The subproject 6 “Digitalization as an overarching topic in teacher training” is part of TUD’s “Excellence in synergetic teacher training” (TUD-Sylber 2) initiative. It is financed by funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research as part of the “Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung” funding competition scheme to strengthen initial teacher preparation.

The “Online preparatory courses” project seeks to supplement the on-site refresher courses at TU Dresden with a web-based alternative that makes preparatory material (currently in the fields of mathematics and physics) available online to prospective and new students.

The “FlippClass-Lehrerbildung” project redesigns courses for teacher training students in the subject of computer science (“Didactics of Computer Science – Foundations” and “Programming”) in accordance with the flipped classroom approach. This places greater focus on interactive elements (instead of lecture-style instruction) and gives students the opportunity to learn theoretical concepts using educational videos, at a pace that suits each individual and fits in the study schedule.

Strengthening digital skills in teacher training! That is the goal of the PraxisdigitaliS joint project. We at the Chair of Didactics of Computer Science contribute to identifying the computer literacy skills that all our teachers need today and will continue to need in the future, and we test ideas for imparting these skills in our TeachingLab.

On behalf of the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts, the state central identity management system “Schullogin” is undergoing continued development for all schools in Saxony. In addition to access to services like email, file storage, video conferencing and central platforms like LernSax, OPAL Schule, Moodle and MeSax, we are working on interfaces for connecting school WiFi and authentication in local school networks.

The Sächsische Schuldatenbank (Saxon School Database, SSDB) is a collaborative project led by the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts and TU Dresden. The goal of the project is to integrate various web services hosted by Saxony’s official authorities in order to provide current school data to the institutions for which it would prove useful.