University forum digitization

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Flags from the University Forum Digitization
Flags from the Hochschulforum Digitisierung in front of the World Conference Center in Bonn on the occasion of the HFDcon 2019 conference

The Hochschulforum Digitisierung (HFD) is a publicly funded think tank that deals with higher education in the digital age. It is a project of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft , the Center for University Development (CHE) and the University Rectors' Conference (HRK). The HFD sees itself as an "independent national platform" to identify current issues relating to the digitization of higher education and to discuss them across the region.

The University Forum Digitization is financed by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). It started work in March 2014. The office of the Hochschulforum Digitization is located at the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft in Berlin. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung described the HFD as an "academic think tank under the patronage of the BMBF". According to its own definition, the HFD "orchestrates" the discourse on higher education in the digital age ".

activities

Working groups

The University Forum has been running working groups that change every year, each made up of up to 15 experts and working on a previously defined topic for a year. In this work, among other things, they commission studies, hold hearings and organize events.

Peer-to-peer strategy consulting

Every year the university forum advises six universities on their strategy development. The universities are selected in a competitive process.

Network for university teaching

The network for university teaching is a Germany-wide network that brings together university employees and university lecturers. Among other things, it offers an annual summer school for further training for network members. The HFD does not charge membership fees.

Steering committee and stakeholder dialogue

The scope of action of the Hochschulforum Digitisierung is developed by a steering committee made up of representatives of the consortium partners ( Volker Meyer-Guckel for the Stifterverband , Joachim Metzner for the University Rectors ' Conference and Jörg Dräger for the Center for University Development ), the Federal Ministry for Education and Research and representatives of the Conference of Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the federal states. Around 20 representatives from various stakeholder groups are represented in the stakeholder dialogue. This body has a purely advisory role.

Events

The University Forum Digitization organizes events several times a year. These include:

  • Hackathon "#SemesterHack" with around 1,000 participants according to the organizers (2020).
  • International conference "Strategies Beyond Borders" (2019, together with the DAAD )
  • The theme weeks "The Digital Turn" (2015) and "Shaping the Digital Turn" (2018) each with approx. 750 participants, according to the organizers.

Publications

The Hochschulforum Digitisierung publishes publications in the series "Working Papers" and "Discussion Papers".

Previous way of working

From 2014 to 2016, the content-related work of the University Forum Digitization took place in six topic groups, each of which consisted of 10 to 15 experts. In each topic group one member acted as topic sponsor and thus as chair of the topic group. In addition, each topic group has a coordinator who organizes the work within the group and coordinates it with the other topic groups. The subject groups dealt with the following subject areas:

  • New Business Models, Technologies & Lifelong Learning (Chair: Hans Pongratz)
  • Internationalization & Marketing Strategies (Chair: Dorothea Rüland )
  • Change Management & Organizational Development (Chair: Wilfried Müller )
  • Innovations in learning & exam scenarios (Chair: Jörn Loviscach )
  • Curriculum Design & Quality Development (Chair: Helmut Hoyer )
  • Governance & Policies (Chair: Michael Jäckel )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Universities need a strategy for online teaching. In: www.tagesspiegel.de. Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
  2. ^ The university forum . September 19, 2014, accessed July 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH: Digitization: Degree 4.0: Is the university getting rid of itself? In: FAZ.NET. Retrieved July 28, 2016 .
  4. ↑ The University Forum Digitization: About Us. October 16, 2019, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Network for university teaching. Retrieved November 9, 2017 .
  6. ↑ University Forum Digitization: Stakeholder Dialog. Retrieved November 9, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Deutschlandfunk - Campus & Karriere - the educational magazine. Retrieved on August 7, 2020 (German).
  8. ↑ Strategies Beyond Borders Conference 2019. August 28, 2019, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  9. ↑ | University forum digitization. Retrieved July 29, 2016 .
  10. ↑ https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/de/shaping-the-digital-turn-review. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Working papers of the University Forum Digitization . ISSN  2365-7081 .
  12. ↑ https://hochschulforumdigitalisierung.de/de/publikationen. Retrieved August 7, 2020 .