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Dear FAU teaching community, At the end of the year, we look back – and ahead. For us at the FAU Competence Center Education, this year has been especially formative: with our founding, all things related to teaching at FAU have been brought together in one place - a place where good teaching, s...

How can artificial intelligence (AI) be integrated into university teaching in a didactically meaningful way? What experiences have teachers and students already gained in using AI tools, and where is support currently needed? In order to answer these questions in a well-founded manner, the FAU Com...

From September to early November, 21 participants successfully completed the vhb tutor training offered by the FAU Competence Center Education. The course began with a motivating kick-off meeting and was accompanied by a variety of assignments through which participants could earn up to 300 points ...

The two video series “KIKomp – Meet the Experts” and “KIKomp – Good Practice” are continuously being expanded. Since the last newsletter edition in October 2025, additional video interviews have been published. They highlight the wide range of ways AI can be used in higher education and the key com...

At the invitation of the Vice President Education, Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard, the “Innovative Teaching Afternoon” took place on 18 November 2025 in Erlangen. The event was streamed live and will be available as a recording on FAU.tv. Overview of the Good Practice Series As part of the programm...

Media & Learning 2026 will bring together educators, learning designers, media producers, researchers and policymakers to explore how media and technology can help co-create the future of learning. The conference will focus on the use of video, audio (e.g. podcasts) and AI in teaching, lear...

The vhb's offerings represent an enriching addition to your teaching portfolio and can also be used strategically, e.g., as curricular courses, as part of flipped classroom concepts, for internationalization, or as bridge courses. Did you know?...  that you can apply for funding for your onl...

As part of the Erasmus+ project HealthyMindEd, the Media & Learning Association invites you to a one-hour webinar about the topic of healthy digital teaching and learning: Presentation of the latest research findings on the mental, physical and social well-being of students and teachers in ...

FAU is breaking new ground in inclusive higher education with the Inclusive Education Bavaria project. The Inclusive Education Bavaria (IBB) cooperation project, which is unique in Bavaria, is run by Access – Inclusion in Working Life and FAU. It trains people with disabilities to become so-called ...

Lecturers have an increasing number of opportunities to apply for funding for university teaching projects. For example, the Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre (StIL) has been inviting applications for its Freiraum projects. This funding programme supports the development and implementation ...