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Technologies for innovative teaching, learning and examining

The eLearning team provides digital methods, tools and technologies to support teaching education, studies and collaboration at The Hochschule Niederrhein. To enable our students to develop future skills, we offer (networked) systems for innovative teaching-learning settings and digital examiners.

We analyze needs and offers in order to advise the university management on the sustainable further development of our teaching and learning technology components. After testing and critically reflecting on new digital methods, tools and technologies, we transfer them into regular operation and develop support and qualification offers for students and lecturers. In doing so, we work closely with the university IT department and the digitaLe (media didactics) and university didactics teams.

We contribute our expertise to networks and cooperations beyond the university boundaries and gain and set impulses for digital teaching and learning at The Hochschule Niederrhein.

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Answers your questions about Moodle, eLearning, eAssessment

The Hochschule Niederrhein uses Moodle as its learning management system. The system is tailored to the needs of lecturers and students and includes university-specific adaptations to provide suitable infrastructure for teaching education in STEM degree programmes, for example. In addition to Moodle for teaching education, available at https://moodle.hsnr.de, there is a separate system for the special requirements of examinations: https: //moodle-exam.hsnr.de.

Moodle is organized in course areas; within these areas are courses, the work surface for both teaching education and learning in a course. The smallest unit is the so-called activity, which represents a content or a workflow: The rich design options in Moodle are compiled for you on this page - organized once by teaching-learning scenario and once alphabetically.

You will find explanations and instructions for all central functions of the Moodle installation at the HS Niederrhein in the Moodle manual, which can be accessed in the current version via Confluence. There you will also find a brief overview of how to create new courses and information on guest access and the semester transition. On the Moodle homepage, we regularly provide information about dates for maintenance windows and qualification offers. In the Moodle course Advice: Teaching & communicating online, you will find information about the learning platform and the opportunity to exchange ideas with colleagues.

In the Moodle Docs documentation you will find help from the Moodle community. Please note that the presentation of activities and functions may vary; each Moodle installation is specifically adapted to its use.

The Hochschule Niederrhein offers a variety of digital tools for different teaching/learning scenarios. The eLearning team, Team digitaLe and the University Didactics department provide handouts, overviews of teaching/learning scenarios and other materials. here to the tool overview and get an insight into the various possibilities for use in studies and teaching education.

Would you like to use digital tools in your teaching education but do not yet have a specific didactic design in mind for your course? In the section Digital tools for your teaching/learning scenarios you will find the tools organized according to teaching concepts and purposes.

 

MatLab
MatLab

Mathematical problems can be analyzed and graphically converted using the virtual environment MatLab. Students are informed about its use in the faculties. MatLab information from the Division HIS

MatLab »
WIRIS Quizzes
WIRIS Quizzes

To set complex mathematical and other formula-based tasks in Moodle (including chemical symbols) and to evaluate mathematical expressions as answers from students, you can use WIRIS Quizzes. WIRIS Quizzes provide additional question types that you can use in Moodle tests, please contact elearning(at)hs-niederrhein.de if you would like to try out the WIRIS question types.

WIRIS Quizzes »
OMB+
OMB+

OMB+ is a digital offer in which students can test their previous knowledge for their studies and, above all, repeat and advanced course. Tutorial support is available to help with any questions and there are a variety of online exercises in addition to explanations. Please feel free to point this out to your students.

OMB+ »
hm4mint
hm4mint

With hm4mint, students can deal with mathematical facts of "Higher Mathematics I" during lectures. You will find examples and exercises as well as short intermediate tests. In the course, lecture content can be repeated independently or certain topics can be advanced.

hm4mint »

E-assessment refers to various forms of assessments, evaluations, examinations, etc. that are offered with digital support. A basic distinction is made between diagnostic assessments before the start of the learning process, formative assessments during the learning process and summative assessments after the end of the learning process.

You can find a lot of interesting information on the topic of e-assessment in the two publications Digitale Prüfungen in der Hochschule and E-Assessment in der Hochschulpraxis. Moodle-Exam is used at The Hochschule Niederrhein as an "examination Moodle" for conducting digital examinations. Further information and special features of Moodle-Exam can be found in our Moodle-Exam manual.

You can access Moodle-Exam here: https: //moodle-exam.hsnr.de

 

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Digital university bridge

In the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region, existing expertise in the field of digitalization is pooled and cooperative solutions for development tasks in universities are jointly developed. The regional network is aimed at teaching education staff and representatives of service institutions. Using the fields of learning management systems, video streaming, electronic examinations, virtual teaching pool and instructional design/OER as examples, prototypical forms of cross-university cooperation are tested, documented and implemented by the participating Hochschule Niederrhein, Rhein-Waal, Ruhr West and the University of Duisburg-Essen.

