@misc{Seyfried2019, author = {Seyfried, Markus}, title = {Undisclosed desires}, series = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Postprints der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {109}, issn = {1867-5808}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-43304}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-433040}, pages = {15}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Following decades of quality management featuring in higher education settings, questions regarding its implementation, impact and outcomes remain. Indeed, leaving aside anecdotal case studies and value-laden documentaries of best practice, current research still knows very little about the implementation of quality management in teaching and learning within higher education institutions. Referring to data collected from German higher education institutions in which a quality management department or functional equivalent was present, this article theorises and provides evidence for the supposition that the implementation of quality management follows two implicit logics. Specifically, it tends either towards the logic of appropriateness or, contrastingly, towards the logic of consequentialism. This study's results also suggest that quality managers' socialisation is related to these logics and that it influences their views on quality management in teaching and learning.}, language = {en} } @article{Rolf2010, author = {Rolf, Arno}, title = {Themeng{\"a}rten in der Informatik-Ausbildung}, series = {Commentarii informaticae didacticae : (CID)}, journal = {Commentarii informaticae didacticae : (CID)}, number = {4}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1868-0844}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64281}, pages = {7 -- 12}, year = {2010}, abstract = {Die M{\"o}glichkeiten sich zu informieren, am Leben der vielen Anderen teilzunehmen ist durch das Internet mit seinen Tweets, Google-Angeboten und sozialen Netzwerken wie Facebook ins Unermessliche gewachsen. Zugleich f{\"u}hlen sich viele Nutzer {\"u}berfordert und meinen, im Meer der Informationen zu ertrinken. So bekennt Frank Schirrmacher in seinem Buch Payback, dass er den geistigen Anforderungen unserer Zeit nicht mehr gewachsen ist. Sein Kopf komme nicht mehr mit. Er sei unkonzentriert, vergesslich und st{\"a}ndig abgelenkt. Das, was vielen zum Problem geworden ist, sehen viele Studierende eher pragmatisch. Der Wissenserwerb in Zeiten von Internet und E-Learning l{\"a}uft an Hochschulen h{\"a}ufig nach der Helene-Hegemann-Methode ab: Zun{\"a}chst machen sich die Studierenden, z.B. im Rahmen einer Studien- oder Hausarbeit, bei Wikipedia „schlau", ein Einstieg ist geschafft. Anschließend wird dieses Wissen mit Google angereichert. Damit ist {\"U}berblickswissen vorhanden. Mit geschickter copy-and-paste-Komposition l{\"a}sst sich daraus schon ein „Werk" erstellen. Der ein oder andere Studierende gibt sich mit diesem Wissenserwerb zufrieden und bricht seinen Lernprozess hier bereits ab. Nun ist zwar am Ende jeder Studierende f{\"u}r seinen Wissenserwerb selbst verantwortlich. Die erkennbar unbefriedigende Situation sollte die Hochschulen aber herausfordern, das Internet in Vorlesungen und Seminaren auszuprobieren und sinnvolle Anwendungen zu entwickeln. Beispiele gibt es durchaus. Unter der Metapher E-Learning hat sich ein umfangreicher Forschungsschwerpunkt an den Universit{\"a}ten entwickelt. Einige Beispiele von vielen: So hat der Osnabr{\"u}cker Informatik-Professor Oliver Vornberger seine Vorlesungen als Video ins Netz gestellt. Per RSS ist es m{\"o}glich, Sequenzen aufs iPod zu laden. Die {\"u}bliche Dozentenangst, dann w{\"u}rden sie ja vor leeren B{\"a}nken sitzen, scheint unbegr{\"u}ndet. Sie werden von den Studierenden vor allem zur Pr{\"u}fungsvorbereitung genutzt. Wie ist das Internet, das f{\"u}r die junge Generation zu einem alles andere verdr{\"a}ngenden Universalmedium geworden ist, didaktisch in die Hochschullehre einzubinden? Wie also ist konkret mit diesen Herausforderungen umzugehen? Dies soll uns im Folgenden besch{\"a}ftigen.