“Online Workshop Series for BQL” on selected digitalization topics for students studying to become teachers and lateral entrants: Dagmar Oertel & Malte Krone (#DO1)

Format

• The digital workshop series was closely aligned with the needs of the participants. In the run-up to the event, students studying to become teachers and lateral entrants were able to vote on their preferred topics. Ultimately, the workshop series consisted of the topics Schullogin (school login), digital tools for use in school, copyright and data protection law, and Moodle.
• The main topics were held by lecturers as well as specialist employees of TU Dresden. The organization and moderation was done by the BQL.Digital team.
• Flexible training and follow-up:
  All workshops could be visited online in the afternoon hours and are also saved for posterity as video recordings plus slides in a protected area in OPAL. For access, write a short email to

Keywords

Digital media in schools, teacher training, lateral entry into teaching, digitalization

Description

In the 2021 summer semester, the first “Online Workshop Series for BQL” took place at the Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research (ZLSB) of TU Dresden, which could be attended voluntarily in the afternoon. This gave undergraduate students studying to become teachers and lateral entrants the opportunity to learn more about important digitalization topics in schools. In 90-minute online workshops, experts from TU Dresden provided practical insights into platforms such as Schullogin (school login) and Moodle, topics such as “Presenting in BigBlueButton” or “Copyright and Data Protection Law at School,” as well as the digital tools LearningApps, Padlet, Kahoot! and H5P. All the workshops are available as video recordings on OPAL so that prospective teachers can still access them. Despite teaching commitments and additional training, the online workshop series has been in high demand, especially among lateral entrants. In total, 74 lateral entrants or students studying to become teachers attended at least one of the above workshops and actively participated in the discussion.

Examples can be found at https://tud.link/waei

Some quotes from the participants:
“Thank you for your great courses and your super work.”
“You do so well every time and always have [...] appropriate, helpful examples.”
“Thank you so much for these services.”

Since the “Online Workshop Series for BQL” was so well received in the lateral entry program BQL and in the undergraduate teaching program, plans are being made for further runs and an expansion of the format in the coming semesters.

Contact

Dagmar Oertel & Malte Krone ()

Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research (ZLSB), Central Unit of TU Dresden: https://tu-dresden.de/zlsb

Voting ID

#DO1 ​