4D - 4 Dimensions of Digital and Didactic Development

Key facts about the project:
Funded by: Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre (program „Hochschullehre durch Digitalisierung stärken“)
Duration: 08/2021 – 12/2025
Sum total of funding: 7.065.320,75 €
Application coordinated by: Dr. Günter Schmidt-Gess
Project lead: Dr. Günter Schmidt-Gess (until 01/2025), Silke Weiß (from 02/2025)
Project members: 7 central facilities, 11 faculties


Important Milestones:
Certificate „Digitale Kompetenzen“ (https://www.zfs.uni-freiburg.de/de/zertifikat-digitale-kompetenzen)
E-Learning „Prinzipien der Biologie“ (https://uni-freiburg.de/prinzipien-der-biologie-neues-selbstlernmodul-fuer-nachhaltigen-wissenserwerb/)
„Skills Check“ in the app “myUFR“ (https://www.osa.uni-freiburg.de/app-myufr/funktionen/app-funktionen/#skillscheck)
Postdoc-program „Auf dem Weg zur Professur“ (https://www.hochschuldidaktik.uni-freiburg.de/angebote/AWP_programm)
Awarding of 6 E-IDAs and 23 E-Teaching Fellowships
Ambassadors of digitalization: Support and strengthening of the network
Concept of a „Center for Learning and Teaching”
Introduction of new, collaborative tools: OnlyOffice (https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/ilias.php?baseClass=ilwikihandlergui&cmdNode=1a4:uh&cmdClass=ilobjwikigui&cmd=viewPage&ref_id=1229029&wpg_id=27063), Matrix Messenger (https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/ilias.php?baseClass=ilwikihandlergui&cmdNode=1a4:uh&cmdClass=ilobjwikigui&cmd=viewPage&ref_id=1229029&wpg_id=30078), AI Chat (https://ilias.uni-freiburg.de/ilias.php?baseClass=ilwikihandlergui&cmdNode=1a4:uh&cmdClass=ilobjwikigui&cmd=viewPage&ref_id=1229029&wpg_id=35819)
Revision of the surveys conducted by „Qualitätsmanagement und Akkreditierung“
Establishment of close collaboration in accreditation processes („Hochschuldidaktik und digitale Lehrentwicklung“ and „Qualitätsmanagement und Akkreditierung“)
Revision of the university glossary and establishment of a translation service in the International Office
Establishment of an OER service point (https://rz.uni-freiburg.de/de/services/elearning/open-educational-resources) and integration of OER in the Open Science Policy of the university (https://uni-freiburg.de/forschung/qualitaetssicherung/gute-wissenschaftliche-praxis/open-science-policy-der-universitaet-freiburg/)
