Know that feeling when everything’s just getting too much? When the thought of everything you have to do causes pressure and tension? A lot is required of both students and staff at universities. And we don’t always feel up to requirements. This results in stress. To provide assistance with this, Prof. Dr. Schworm and her team have introduced an innovative project for the University of Regensburg – Paws2Study. The idea is for the well-being of students and staff to be improved with the help of animals.
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Teaching Practice
Inspiration instead of frustration: Increase students’ learning success with worked examples
If we try to teach ourselves to do something – like baking a tart – we often use step-by-step instructions. Either from a recipe from a book or from video tutorials. That way we…
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Lecture notes 2.0 – An efficient combination of in-person teaching and digital teaching
A multitude of high-quality digital materials emerged during the COVID pandemic, such as teaching videos, podcasts and interactive quizzes. Lecture notes 2.0 are a successful example of how these materials can continue to be…
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Guest Articles Teaching Practice
Between the trap of completeness and the emphasis on competency – Scaffolding for designing degree courses
The opening of a new department for Special Needs Education at the University of Regensburg has provided an opportunity to completely redesign the special needs part of the degree course, which encompasses 120 credits.…
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The COVID pandemic meant that tutorials could no longer be offered in class. However, as tutors at the Institute of Education, we made the best of it. We not only used the digital options…