Joint project [bridge] »
Archive To Go - Examination to the power of III Three

The Hochschule Niederrhein was selected for a fellowship (Berthold Stegemerten & Katrin Waletzke) as part of the project Prüfung hoch III Drei (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, RWTH Aachen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). Audit-proof archiving represents a considerable hurdle for many examination initiatives if digital examinations are to be carried out in a legally compliant manner and with reasonable effort. The "Archive To Go" project aims to find a pragmatic solution to close existing archiving gaps in the digital audit process and to make the use of audit platforms for innovative digital audit formats more flexible. The Hochschule Niederrhein was already involved in the topic of digital examinations in the E-Assessment NRW project from 2014 to 2017.

Sponsored by: Anniversary initiative Wirkung hoch 100 of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft

Examination to the power of II »
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Harness.nrw

The Harness.nrw project has been developing a new question type for the Moodle learning platform since 2020. The connection to the JACK teaching and assessment system of the paluno institute at the University of Duisburg-Essen enables the expenditure of automated feedback on programming tasks to students. After initially only being tested locally, the didactically useful solution for e-assessments can now be interoperably integrated into digital environments. Computer Science professorships from various fields of teaching, degree programs and locations will be addressed in the transfer phase of the project and the project results will be disseminated via the state portal ORCA.nrw. The paluno institute is leading this project and is developing interoperability for electronic examinations with the Dynexite platform at RWTH Aachen University, in addition to its use in Moodle.

A cooperation project recommended by: DH.NRW. Sponsored by: Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

paluno institute: Harness.nrw »
Networks

The Hochschule Niederrhein is networking in the area of "Digitalization in studies and teaching", including through the "Digital tools for university teaching" programme of the Ministry of Culture and Science and the Digital University NRW.

You can find more current information, discussions and events via this and other networks:

Publications

Annas, P., Eßer-Lüghausen, A., Wittau, H., (2023). Experiencing media didactic skills in a practical orientation - e-tutor qualification at The Hochschule Niederrhein. In Vöing, N., Schmidt, R., & Niese, I. (Eds.). (2023). Promoting active participation - ICM and student engagement in university lecturers. Visual Ink Publishing. S. 319-331

Kirberg, Silke; Ceylan, Indira (2023). Examination didactics, legal and organizational dimensions for the development of Moodle as a digital examination environment. In: fnma Magazine 02/2023, pp. 18-21.

Ceylan, Indira. (2023). successfully shaping collaboration between universities and software developers. Blog post in HD@DH.NRW.

Kirberg, Silke; Eßer-Lüghausen, Alexandra et al. (2020).Agile working in the strategic field of teaching development at The Hochschule Niederrhein. In: Journal for Higher Education Development 15/4, p.157-169.

Kirberg, Silke; Kutsch, Stefanie et al. (2019).Handout DH.NRW project [bridge].

Halfmann, Achim; Kirberg, Anja. (2019).Sponsored: The Digital University Bridge project [bridge]. In: ProLibris 2/19, pp. 66-68.

Fink, Guntram; Kirberg, Silke; Schmidt, Lisa; Tervooren, Sarah. (2017). Digitalization of teaching education: Advice and training for lecturers at The Hochschule Niederrhein. In: Doyé, Th. et al. (eds.): University digital?! Practical examples from career-integrated and postgraduate degree programmes, pp. 61-68.

Project "E-Assessment NRW". (2017).e-assessment in higher education practice. Recommendations for anchoring e-assessments in NRW.

Kirberg, Silke. (2014).How can lecturers be supported in the design of virtually enriched study formats for heterogeneous target groups? Needs analyses for the conception of the technical basis, university didactic qualifications and consultations.In: Cendon, Eva, Flacke, Luise B. (Eds.): Competence development and heterogeneity. Designing study formats at the interface between theory and practice. Handreichung der wissenschaftlichen Begleitung des Bund-Länder-Wettbewerbs "Aufstieg durch Bildung: offene Hochschulen", pp. 69-80.

Kirberg, Silke (2014).Opening up university spaces in the competition "Advancement through education: open universities". On the architecture of digitally supported opening and expansion. In: Rummler, Klaus (ed.): Designing learning spaces - thinking educational contexts in a variety of ways. Waxmann: Münster, New York, pp. 469-472.

Kirberg, Silke; Koreny, Katja (2012). Transfer of project results from a multidimensional perspective. In: Schulz, Manuel et al. (2016): Distance education sharpens perspectives. Technology-supported education as a driver of innovation processes. Ziel Verlag: Augsburg, pp. 200-221.

Kirberg, Silke; Lobinger, Babett; Walzel, Stefan. (2012). International, job-oriented and virtual. A practical report on cross-border learning venue cooperation. In: Csanyi, Gottfried et al. (eds.): Digital media - tools for excellent research and teaching education. Waxmann: Münster, New York, pp. 270-2.

Lectures

Kirberg, Silke; Korner, Thomas; Neiske, Iris; Prey, Gisela (2022). Expert panel "Plugin workflow". Moodle at universities e.V.

Waletzke, Katrin; Hoffmann, Sabine (2021). From centralized to decentralized coordination of online examinations at The Hochschule Niederrhein. E-examination symposium 2021, RWTH Aachen University, video conference.

