The Chair of Didactics of Computer Science and its Projects

The Chair of Didactics of Computer Science is currently working on eight projects. These range from long-standing collaborative projects with the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts to supporting the use of digital tools in schools to innovative projects that will shape the future of (computer science) classes.

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TUD-Sylber 2

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.

Online preparatory courses

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.

FlippClass-Lehrerbildung

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.

PraxisDigitaliS – Digital Lehr@mt Lab

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.

Schullogin

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.

Sächsische Schuldatenbank

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.

Projects at the Chair of Didactics of Computer Science

The Chair of Didactics of Computer Science is currently working on eight projects. These range from long-standing collaborative projects with the Saxon State Ministry for Higher Education, Research and the Arts to supporting the use of digital tools in schools to innovative projects that will shape the future of (computer science) classes.

The target groups of the projects are wide-ranging, including lecturers in teacher training degree programs at TU Dresden, teacher training students (esp. with the subject of computer science), prospective students, teachers currently working in schools, and ultimately the school pupils themselves.

The Chair is primarily focused on projects for strengthening computer science education, such as the Digital Lehr@mt Lab project, a part of the PraxisdigitaliS joint project with the University of Leipzig, which seeks to impart fundamental computer science skills to teacher training students.

Its activities also include projects in digitalization in education, like the “Digitalization as an overarching topic in teacher training” subproject of TUD-Sylber² and the online preparatory courses.

The EduInf project is geared toward the target group of school pupils from all types of schools and all grades.