Review of the “Afternoon of Innovative Teaching“

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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 programme, Elisabeth Krauß (FAU Competence Center Education) presented the Good Practice series – Innovative Teaching, AI in Teaching, Digital Teaching, as well as the new vhb Good Practice series. The growing Good Practice collection highlights the diverse and impactful ways in which digital teaching is implemented at FAU. Instructors provide insights into their teaching concepts in the form of short profiles or video portraits.

The collection currently includes 81 Good Practice scenarios, including 45 video portraits.
Access the collection here: https://www.lehre.fau.de/infothek/good-practice/

Join in!All FAU instructors are warmly invited to contribute their experiences with digital, innovative, or AI-enhanced teaching to the Good Practice series – either as a Good Practice profile or a video portrait.

Inspirierende Lehrprojekte

The “Afternoon of Innovative Teaching” featured inspiring teaching contributions supported by the Innovation Fund for Teaching:

  • KI-Funken
  • Fake Competencies
  • XXR Ethics
  • Digitale Uni-Rallye WiSo
  • Peer Support Erlangen
  • Hackathons and Scaling Teaching
  • pib@fau
  • Future Skills Spring School
  • NHR@FAU supports training for pharmacy students

The wide range of projects impressively highlighted the strong commitment of FAU instructors to developing innovative and forward-looking teaching formats.


Many thanks to Prof. Dr. Andrea Bréard and to the organising team led by Franziska Kreuzer and Dr. Sandra Achten for the invitation and the excellent organisation of the event!

Further details about the event can be found at: https://www.fau.de/2025/11/news/studium/innovative-lehre-an-der-fau/

Event Impressions: “Afternoon of Innovative Teaching” on 18 November 2025 I Fotos: Alessandra Kenner