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Digital Teaching in Review

2015

  • Start of the preliminary project for the Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) in cooperation with all of Hamburg’s state higher education institutions
  • Establishment of the focus area Digital Teaching and Learning (DLL) at the Interdisciplinary Center for University Teaching and Learning (IZuLL) (since 1 August 2015: Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL)); the former Central e-Learning Office of the Executive University Board of the University of Hamburg is transferred to the new institution

2014

  • Relaunch of the e-learning portal adapted to the new web design of the University of Hamburg and, for the first time, as a joint portal for all e-learning institutions

2013

  • Implementation of the consolidation of e-learning structures based on the Executive University Board resolution of 2012
  • Founding of the extended e-learning network (e-learning institutions of the University of Hamburg, Regional Computing Center at the University of Hamburg, Center for Higher Education and Further Education, Center for Continuing Studies, Multimedia Kontor Hamburg)
  • Publication of the 10th Hamburg e-Learning Magazine
  • Third e-learning funding program at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

2012

  • Resolution by the Executive University Board of the University of Hamburg on the consolidation of the central-decentralized e-learning structures

2011

  • Conclusion of the eLBase1 and ePUSH projects
  • Fifth and final round of small-scale project funding “Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg”
  • Second e-learning funding program at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

2010

  • Introduction of the integrated e-portfolio in OLAT
  • Fourth round of small-scale project funding “Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg”
  • As a supplement to the central project funding “Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg,” the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences launches its own funding program with a total volume of €20,000
  • Introduction of a first auditorium voting system (“clickers”) at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
  • OLAT User Day 2010 at the University of Hamburg

2009

  • Introduction of the central learning management system OLAT
  • Establishment of e-learning offices at the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Humanities, and the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences within the framework of the eLBase1 e-learning structural project
  • Adoption of the “Structure and Development Plan (STEP) 2012” of the University of Hamburg, including the sub-goals “Promotion of eCompetence” and “Integration of e-learning into teaching” (PDF Download)
  • Relaunch of the University of Hamburg e-learning portal by the Central e-Learning Office
  • Third round of small-scale project funding “Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg”

2008

  • Start of the e-learning structural projects eLBase1 (consortium project of the Executive University Board and four participating faculties) and ePUSH at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Human Movement Science, funded by the E-Learning Consortium Hamburg (ELCH)
  • Establishment of the Central e-Learning Office and the e-Learning Office of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences within the framework of the eLBase1 e-learning structural project
  • Introduction of the Lecture2Go lecture recording system of the Media Competence Center (MCC) of the Regional Computing Center at the University of Hamburg
  • Conclusion and publication of the results of the KoOP project under the title “Didaktik und IT-Service-Management für Hochschulen” (Pedagogy and IT Service Management for Higher Education Institutions) as a reference framework for quality assurance and development of e-learning offerings (PDF Download)
  • Second round of small-scale project funding “Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg”
  • Launch of the Hamburg e-Learning Magazine as successor to the KoOP newsletter

2007

  • European Annual Conference of the Society for Media in Science (GMW) e.V. at the University of Hamburg
  • Start of small-scale project funding “Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg”

2006

  • Drafting of the “E-Learning Strategy of the University of Hamburg 2010” and adoption by the Executive University Board of the University of Hamburg (PDF Download)

2005

  • Start of the project “KoOP – Conceptualization and Implementation of Cross-University Organizational and Process Innovations for Digital Studying at Hamburg’s Higher Education Institutions,” a collaborative project funded by the BMBF for the period 2005–2007 within the framework of the program “New Media in Education – E-Learning Services for Science”

2003

  • First-time provision of a centrally offered learning management system (WebCT, later Blackboard) by the Regional Computing Center at the University of Hamburg
  • First-time establishment of a position for support and qualification within the framework of the introduction of
    WebCT at the Regional Computing Center at the University of Hamburg, financed by the project “Online Learning in Management (OLIM)” of the Center for Continuing Studies (AWW)

2002

  • Start of the special program “eLearning and Multimedia in University Teaching” of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (2002–2010): Funding of strategy and content projects as well as small-scale project funding in a total of four calls for proposals (Further information on the MMKH website)
  • Founding of the Multimedia Kontor Hamburg (MMKH) and the E-Learning Consortium Hamburg (ELCH), e.g., for the implementation of the special program “eLearning and Multimedia in University Teaching”

2000

  • Start of the four-year funding program “New Media in Education – Higher Education Institutions” of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: the University of Hamburg participated in a total of twelve projects as consortium leader or project partner

1999

  • Start of programming for the communication platform CommSy within the framework of a student project; today, the platform is widely used as a communication and simple entry-level platform at the University of Hamburg as well as other state higher education institutions and schools in Hamburg

Development of e-Learning at the University of Hamburg

For more than ten years, e-learning methods have been tested and successfully implemented at the University of Hamburg, and diverse e-learning projects have been carried out. This page is intended to give you an overview of the most important milestones in the development of multimedia teaching and learning.