Digital Skills

MOOC Digital Skills and Media Competencies for University Teachers

Scientific films have a long tradition in research and thus also in higher education. However, this has become enormously more important especially with the advent of so-called "Massive Open Online Courses" (MOOC) and since the rapid increase in the number of videos on public platforms such as YouTube, etc.

Producing a teaching/learning video therefore does not just mean pressing 'record' on the camera. Rather, it means expressing oneself audiovisually as well as participating in a transfer of knowledge and being able to move in the digital world. It also means being aware of the historical and cultural codes of science videos as well as current discourses around the topic of "videos in teaching".

Our learning media provide an insight into the complex world of videos in higher education, starting from a primarily theoretical perspective. Fundamental to this is the question of how this audiovisual medium or audiovisual perception actually works and how videos can be used in a scientifically sound, but also didactically meaningful way to make a constructive contribution to contemporary university teaching. In the course of this, both the own specifics of videos are presented and exemplary insights into the codes of audiovisual knowledge transfer are opened. The aim of the following chapters is to get to know video as a language for scientific topics as well as to get inspiration on how the medium can be used critically and reflectively in the context of academic teaching.