Education Through Transformed Didactics: The Curriculum Development Process of the HDS as a Practical Example (Anita Sekyra, Thomas Gloy, Claudia Bade)
    • 15:15 - 15:30 Experiencing Transformative Competencies in the Newly Appointed Program (Lisa-Marie Friede, Antonia Wunderlich)
  • Normativity, Building 10 / Room 310:
    • How Much Normativity Can Higher Education Teaching Bear? – A Constructive Controversy Between Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and Higher Education Didactics (Franziska Zellweger, Arnd Brandl, Petra Weiss, Monika Albrecht)
  • Reflection, Building 10 / Room 309:
    • Reflection Processes and Cultural Awareness in Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) (Siska Simon)
  • Mindfulness in Teaching, Building 10 / Room 205:
    • (Digital) Learning and Health: Mindfulness Practices in Teaching (Isabella Dobler)
  • Future Literacy, Building 10 / Room 304:
    • Futures Literacy in Higher Education: Teaching and Learning Methods and Other Applications (Antje Bierwisch, Sophia Mandel, Maria Pammer, Juliana Pattermann, Tobias Seidl)
  • Transformation, Building 10 / Room 113:
    • Transformation of Higher Education Teaching – Initiatives for Shaping Sustainability in Teaching and Studies (Stefanie Preiml, Dominik Ruffeis, Renata Wetter, Katharina Salicites, Andrea Bernhard, Mira Simon, Franz Rauch, Filippina Risopoulos Pichler)
  • Sustainable Future, Building 10 / Room 311:
    • Shaping a Sustainable Future: New Approaches to Enhancing Visioning Skills Among Learners and Educators (Hannah Hoff, Marco Rieckmann)
  • Future Skills Literacy, Building 10 / Room 312:
    • Future Skills Literacy: A New Perspective for the University of the Future? (Laura Eigbrecht, Jörn Allmang, David Lakotta, Moritz ter Meer, Ulf-Daniel Ehlers)
  • Learning Scenarios, Building 10 / Room 202:
    • Developing Learning Scenarios for the (Online) Acquisition of Sustainability Competencies (Verena Eickhoff, Annett Lehmann, Sören Schütt-Sayed)
  • ScoPE 2: Critical Thinking, Building 10 /  Room 303:
    • Critical Thinking – A Critical View on Data and Sources (Melanie Bertl)
 

16:00 - 16:30 

Coffee Break

Building 10 / Hall

16:30 - 17:15

Business Theatre, Daniel Al-Kabbani

Building 10 / Room 304

17:30 - 19:00

General Assembly

Building 10 / Audimax

Mensa menu

Lunch in the canteen is already included in your participation fee, there are no additional costs for you. A number is printed on the back of your name badge, which you can show at the cash desk.

You will be shown the current Mensa menu here shortly before the start of the event.

Sustainability focus

We are a Fairtrade University and also attach great importance to sustainability and the careful use of resources at the symposium.

Program overview

The daily program (only German) can be found in the PDF file. All registered participants can view the detailed program in the Conftool, where an individual session program can also be created.

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last updated on: 10.22.2025