Day of Teaching 2023

Friday, 1 December | starting at 1 p.m.

The Hohenheim “Day of Teaching” aims to get people talking about good teaching and to give ideas for developing teaching further. The Day of Teaching will be held for the second time this year and will take place on Friday, 01 December beginning at 1:00 p.m.  

With the motto Teaching and Learning with AI – Gamechanger or Game-Over, we are putting together an exciting program for you that invites you to join in the discussion, to help shape the future of studies, and to inspire.

Program | Registration | Archive

Overview

The futurologist Prof. Dr. Laura Bechthold (TH Ingolstadt) will present perspectives on AI in university teaching in her keynote speech. Her work focuses on issues surrounding the social and ethical consequences of new technologies. In a panel discussion, Prof. Bechthold and the Vice President for Academic Affairs, a department director, and a student representative will discuss the opportunities and risks of teaching and learning with AI.

In parallel workshop sessions, you will gain exciting insights into how AI can become a “gamechanger” and not lead to game-over.

In an interview with the “Hohenheim Teaching Award Winner 2023,” Prof. Dr. Georg Petschenka (Department of Entomology), we find out what distinguishes his approach and understanding of teaching and learning. The Ba-Wü certificates for university didactics will also be awarded to the successful graduates of the program.

The program will be led by Dr. Lisberg-Haag,  who has a great deal of experience in dialogue-oriented formats and workshops on research and higher education policy issues.

Program

Moderator: Dr. Isabell Lisberg-Haag

1:00 - 1:30 p.m.

Welcome and Warm-Up | Balcony Room

Welcome by Prof. Dr. Stephan Dabbert (President), brief address by Prof. Dr. Korinna Huber (Vice President for Academic Affairs)

1:30 - 2:00 p.m.

Keynote | Balcony Room

My algorithmic professor? Human vs. Machine in the lecture hall of the future

Prof. Dr. Laura Bechthold (TU Ingolstadt), Futurologist on new technologies and society

2:20 - 3:10 p.m.

Parallel Sessions | Balcony Room, Green Room, Blue Room, Aula

3:30 - 3:45 p.m. Reflection on Parallel Sessions | Balcony Room
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.

Panel discussion: Teaching and Learning with AI – Gamechanger or Game-Over? | Balcony Room

  • Prof. Dr. Korinna Huber (Vice President for Academic Affairs)
  • Prof. Dr. Laura Bechtholdt (Futurologist)
  • Prof. Dr. Thomas Dimpfl (Dept. of Business Mathematics and Data Science)
  • Max Witzke (Student Parliament member)
4:30 - 5:15 p.m.Hohenheim Teaching Award 2023 | Balcony Room
5:15 - 5:30 p.m.Award of Ba-Wü Certificate for University Didactics | Balcony Room
5:30 - 5:45 p.m.Farewell and closing | Grand Foyer

Posters in the foyer area of the Balcony Hall on topics in teaching and learning within the framework of Lehre 2030, Humboldt reloaded, and the Educational Development Center invite discussion.

You can't be there and take part in the Day of Teaching? No problem, as a member of the university you have the opportunity to follow the event in the Balcony Hall from 1 pm.
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Brief description of the parallel sessions

Session I: Using AI in courses

Speakers:

  • Lilli Frank, research associate in the Department of Sustainable Development and Change, Faculty W
  • Falk Gogolla, research associate in the Department of Food Informatics, Faculty N
  • Annegret Höpner, staff member for writing didactics in an academic context, Faculty A
  • Nicolas Neef, research associate in the Department of Sustainable Development and Change, Faculty W

Moderator: Digital coaches

The process of academic work can be supported by AI tools such as ChatGPT or beautiful.ai. Students want to use the new opportunities and lecturers are called upon to support them in using the tools productively and responsibly.

At what points in the research process can AI tools be used effectively? Where are the opportunities and where are the risks?

Four DeLLFi teaching projects at the University of Hohenheim will be presented which introduce their students to academic working methods, integrate AI tools into the research process, and teach students how to use these tools.

The workshop will provide an insight into the projects and, above all, enable participants to discuss their experiences.

Program overview

Session II: Student perspectives on AI in higher education teaching

Unfortunately not taking place.

Program overview

Session III: Presentation of the teaching projects ABBA and AIDAHO – Use in teaching

Speakers:

  • Melvin Rohn, research associate in the Department of Business Administration: Corporate Management, Faculty W
  • Kathrin Endres, research associate in the Department of Digital Management, Faculty W

The workshop will present the work and results of the two projects ABBA and AIDAHO. The results of the research projects include various courses offered by the participating consortium partners and the use of ChatGPT by lecturers within the framework of ABBA. The AIDAHO team will present the automatic code evaluation platform GRAIDAHO, the AIDAHO Gitlab, and the AIDAHO Jupyterhub. The lecturers look forward to your active participation in the discussion on integrating these results into your teaching.

Program overview

Session IV: Discussion of experiences with ChatGPT in teaching

Speaker:

  • Jun.-Prof. Dr. Anthony Stein, Department of Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Engineering, Faculty A
  • Prof. Dr. Henner Gimpel, Department of Digital Management, Faculty W

In this session, we will reflect together on our experiences of using generative AI in teaching. After a broad, interactive introduction, the focus will be on the role of ChatGPT and similar tools as well as ways of declaring their use in student work. The target group is primarily lecturers who are looking for ideas on how they can and should deal with ChatGPT & Co. in seminars and other courses. Students who want to get involved in shaping teaching are also very welcome.

Program overview

Registration for Day of Teaching 2023

We look forward to your spontaneous participation in the Day of Teaching, but for organizational reasons it would help us a lot if you register in advance!.

The Day of Teaching will take place in the Palace rooms. The scheduled parallel sessions will be held in the Balcony Room, Green Room, Blue Room, and the Aula.

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Archive

If you would like to find out about past “Day of Teaching” events in Hohenheim, you can find details about them in our archive section.

Contact

Organization Team

Dr. Claudia Schlager
Director, Department of Academic Affairs (ASL)

Dr. Folkert Degenring
Strategic Development of Teaching Unit

Dr. Sabine Eckstein
Program Officer, Office of the Vice President of Academic Affairs

PD Dr. Regina Belz
Overall Project Coordinator DeLLFi & PePP / ASL WL