Digitalization in Teaching: A Retrospective

2015

• Launch of the preliminary project for the Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) in cooperation with all public higher education institutions in Hamburg
• Establishment of the core area Digitalization of Teaching and Learning (DLL) at the Interdisciplinary Center for University Teaching and Learning (IZuLL) (since August 1, 2015: Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL)); the former Central eLearning Office at the President's Office of Universität Hamburg is integrated into the new institution

2014

• Relaunch of the eLearning portal in alignment with the new web design of Universität Hamburg, serving for the first time as a joint portal for all eLearning institutions

2013

• Implementation of the institutionalization of eLearning structures based on the 2012 resolution by the President's Office
• Founding of the extended eLearning network (eLearning institutions of Universität Hamburg, Regional Computing Center of Universität Hamburg, Center for Higher and Continuing Education, Center for Continuing Education, Multimedia Kontor Hamburg)
• Publication of the 10th Hamburg eLearning Magazine
• Third eLearning funding program at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

2012

• Resolution by the President's Office of Universität Hamburg to institutionalize the centralized and decentralized eLearning structures

2011

• Conclusion of the eLBase1 and ePUSH projects
• Fifth and final round of small project funding "Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg" (Putting Seminars on the Universität Hamburg Network)
• Second eLearning funding program at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences

2010

• Introduction of the integrated ePortfolio in OLAT
• Fourth round of small 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 totaling €20,000
• Introduction of the first audience response system ("clickers") at the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences
• OLAT User Day 2010 at Universität Hamburg

2009

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

2008

• Launch of the eLearning structural projects eLBase1 (consortium project of the President's Office and four participating faculties) and ePUSH at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Human Movement, funded by the E-Learning Consortium Hamburg (ELCH)
• Establishment of the Central eLearning Office and the eLearning Office of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences within the framework of the eLearning structural project eLBase1
• Introduction of the lecture recording system Lecture2Go by the Media Competence Center (MCC) of the Regional Computing Center of Universität Hamburg
• Conclusion and publication of the KoOP project results under the title "Didactics and IT Service Management for Higher Education Institutions" as a reference framework for the quality assurance and development of eLearning offerings (PDF Download (in German))
• Second round of small project funding "Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg"
• Launch of the Hamburg eLearning Magazine as the successor to the KoOP Newsletter

2007

• European Annual Conference of the Society for Media in Science (GMW) at Universität Hamburg
• Launch of the small project funding "Seminare ans Netz der Universität Hamburg"

2006

• Drafting of the "E-Learning Strategy of Universität Hamburg 2010" and adoption by the President's Office of Universität Hamburg (PDF Download (in German))

2005

• Launch of the project "KoOP - Conception and Realization of Cross-Institutional Organizational and Process Innovations for Digital Studies at Hamburg's Higher Education Institutions", a joint project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the 2005-2007 period within the framework of the program "New Media in Education - E-Learning Services for Science"

2003

• Initial provision of a centrally hosted learning management system (WebCT, later Blackboard) by the Regional Computing Center of Universität Hamburg
• Initial establishment of a position for support and qualification as part of the WebCT implementation at the Regional Computing Center of Universität Hamburg, funded by the project "Online Learning in Management (OLIM)" of the Center for Continuing Education (AWW)

2002

• Launch of the special program "eLearning and Multimedia in Higher Education Teaching" of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (2002-2010): Funding of strategy and content projects as well as small project funding in a total of four call rounds (Further information on the MMKH website)
• Founding of the Multimedia Kontor Hamburg (MMKH) and the E-Learning Consortium Hamburg (ELCH), inter alia to implement the special program "eLearning and Multimedia in Higher Education Teaching"

2000

• Launch of the four-year funding program "New Media in Education - Higher Education Institutions" by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: Universität Hamburg participated in a total of twelve projects as a consortium leader or project partner

1999

• Start of programming for the communication platform CommSy as part of a student project; today, the platform is widely used as a communication and basic entry-level platform at Universität Hamburg as well as other public higher education institutions and schools in Hamburg