Inspiration and Experience

Good practice – from instructors, for instructors

With their wealth of expertise and experience, their high level of commitment, their dedication and their willingness to try new things, LUH lecturers bring courses to life. They motivate their students, create a supportive learning culture and impart subject-specific and interdisciplinary skills in a sustainable and innovative way. You can find examples of this commitment here. Let yourself be inspired and use the ideas provided to further develop your teaching.

Teach & Tell

Video portraits as inspiration for teaching practice

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    Audio guides in project studies

    Dr. Lena Greinke, Institute of Environmental Planning

    In some projects, students find it difficult to grasp the subject-specific, rather dry material. Dr Lena Greinke has therefore introduced the interactive and participatory format of audio guides. She explains the positive impact that working on the guides has had on the students.

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    Activate students with mental exercises

    Dr. Florian Leydecker, Institute of Applied Mathematics

    How do you get hundreds of students engaged at the start of a course? Dr Florian Leydecker begins his lectures with short mental exercises, because he believes that mathematics thrives on doing. He reports on his experiences with this approach and the benefits it brings to him and his students.

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    Seminars for engineers

    Prof. Dr. Richard Hanke-Rauschenbach, Institute of Electric Power Systems

    Text work is not part of everyday life for engineers. When they prepare and discuss current topics in the seminar ‘Aspects of the Energy Transition,’ the focus is not only on technical knowledge. Rather, the students also strengthen their soft skills and self-confidence, explains Prof. Dr. Hanke-Rauschenbach.

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    Learning with the Rallye app

    Anke Michel, Deutsches Seminar

    Grammar is a difficult and dry subject for many students. Anke Michel uses the rally app format to liven up her seminars. She explains how the app provides additional support for teacher training students and why it can be worthwhile to break out of familiar teaching formats.

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    Video annotation in physical education

    Dr. Steffen Schiedek, Institute of Sport Science

    Assessing movement using videos is a fundamental part of sports studies. Video annotation tools enable students to add comments directly to the video. Dr Steffen Schiedek explains how this works and what advantages the tool offers for teaching and collaboration.

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    Constructive alignment in mechanical engineering

    M.Sc. Marco Bleckmann, Institute of Production Systems and Logistics

    M.Sc. Marco Bleckmann designs his courses using the constructive alignment method. This method systematically aligns learning objectives, teaching/learning methods and assessment. He explains how this method works and how teachers and students benefit from using it.

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    Podcasts for the final phase

    Prof. Dr. Jana Gohrisch, Englisches Seminar

    When is the right time to complete your studies? In her podcast, teaching award winner Prof. Dr. Jana Gohrisch gives students tips for their final thesis. She talks about how she came up with the idea of producing a podcast and offers advice on what teachers should keep in mind when doing so.

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    Giving good feedback

    Prof. Dr. Tabea Becker, Deutsches Seminar

    Good feedback is not trivial, but crucial to the learning process. Prof. Dr. Tabea Becker explains how and why she encourages students to give each other constructive feedback and explains how teachers also benefit from engaging more intensively with the topic.

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    Digital field trips

    Prof. Dr. Jutta Papenbrock, Institute of Botany

    Travelling to distant countries and getting to know their ecosystems without getting on a plane? The digital field trips offered by the Institute of Botany in the ILIAS learning management system make this possible. Prof. Dr. Jutta Papenbrock reports on her experience with the implementation of this project and explains why images play an important role.

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    Digitally supporting project-oriented learning

    Jan Heiko Wohltmann, Institute of Special Education

    How can student teachers be motivated to produce content actively and independently? Jan Heiko Wohltmann from the Institute of Special Education explains how he used the ILIAS learning management system to make his teaching project-oriented.

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    Socratic method

    Dr. Dimitrios Parashu, Faculty of Law

    Getting closer to the truth step by step: Dr. Dimitrios Parashu from the Faculty of Law introduces the Socratic method. It uses targeted questions to help students participate actively, even in larger groups.


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Teaching Prize

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Award winners - 2023

Motivation and inspiration, strategy and transfer, or professionalisation and teaching culture: each year, the LUH Teaching Prize recognises particularly committed teaching members and excellent teaching in these three key areas of teaching. Find out more about the award winners and the awards process on the Teaching Prize website.

More information about the teaching award and all the award winners

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