Waletzke, Katrin; Kirberg, Silke (2021).Audit-proof archiving of online examinations for the Moodle activities "Test" and "Task"[Conference contribution]. Topic day electronic examining, Digital University NRW Hagen, video conference.

Halfmann, Achim; Kirberg, Anja (2019). presentation "[bridge] field of action OER". "Markt der Möglichkeiten", eLearning-Day, Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences.

Halfmann, Achim (2018). Presentation "[bridge ] and OER services". Seminar "Digital teaching and learning with OER", University of Duisburg-Essen.

Halfmann, Achim (2018). Presentation "Handlungsfeld OER". eLearn NRW, University of Duisburg-Essen.

Keller, Alain Michel; Kirberg, Silke (2017).Presentation "Der Weg in die Hochschule - Prozesse zur Etablierung hochschulweiter E-Prüfungen".E-examination symposium, Bremen

Kirberg, Silke; Kreplin, Brigitte; von Danwitz, Frank. (2015).presentation "Data protection. Formalities and consequences for the use of Moodle". Moodlemaharamoot, Lübeck

Gebhardt-Bürkle, Simone; Kirberg, Silke; Schwellenbach, Annemarie. (2013).Presentation "Foreign language acquisition with Moodle". Moodlemoot, Munich

Kirberg, Silke; Lobinger, Babett; Walzel, Stefan. (2012).presentation "International, career-oriented and virtual. A practical report on cross-border learning venue cooperation".Annual conference of the Society for Media in Science, Vienna

Workshops

Stegemerten, Berthold; Kirberg, Silke et al. (2019) Strategy workshop "How does cross-university cooperation succeed?" Cooperation as a digital education strategy - transferable results of the DH.NRW project "Digitale Hochschulbrücke westliches Ruhrgebiet I Niederrhein [bridge]". University of Duisburg-Essen 28.11.2019

Halfmann, Achim; Kirberg, Anja; Kirberg, Silke et al. (2019). workshop "[bridge] experiences". eLearning Network Day, University of Duisburg-Essen.

Falkenstein-Feldhoff, Katrin; Halfmann, Achim; Lützenkirchen, Frank. (2019). workshop "OER - conception, workflows and licenses". University of Duisburg-Essen.

Halfmann, Achim; Kirberg, Anja. (2019). "Introducing [bridge]". Webinar "Supporting structures and teaching scenarios for Open Educational Resources", Aurora Network.

Halfmann, Achim. (2019). Structuring Moodle courses. Webinar as part of the [bridge] project. Mönchengladbach.

Halfmann, Achim; Kirberg, Anja. (2018). collegial workshop "OER - Start-ups". Ruhr-West University of Applied Sciences.

Neiske, Iris; Kirberg, Silke; Heinrich, Sandrina; Petschenka, Anke. (2018).Workshop "Supporting competence acquisition with Moodle - Presentation of suitable functions and learning activities". eLearn NRW, Essen

Kirberg, Silke. (2017). workshop "Quality assurance of test questions. Evaluating test statistics, improving questions and tasks". E-examination symposium Bremen

Poster

Ceylan, Indira; Kirberg, Silke; Striewe, Michael. (2022). Testing the interoperability of e-assessment tools across university boundaries.e-Prüfungs-Symposium 2022, Hamburg.

Kirberg, Silke; Striewe, Michael; Ceylan, Indira. (2021). Interoperable learning environment JACK in the Harness.nrw project. Textual feedback in scalable programming tasks.29th Annual Conference of the Society for Media in Science, Leipzig.

Kirberg, Silke; Goertz, Lutz. (2018).How can new, e-supported examination formats be developed? E-examination symposium, Aachen, pp. 38-39.

Fink, Guntram. (2016).Videos in online teaching education.HRK nexus conference "Digitale Lehrformen für ein studienzentriertes und kompetenzorientiertes Studium", Berlin.

Fischer, Yvonne; Kirberg, Silke; Temps, Timon T. (2016).E-Assesment NRW current status, good practices and needs - "Lessons learned" from the project assignment. Annual conference of the Society for Media in Science, Innsbruck.

Fink, Guntram; Kirberg, Silke. (2015).eLearning at The Hochschule Niederrhein. international conference wiss. Accompaniment "Advancement through education - open universities", Berlin.

Kirberg, Silke. (2014).Opening up university spaces in the competition "Advancement through education: open universities".Annual conference of the Society for Media in Science, Zurich.

Silke Kirberg
eLearning Consultant, Team Leader
Guntram Fink
wiss. Staff member of the eLearning team
Saraa Feiter, Dipl.-Ing.
wiss. Staff member of the eLearning team
Jane Schaller, M.Sc.
Project Manager PlagStop.nrw
eLearning-Team
Answers your questions about Moodle, eLearning, eAssessment

Pia Annas
Digital Teaching and Learning Consultant
Indira Ceylan, LL.M.