}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Brase2019, author = {Brase, Alexa Kristin}, title = {Spiele um Studium und Lehre? Zur mikropolitischen Nutzung von Qualit{\"a}tsmanagementsystemen an Hochschulen in Deutschland}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-43737}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-437377}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {IX, 228}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Die Wissenschaftsfreiheit ist ein Grundrecht, dessen Sinn und Auslegung im Rahmen von Reformen des Hochschulsystems nicht nur der Justiz, sondern auch der Wissenschaft selbst immer wieder Anlass zur Diskussion geben, so auch im Zuge der Einf{\"u}hrung des so genannten Qualit{\"a}tsmanagements von Studium und Lehre an deutschen Hochschulen. Die vorliegende Dissertationsschrift stellt die Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie vor, die mit einer soziologischen Betrachtung des Qualit{\"a}tsmanagements unterschiedlicher Hochschulen zu dieser Diskussion beitr{\"a}gt. Auf Grundlage der Pr{\"a}misse, dass Verlauf und Folgen einer organisationalen Innovation nur verstanden werden k{\"o}nnen, wenn der allt{\"a}gliche Umgang der Organisationsmitglieder mit den neuen Strukturen und Prozessen in die Analyse einbezogen wird, geht die Studie von der Frage aus, wie Akteurinnen und Akteure an deutschen Hochschulen die Qualit{\"a}tsmanagementsysteme ihrer Organisationen nutzen. Die qualitative inhaltsanalytische Auswertung von 26 Leitfaden-Interviews mit Prorektorinnen und -rektoren, Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement-Personal und Studiendekaninnen und -dekanen an neun Hochschulen ergibt, dass die Strategien der Akteursgruppen an den Hochschulen im Zusammenspiel mit strukturellen Aspekten unterschiedliche Dynamiken entstehen lassen, mit denen Implikationen f{\"u}r die Lehrfreiheit verbunden sind: W{\"a}hrend die Autonomie der Lehrenden durch das Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement an einigen Hochschulen unterst{\"u}tzt wird, sind sowohl Autonomie als auch Verantwortung f{\"u}r Studium und Lehre an anderen Hochschulen Gegenstand andauernder Konflikte, die auch das Qualit{\"a}tsmanagement einschließen.}, language = {de} } @misc{Rau2011, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Rau, Franco}, title = {Social Software in der Hochschullehre : kritische Analyse didaktischer Szenarien}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-63145}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, year = {2011}, abstract = {Das Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die Vielfalt unterschiedlicher Einsatzm{\"o}glichkeiten von Social Software in der Hochschullehre unter einer didaktischen Perspektive kritisch in den Blick zu nehmen. So wird entsprechenden Webanwendungen im mediendidaktischen Diskurs das Potenzial zugesprochen, Lern- und Bildungsprozesse zu unterst{\"u}tzen. Jenseits dieser Potenziale sind bisher jedoch kaum typische Probleme beachtet worden, die mit dem Einsatz von Social Software in der Hochschule einhergehen. Zur Ann{\"a}herung an den Forschungsgegenstand werden im ersten Teil der Arbeit (lehr- und) lerntheoretische Potenziale von Social Software anhand von Literatur aufgearbeitet. F{\"u}r die Entwicklung eines konzeptuellen Rahmens f{\"u}r eine vergleichende Darstellung unterschiedlicher Umsetzungen werden ferner verschiedene didaktische Beschreibungs- und Analysemodelle diskutiert. Im zweiten Teil der Arbeit wird eine systematische - jedoch vom Umfang her begrenzte und dementsprechend exemplarische - Sichtung und Analyse empirisch basierter Arbeiten zum Einsatz von Social Software in der Hochschullehre durchgef{\"u}hrt. Mit Hilfe eines modifizierten didaktischen Szenariomodells wird die Vielfalt unterschiedlicher Einsatzformen kategoriengeleitet dargestellt. Als zentrales Thema hinsichtlich typischer Probleme konnte das Ausbleiben studentischer Partizipation sowie der Umgang der Lehrenden mit dieser Problematik herausgearbeitet werden.}, language = {de} } @article{PillaiOngOngetal.2020, author = {Pillai, Stefanie and Ong, Sue Lyn and Ong, Duu Sheng and Abdul Rahman, Mohd Basyaruddin}, title = {Lessons Drawn from Evaluation and Implementation of the Malaysian Chapter of the International Deans' Course}, series = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung}, journal = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung}, number = {5}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-496-8}, issn = {2192-1075}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-49345}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-493454}, pages = {53 -- 84}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Deans at Institutions of Higher Education are seldom recipients of effective or specific professional management training, institutional mentorship, and coaching despite an increasing demand on them to play a more dynamic leadership role in the face of ever-changing local and global challenges. To address this deficiency, the inaugural Malaysian Chapter of the International Deans' Course (MyIDC) was held in three parts over 2019 and 2020. In this paper, findings related to feedback on the programme are presented and discussed. Responses from the participants from two sets of surveys, and written feedback provided by two IDC international trainers involved in MyIDC were analysed. These reveal potential areas of improvement for the forthcoming MyIDC programme, such as in terms of planning and organisation, duration, content, and delivery. The article explores the lessons learnt from the MyIDC 2019/2020 training programme and discusses the improvements that can be made arising from the feedback received.