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Digital-Starter-Kit-Release-Jan-2021






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






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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







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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







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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


  • Assessment
    • Semester Project - Developing, conducting and documenting new building block
    • Learning Journal - personal reflection and transfer


  • 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







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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







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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
  • all building blocks are included in the digital starter kit







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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







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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







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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


Example Building Block 100 Points – Demands on Technology Design - Digital is included in the Digital Starter-Kit


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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)




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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) -







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Evaluation of the Seminar

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