14. Germany - Taking Stock and Envisioning the Future of Higher Education

Published: March 16, 2022, 9:50 a.m.

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Since we started our podcast series in 2020, we\'ve talked to students and student representatives from all over Europe about the present and future of higher education. With this final episode of \\u201cNextNormal \\u2013 WeStudy@Home\\u201d, we want to look back and forward, to take stock of the past years, but also to formulate a vision for future higher education. For this, we have talked to Lilith Diringer and Paul Kl\\xe4r from Germany who both are and have been engaged in several student initiatives such as the DigitalChangeMaker initiative and fzs (freier zusammenschluss von student*innenschaften). While discussing the potentials and take-aways from digital teaching and learning approaches, we also come back to what higher education and learning are all about and ask: is if there actually still such a thing as "normal" higher education?

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What is the \\u201cNextNormal\\u201d of European student life? There will be a time after the Corona shutdown, and we want to discuss what it should look like. How can we learn from the digital turn in order to create a better future for higher education? In our podcast, we are talking to students and student unions from all over Europe about the \\u201cNextNormal\\u201d \\u2013 the future of higher education beyond Corona. Each episode is dedicated to one European country. \\u201cNextNormal \\u2013 WeStudy@Home\\u201d is a podcast produced by the NextEducation working group at DHBW Karlsruhe and strongly supported by ESU. next-normal.eu

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Topics discussed

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00:26 - Introduction

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04:51 - Social presence in online courses - has it worked?

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07:37 - The Corona student generation - what is it like?

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15:17 - inequality of studying during and after the shutdown

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20:19 - positive experiences

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28:02 - Where should we not go back to normal?

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38:10 - Has the student voice been heard - and how can it be heard in the future?

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42:38 - mental health - consequences of the pandemic

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50:45 - wishes for the university of the future

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