}, language = {en} } @article{ChengOngMustafaetal.2020, author = {Cheng, Ming Yu and Ong, Duu Sheng and Mustafa, Marzuki and Ewe, Hong Tat}, title = {Leadership Training in Malaysia}, series = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung}, journal = {Potsdamer Beitr{\"a}ge zur Hochschulforschung}, number = {5}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-496-8}, issn = {2192-1075}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-49344}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-493444}, pages = {37 -- 51}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The higher education structure in Malaysia has experienced significant changes since the implementation of the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act of 1996. The unprecedented expansion of the higher education sector and the increasing autonomy conferred to universities have created a huge demand for competent university leadership that supports the development of higher education in Malaysia. This article discusses the very first national multiplication training in Malaysia in 2014 and analyses such out-comes as the identification of good practices for future initiatives and applications in university leadership training.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{KeilKoubekMartensetal.2009, author = {Keil, Reinhard and Koubek, Jochen and Martens, Alke and Schulte, Carsten and Bieniusa, Annette and Degen, Markus and Heidegger, Phillip and Thiemann, Peter and Gasbichler, Martin and Crestani, Marcus and Klaeren, Herbert and Knauel, Eric and Sperber, Michael and Eirund, Helmut and Sethmann, Richard and Weicker, Nicole and Weicker, Karsten and Reinhardt, Wolfgang and Magenheim, Johannes and Bender, Katrin and Steinert, Markus and Schwidrowski, Kirstin and Schmidt, Thilo and Br{\"u}ck, Rainer and Freischlad, Stefan and Schubert, Sigrid and Stechert, Peer and Kujath, Bertold}, title = {Hochschuldidaktik der Informatik : HDI2008 - 3. Workshop des GI-Fachbereichs Ausbildung und Beruf/Didaktik der Informatik ; 04. - 05. Dezember 2008 an der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, editor = {Schwill, Andreas}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-940793-75-1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-28080}, pages = {151}, year = {2009}, abstract = {Thema des Workshops waren alle Fragen, die sich der Vermittlung von Informatikgegenst{\"a}nden im Hochschulbereich widmen. Dazu geh{\"o}ren u.a.: - fachdidaktische Konzepte der Vermittlung einzelner Informatikgegenst{\"a}nde - methodische L{\"o}sungen, wie spezielle Lehr- und Lernformen, Durchf{\"u}hrungskonzepte - Studienkonzepte und Curricula, insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit Bachelor- und Masterstudieng{\"a}ngen - E-Learning-Ans{\"a}tze, wenn sie ein erkennbares didaktisches Konzept verfolgen empirische Ergebnisse und Vergleichsstudien. Die Fachtagung widmete sich ausgew{\"a}hlten Fragestellungen dieses Themenkomplexes, die durch Vortr{\"a}ge ausgewiesener Experten, durch eingereichte Beitr{\"a}ge und durch eine Pr{\"a}sentation intensiv behandelt wurden.}, language = {de} } @inproceedings{JacqminOezdemirFellKurbanetal.2021, author = {Jacqmin, Julien and {\"O}zdemir, Paker Doğu and Fell Kurban, Caroline and Tun{\c{c}} Pekkan, Zelha and Koskinen, Johanna and Suonp{\"a}{\"a}, Maija and Seng, Cheyvuth and Carlon, May Kristine Jonson and Gayed, John Maurice and Cross, Jeffrey S. and Langseth, Inger and Jacobsen, Dan Yngve and Haugsbakken, Halvdan and Bethge, Joseph and Serth, Sebastian and Staubitz, Thomas and Wuttke, Tobias and Nordemann, Oliver and Das, Partha-Pratim and Meinel, Christoph and Ponce, Eva and Srinath, Sindhu and Allegue, Laura and Perach, Shai and Alexandron, Giora and Corti, Paola and Baudo, Valeria and Turr{\´o}, Carlos and Moura Santos, Ana and Nilsson, Charlotta and Maldonado-Mahauad, Jorge and Valdiviezo, Javier and Carvallo, Juan Pablo and Samaniego-Erazo, Nicolay and Poce, Antonella and Re, Maria Rosaria and Valente, Mara and Karp Gershon, Sa'ar and Ruip{\´e}rez-Valiente, Jos{\´e} A. and Despujol, Ignacio and Busquets, Jaime and Kerr, John and Lorenz, Anja and Sch{\"o}n, Sandra and Ebner, Martin and Wittke, Andreas and Beirne, Elaine and Nic Giolla Mhich{\´i}l, Mair{\´e}ad and Brown, Mark and Mac Lochlainn, Conch{\´u}r and Topali, Paraskevi and Chounta, Irene-Angelica and Ortega-Arranz, Alejandro and Villagr{\´a}-Sobrino, Sara L. and Mart{\´i}nez-Mon{\´e}s, Alejandra and Blackwell, Virginia Katherine and