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Digital Starter-Kit - Release - Overview of the Blue Engineering Seminar

Main Learning Outcomes

• to not only solve problems, but to actually define them
• to learn with and from others
• share, analyze and discuss information on technology and society
• to practice participation and democratic interaction
• to consider technology and nature as social conditions

Student Driven Course Design

• professor/lecturer is responsible for the seminar and supervises the student tutors
• student tutors
  • organize the entire seminar
  • conduct one third of the seminar
• students
  • are involved and interact all of the time
  • conduct two thirds of the seminar
  • contribute to the future development of the seminar

Hard Facts of the Seminar

• concept is used now for 10 years and is continually developed
• transferable and adaptable concept - established at nine universites
• integrated as compulsory elective module in numerous Bachelor study programs
• 3 to 6 ECTS points
  • analogue seminar - 90 > 180 minutes presence time
  • digital seminar - 90 > 120 minutes presence time plus 60 minute preparation/follow-up
• in total around 400 students per semester
  • 150 participants per semester at TU Berlin with three tutors
  • 30 participants per semester at TU Hamburg with two tutors
• fully established at nine universities in Germany plus two to come in the next summer semester
  • TU Berlin, TU Hamburg, TU Dresden, Uni Stuttgart, TH Köln, HAW Hamburg, HTW Berlin, HS Düsseldorf, HS Ruhr West
  • Uni Rostock, Uni Paderborn

Schedule of the Seminar

• around 13 to 15 weekly meetings
  • analogue - 90 to 180 minutes + little preparation/follow-up
  • digital - 90 to 120 minutes + 60 minutes preparation/follow-up

Three Phases of the Seminar

• Phase 1 - tutors conduct basic building blocks
• Phase 2 - participants conduct existing building blocks
• Phase 3 - participants conduct newly developed building blocks

Building blocks - What is that?

• modular teaching/learning units which cover one specific topic
• preparation - video conference - follow-up
• diverse methods and didactics - well documented
• teaching/learning process is largely transferred towards participants
• facilitation instead of experts’ knowledge

Examination - 100 points in total

• 50 points – semester project: develop, perform and document a building block with your team
• 50 points – personal journal: reflect the weekly sessions
• Participation in weekly video conference is mandatory
• max. 2 missed sessions per semester

Semester Project: develop, perform and document an own building block - 50 out of 100 points

• Participants in groups of 3 to 5 develop a new building block
• Documentation of the building block
• Dress rehearsal of the building block
• Peer-to-peer feedback
• Incorporation of feedback
• Premiere of the building block
• Submission of documentation - final version

Personal Learning Journal – What is it for? - 50 out of 100 points

• record your reflection on seminar’s content and your personal conclusions
• use the tools within your journal
• go a step further: newspaper articles, documentaries, conversations with friends…
• include creative elements: inner dialogue, sketches, collages, role plays, songs…
• some tasks of preparation and follow-up can be done in the journal
• about 300 words per entry
• analogue or digital - submission as PDF

Example Building Block - 100 Points – Demands on Technology Design - Digital

Individual Work - Your Demand on Technology Design

Task 1: Your Demands on Technology Design – Individual Work - 3 min

• List all important values/demands YOU want to be considered when technology is designed.
• e.g. profitability

Task 2: Rank your demands – Individual Work - 2 min

• Score the values/demands you have just noted down by distributing 100 points in total amongst them.
• e.g. profitability (20 points) - value 2 (30 points) - value 3 (50 points)

Group Work - Collective Demands on Technology Design

Overview of Tasks - Small Group Work - 7 min

• Task 1: Present your personal demands and rankings to each other
• Task 2: Agree on one set of demands as a group and score it
• Task 3: Post your results in the forum

Task 1 - Present your personal demands and rankings - 3 min

• Briefly present your values and your ranking to each other
• Pay attention to similarities/differences when the others speak
• Refer to the others when you speak

Task 2 - Agree on one set of demands as a group and score it - 4 min

• Agree on values as a group and distribute 100 points among them

Task 3 - Post your results in the Chat

• Choose one person per group to posts your demands/ranking in the chat
• 'for example - value A (50) - value B (30) - value C (20) -