Courses

Description

The seminar offers students the opportunity to design and implement their own media pedagogical or media didactic project. The focus is on the application of theoretical media didactic and media pedagogical knowledge in practical work with students in school or extracurricular educational contexts.

Contents:

• Theoretical basics
  • Action-oriented media work (see slides: "181019_Projektseminar_MP-MD")
  • Media didactic teaching concepts: Classification features and concepts
• Project planning and management
• Concept development: practical examples and criteria
• Brainstorming
• Evaluation methods for media-based teaching

Learning objectives:

• Students apply knowledge and skills in the planning, implementation and evaluation of a media education/didactic project.
• Students analyze the needs of the target group and adapt the projects accordingly to the target group.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Description

The research seminar offers an in-depth examination of current findings and methodological approaches in the field of media education in the school context. Participants will actively engage with scientific studies on this subject area.

Contents:

• Empirical research methods and studies in media education research
• Best practices: Practical examples from media education
• Evaluation methods for media-based teaching
• Conception and implementation of own evaluations or studies

Learning objectives:

• Participants analyze and evaluate scientific studies in the field of media education.
• Participants conceive and apply different research designs to evaluate media education in the classroom or at school/to evaluate the effectiveness of media-based teaching and learning approaches in the classroom.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Course description

The seminar offers a comprehensive insight into the central topics and practical applications of media education. Through a combination of theoretical principles and practical exercises, participants will be able to understand, develop and apply media education concepts.

Contents

• History of media education
• Concepts of media education
• Media socialization
• Media literacy
• Media education
• Media didactics
• Areas of activity in media education
• Perspectives and utopias of media education

Learning objectives

• Participants are familiar with basic terms, theories and key concepts of media education.
• Participants analyze case studies and apply media education concepts to practical situations.
• Participants will reflect on current developments and trends in media education.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Description

This seminar is dedicated to the comprehensive analysis of the media socialization and development of children and adolescents. A special focus is placed on the role of teachers in this process and the competencies required by teachers to promote media literacy among their students. Through analyses, discussions and practical exercises, participants will be enabled to understand the media socialization and development of children and adolescents and to classify and evaluate the skills required for teachers to teach media education.

Contents:

• Definitions and concepts of media socialization, development, competence and education.
• Theoretical approaches to media education
• Core competencies of media education based on national and international competence frameworks
• The role of teachers in media education

Objectives:

• Participants know the phases of media socialization and development of children and adolescents.
• Participants know and understand the core competencies of media education.
• Participants are able to interpret current research results in the field of media education.
• Participants develop an individual media education curriculum that meets the needs and developmental stages of the students.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Course description

As part of the seminar, students are first given a sound introduction to the definition and functioning of artificial intelligence (AI). In the further course, the importance of AI for media education in general and the connection between didactics and AI as well as AI competence in particular will be discussed. In addition to the theoretical discussion, the seminar is also dedicated to the well-founded use of AI applications for lesson preparation, implementation and examinations.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Course description

In this seminar, students first have the opportunity to deal with basic theories and current research on media use and the information behavior of children and adolescents. In addition, students are given an insight into the use of child-friendly search engines, social networks and AI as (central) sources of information. It is crucial to consider the information behavior of children and young people against the background of potential risks such as fake news, filter bubbles, deepfakes and hallucinations. For this reason, this seminar will also focus in detail on building skills to promote enlightened and reflective information behavior among children and young people.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Description

In this seminar, we will look at the significance of digital media for the sexual socialization and education of young people. In addition to theoretical concepts of media socialization, we will discuss the extent to which digital media - from social networks to AI-generated content - influence sexual norms, identities and educational processes. In this context, both the opportunities arising from educational content and the risks, such as cybergrooming, sexual harassment on the internet and the effects of pornography, will be examined. Ultimately, the question of which skills are necessary for young people to deal with sex-related content on the internet in a reflective manner will be explored.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Description

In this seminar, we will look at media consumption by young people from the perspective of media usage research. We will deal with motives for use and media use theories and will gain an insight into the motivation of young people to use selected social media tools through our own research. Each participant will design, conduct and evaluate their own interview with the target group (from their own circle of acquaintances). The research activity will be documented as part of a seminar paper.

Contents:

• Media consumption of young people
• Media use theories: uses-and-gratifications approach, mood management approach, identity construction, parasocial interaction, informational utility approach
• Research methods for the identification of usage motives

Learning objectives:

• Students will be able to describe the media usage behavior of young people based on relevant studies.
• Students will be able to compare different approaches to media use and usage motivation.
• Students will be able to implement their own research project based on media usage theories.
• Students can use the example of their own research project to provide an insight into the media usage behavior of young people.

• Schweiger, W. (2007). Theories of media use. An introduction. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90408-5

Literature reference:

The approaches to media use and user motivation will be developed mainly on the basis of the following textbook:

Schweiger, W. (2007). Theories of media use. An introduction. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90408-5

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Description

Open Educational Resources are openly licensed materials that can be edited, reused and shared. The aim is to make educational materials more accessible and enable teachers to share them. The seminar is dedicated to the legal foundations of OER and prepares participants for dealing with freely licensed teaching materials. Participants will research suitable OER materials for their own subject, (further) edit them and publish their results for use by other teachers.

Contents:

• OER basics: definition, potential, licensing
• Copyright requirements for the use of third-party teaching materials
• OER repositories and portals
• Tools for processing OER
• Development of your own OER concept

Learning objectives:

• Participants will be able to explain copyright challenges in (digital) teaching.
• Participants can justify the benefits of OER.
• Participants can explain and interpret Creative Commons licenses.
• Participants can find existing OER on relevant portals.
• Participants can create their own OER using various tools.
• Participants can modify, remix and relicense third-party OER.

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from 01.04.2025 via OPAL

Course description

How do you bridge the gap between school and practice? In this seminar, we will delve into the world of learning location cooperation - an exciting concept from vocational education that is becoming increasingly important for other types of schools. Together we will explore how teachers can actively contribute to strengthening cooperation between schools and companies with the help of media. The focus is on modern, often informal and digital communication channels. Current studies and specific research data on students' knowledge of cooperation between learning venues will be analyzed and insights into the perspectives of companies will be gained through empirical studies. If you want to know how cooperation with companies can be made more practical, digital and future-oriented, then this seminar offers you exciting insights and practical impulses!

Enrolment

from 01.04.2025 via OPAL