Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Humanities and Social Science - Higher Education Research

Digital Knowledge Management in Teaching and Learning

In our research group, we are interested in understanding how students deal with the challenges and changes of digitalization in their studies and future work environments and – more specifically in the context of teacher education – how to support (future) teachers in leveraging the potential of digitalization for their pedagogical practices at schools. In this regard, one important focus of our work lies on the promotion of argumentation and (critical) reflection skills as building the basis for media education.

Our research activities draw on socio- and mediapsychological as well as pedagogical-psychological approaches by addressing the following topics:

  • (computer-supported) collaborative learning / argumentation

  • online (knowledge) communication / dealing with scientific information

  • digital competencies (e.g. information literacy, critical thinking/reflection skills)

  • digitalization and innovation in higher education

 

Research projects

 

Current projects

12/2021 - 11/2025 

Project “AI-SKILLS” funded by the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) / “Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education”

 

10/2018 - 09/2022

Project “Digital Communication in Higher Education and the Development of Students’ Knowledge and Skills” (“Digitale Kommunikation und Kompetenzerwerb an der Hochschule – DiKo²Ho”), supported by Einstein Center Digital Future

  

Recently concluded projects

01/2020 - 12/2021

Project “Women in STEAM” funded by Einstein Center Digital Future

 

10/2019 – 12/2020

Project “Digital Writing Workshops: Final Thesis in Blended-Learning Format” (“Digitale Schreibwerkstatt: Abschlussarbeit im Blended-Learning-Format“), funded within the program „Digital Teaching” of the bologna.lab, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

 

05/2018 – 04/2021

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German part of the EU-Horizon 2020 project DIALLS – “Dialogue and Argumentation for Cultural Literacy Learning in Schools”