Fresh Impulses from Academic Instruction for Teacher’s Diagnostic Competence

Thilo Harth

Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2014 (Mar 17, 2014) pp. 1762–1763

Current reforms of European Higher Education focus on the quality of assessments in study programs (among other objectives). A better consideration of key competencies within several study modules is an important goal of the reform agenda....

Topics: Assessment and E-Folios

Design Thinking for Inclusive Community Design: (How) Does it Work?

Stefanie Panke; Thilo Harth

Journal of Interactive Learning Research Vol. 30, No. 2 (2019) pp. 195–214

The paper discusses design thinking as a conceptual framework and methodological approach for fostering discussion and facilitating ideas that promote diversity and inclusion. We provide a theoretical overview of design thinking and related...

Design Thinking in Teacher Education: Preparing Engineering Students for Teaching at Vocational Schools

Thilo Harth; Stefanie Panke

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2018 (Oct 15, 2018) pp. 392–407

The paper discusses design thinking as a conceptual framework and methodological approach for empowering the teaching agency of STEM students who are preparing for a career as vocational school teachers. Our pilot study, a workshop on curriculum...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Authentic, contextualized, and real-world learning, Creativity and Problem Solving

Thinking Inside the Box: Does Design Thinking Fit into Zoom Squares?

Thilo Harth; Stefanie Panke

Innovate Learning Summit 2020 (Nov 03, 2020) pp. 423–434

The article describes and evaluates the concept and format of a 2-day design thinking workshop with vocational teacher candidate students. Drawing from our experiences as instructors as well as the qualitative feedback we received from students, we...

Topics: Design Thinking

Best of Germany: Beyond the Buzzwords: A Strategy to Connect Curricula with the Digital World

Thilo Harth; Frank Dellmann

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 2219–2226

Disruption, Machine Learning, Internet of Things, Augmented Reality, Industry 4.0 and Rapid Prototyping are just a selection of the buzzwords that come up in connection with the rapid changes in the professional world and society brought about by...

Topics: authentic, Education reform with technology, contextualized, and real-world learning

Design Thinking for Inclusive Community Design: (How) Does it Work?

Stefanie Panke; Thilo Harth

EdMedia + Innovate Learning 2018 (Jun 25, 2018) pp. 284–296

The paper discusses design thinking as a conceptual framework and methodological approach for fostering discussion and facilitating ideas that promote diversity and inclusion. We provide a theoretical overview of design thinking and related...

Topics: diversity, Design Principles, Alternative and innovative assessment methods

Creating Effective Physical Learning Spaces in the Digital Age – Results of a Student-Centered Design Thinking Workshop

Thilo Harth; Stefanie Panke

E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2019 (Nov 04, 2019) pp. 284–294

Learn anything, anytime, anywhere is the mantra for learning in the digital age. Digital learning opportunities are increasingly challenging traditional classroom learning – but what does this mean for the conceptual design and design-in-use of...

Topics: Teacher education and technology integration, Case, Scenario, Problem, Project-Based Learning

Design Thinking in Teacher Education: Preparing Engineering Students for Teaching at Vocational Schools

Thilo Harth; Stefanie Panke

International Journal on E-Learning Vol. 18, No. 4 (October 2019) pp. 413–439

The paper discusses design thinking as a conceptual framework and methodological approach for empowering the teaching agency of STEM students who are preparing for a career as vocational school teachers. Our pilot study, a workshop on curriculum...