Overview of Courses and Workshops
Here you will find information about qualifications in higher education didactics offered in the following subject areas: Teaching and Learning, Examining and Assessing, Guiding Students and Feedback and Evaluation.
Depending on your personal needs, you can either participate in individual workshops or systematically expand your university teaching skills within the framework of the NRW certificate program.
Are you missing a specific topic in our training program? Just get in touch.
If you have any questions about our courses and workshops, please contact: bzh-qualifizierung@uni-bonn.de
Central Principles of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
You are a foreign lecturer teaching at a university in NRW? Wondering about the best strategies to enhance student learning? Then you are welcome to join Hochschuldidaktik NRW in Central Principles of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education – a series of four online workshops on basics in higher education didactics.
Teaching and Learning – 08.11.2024, 9 am to 5 pm
Guiding Students – 15.11.2024, 9 am to 5 pm
Examining and Assessing – 22.11.2024, 9 am to 5 pm
Feedback – 29.11.2024, 9 am to 5 pm
Registration starts on Monday, September 2nd. Detailed information on each workshop and on the registration process is provided in the flyer.
Workshop series "Using diversity productively! Collaborative work in teaching"
In cooperation of the Equal Opportunity and Diversity Unit and the Bonn Centre for Higher Education (BZH), the workshop series "Using diversity productively! Collaborative work in teaching". The series consists of five workshops (each on a Friday) that demonstrate the potential of collaborative work for diverse and heterogeneous student groups.
The workshops in this series are labelled with the flower symbol.
Please refer to the workshop descriptions for dates and further information.
Please note: Our workshops are usually held in German. You can therefore find our workshops on the German page.
Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education
The self-study course (MOOC) offered free of charge by the TU Graz introduces the concept of Open Educational Resources for students and lecturers at universities. Open Educational Resources (OER for short) are educational materials that are freely accessible and can be edited, adapted, and shared without violating copyrights. This is possible because so-called "open licenses" or public domain materials are used.
Successful participation can be credited towards the NRW Certificate Professional Teaching Skills for the University in the subject area "Lehren und Lernen" (10 AE).
Accessible from May 6, 2024
The courses and workshops in higher education didactics run by the BZH cater to the needs of the University of Bonn teaching staff, including contract lecturers. Unless stated otherwise, the courses and workshops are also open to lecturers teaching at another member university of the network "Hochschuldidaktik NRW".
Workshops are held in German if not explicitly stated otherwise. In order to actively participate, German language skills on CEFR level C1 are strongly recommended. If you do not speak German on the recommended level and have questions on teaching and learning which you would like to ask or ideas on teaching and learning which you would like to discuss, please contact the BZH to make an appointment for an individual consultation.
Binding registration is performed online via our Confluence registration form. To do so, please log into Confluence with your Uni-ID (via BONNET or VPN) and fill out the form. Please also note any specific requirements listed in the workshop descriptions.
The course and workshop catalogue and the descriptions of the individual workshop or course is also available in Confluence.
Binding registration is performed online via our registration form for external participants. You will receive email confirmation shortly afterwards.
Please note: this mail is not generated automatically and can take up to three days to be issued.
Places on the courses and workshops are allocated chronologically. Full-time lecturers at the University of Bonn will be admitted immediately, capacity permitting. Other interested persons will be placed on the waiting list. Their applications will be considered three weeks before the start of the workshop or course, capacity permitting. Those admitted will receive confirmation.
A course or workshop will only take place if sufficient registrations are received. The BZH usually decides two weeks before the start of each workshop or course, whether it has attracted sufficient participants to proceed or if it has to be canceled.
Participation in all training provided by the BZH is currently available free-of-charge for both internal and external users
Please bear in mind that the training provided by the BZH is expensive to provide. Hence it was decided to establish a withdrawal procedure which provides participants with a high degree of flexibility and enables the BZH to maintain a waiting list for participation.
If you are unable to attend a course or workshop for which you have registered, please withdraw at least seven days before the start of the course or workshop:
- University of Bonn teaching staff via the Confluence page,
- Teaching staff from other institutions via email.
Those forced to withdraw at short notice should inform the BZH by email.
In cases of repeated non-participation without prior cancellation, the BZH reserves the right to exclude applicants from participation in further university didactics workshops or courses.
Please consult the Information on Data Collection and Processing for details on the collection, storage and use of your personal data and your rights as a user. By registering for a workshop or course using one of our forms, you give the Bonn Center for Higher Education your consent to the use, storage and transmission of your personal data to external trainers for organizational purposes as defined by the German Data Protection Act. art. 6 para. 1 a) GDPR. You can withdraw this consent at any time with effect for the future without the need to state reasons.
Contact
Anfragen zur Qualifizierung
If you have any questions about qualifications in higher education didactics, please contact: bzh-qualifizierung@uni-bonn.de
Ihre Ansprechpartner*innen
Here you will find your contact persons for the individual areas of our services: BZH-Team
How to find us
The BZH is located in the center of Bonn. You can find out how to reach us here: How to find us.
See also
NRW certificate
Information about and registration for our NRW certificate program
OER at the University of Bonn
Information about and services relating to open educational resources, our OER office hours and the ORCA.nrw state portal
Virtual collaboration project
A project for the development of teaching-learning scenarios through collaborative working and learning in digital contexts