Wiltrout, Mary Ellen and Rami Gaddem, Mohamed and Hern{\´a}ndez Reyes, C{\´e}sar Augusto and Nagahama, Toru and Buchem, Ilona and Okatan, Ebru and Khalil, Mohammad and Casiraghi, Daniela and Sancassani, Susanna and Brambilla, Federica and Mihaescu, Vlad and Andone, Diana and Vasiu, Radu and Şahin, Muhittin and Egloffstein, Marc and Bothe, Max and Rohloff, Tobias and Schenk, Nathanael and Schwerer, Florian and Ifenthaler, Dirk and Hense, Julia and Bernd, Mike}, title = {EMOOCs 2021}, editor = {Meinel, Christoph and Staubitz, Thomas and Schweiger, Stefanie and Friedl, Christian and Kiers, Janine and Ebner, Martin and Lorenz, Anja and Ubachs, George and Mongenet, Catherine and Ruip{\´e}rez-Valiente, Jos{\´e} A. and Cortes Mendez, Manoel}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-512-5}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-51030}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-510300}, pages = {vii, 295}, year = {2021}, abstract = {From June 22 to June 24, 2021, Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, hosted the seventh European MOOC Stakeholder Summit (EMOOCs 2021) together with the eighth ACM Learning@Scale Conference. Due to the COVID-19 situation, the conference was held fully online. The boost in digital education worldwide as a result of the pandemic was also one of the main topics of this year's EMOOCs. All institutions of learning have been forced to transform and redesign their educational methods, moving from traditional models to hybrid or completely online models at scale. The learnings, derived from practical experience and research, have been explored in EMOOCs 2021 in six tracks and additional workshops, covering various aspects of this field. In this publication, we present papers from the conference's Experience Track, the Policy Track, the Business Track, the International Track, and the Workshops.}, language = {en} } @misc{AlLabanRegerLucke2022, author = {Al Laban, Firas and Reger, Martin and Lucke, Ulrike}, title = {Closing the Policy Gap in the Academic Bridge}, series = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, journal = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe}, number = {1310}, issn = {1866-8372}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58357}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-583572}, pages = {22}, year = {2022}, abstract = {The highly structured nature of the educational sector demands effective policy mechanisms close to the needs of the field. That is why evidence-based policy making, endorsed by the European Commission under Erasmus+ Key Action 3, aims to make an alignment between the domains of policy and practice. Against this background, this article addresses two issues: First, that there is a vertical gap in the translation of higher-level policies to local strategies and regulations. Second, that there is a horizontal gap between educational domains regarding the policy awareness of individual players. This was analyzed in quantitative and qualitative studies with domain experts from the fields of virtual mobility and teacher training. From our findings, we argue that the combination of both gaps puts the academic bridge from secondary to tertiary education at risk, including the associated knowledge proficiency levels. We discuss the role of digitalization in the academic bridge by asking the question: which value does the involved stakeholders expect from educational policies? As a theoretical basis, we rely on the model of value co-creation for and by stakeholders. We describe the used instruments along with the obtained results and proposed benefits. Moreover, we reflect on the methodology applied, and we finally derive recommendations for future academic bridge policies.}, language = {en} } @misc{SeyfriedPohlenz2018, author = {Seyfried, Markus and Pohlenz, Philipp}, title = {Assessing quality assurance in higher education}, series = {European Journal of Higher Education}, journal = {European Journal of Higher Education}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-413052}, pages = {15}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The present article offers a mixed-method perspective on the investigation of determinants of effectiveness in quality assurance at higher education institutions. We collected survey data from German higher education institutions to analyse the degree to which quality managers perceive their approaches to quality assurance as effective. Based on this data, we develop an ordinary least squares regression model which explains perceived effectiveness through structural variables and certain quality assurance-related activities of quality managers. The results show that support by higher education institutions' higher management and cooperation with other education institutions are relevant preconditions for larger perceived degrees of quality assurance effectiveness. Moreover, quality managers' role as promoters of quality assurance exhibits significant correlations with perceived effectiveness. In contrast, sanctions and the perception of quality assurance as another administrative burden reveal negative correlations.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{AlSaffar2016, author = {Al-Saffar, Loay Talib Ahmed}, title = {Analysing prerequisites, expectations, apprehensions, and attitudes of university students studying Computer science}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-98437}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xii, 131}, year = {2016}, abstract = {The main objective of this dissertation is to analyse prerequisites, expectations, apprehensions, and attitudes of students studying computer science, who are willing to gain a bachelor degree. The research will also investigate in the students' learning style according to the Felder-Silverman model. These investigations fall in the attempt to make an impact on reducing the "dropout"/shrinkage rate among students, and to suggest a better learning environment. The first investigation starts with a survey that has been made at the computer science department at the University of Baghdad to investigate the attitudes of computer science students in an environment dominated by women, showing the differences in attitudes between male and female students in different study years. Students are accepted to university studies via a centrally controlled admission procedure depending mainly on their final score at school. This leads to a high percentage of students studying subjects they do not want. Our analysis shows that 75\% of the female students do not regret studying computer science although it was not their first choice. And according to statistics over previous years, women manage to succeed in their study and often graduate on top of their class. We finish with a comparison of attitudes between the freshman students of two different cultures and two different university enrolment procedures (University of Baghdad, in Iraq, and the University of Potsdam, in Germany) both with opposite gender majority. The second step of investigation took place at the department of computer science at the University of Potsdam in Germany and analyzes the learning styles of students studying the three major fields of study offered by the department (computer science, business informatics, and computer science teaching). Investigating the differences in learning styles between the students of those study fields who usually take some joint courses is important to be aware of which changes are necessary to be adopted in the teaching methods to address those different students. It was a two stage study using two questionnaires; the main one is based on the Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire of B. A. Solomon and R. M. Felder, and the second questionnaire was an investigation on the students' attitudes towards the findings of their personal first questionnaire. Our analysis shows differences in the preferences of learning style between male and female students of the different study fields, as well as differences between students with the different specialties (computer science, business informatics, and computer science teaching). The third investigation looks closely into the difficulties, issues, apprehensions and expectations of freshman students studying computer science. The study took place at the computer science department at the University of Potsdam with a volunteer sample of students. The goal is to determine and discuss the difficulties and issues that they are facing in their study that may lead them to think in dropping-out, changing the study field, or changing the university. The research continued with the same sample of students (with business informatics students being the majority) through more than three semesters. Difficulties and issues during the study were documented, as well as students' attitudes, apprehensions, and expectations. Some of the professors and lecturers opinions and solutions to some students' problems were also documented. Many participants had apprehensions and difficulties, especially towards informatics subjects. Some business informatics participants began to think of changing the university, in particular when they reached their third semester, others thought about changing their field of study. Till the end of this research, most of the participants continued in their studies (the study they have started with or the new study they have changed to) without leaving the higher education system.}, language = {en} }