“Digital education” whitepaper

Especially in light of the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, everyone is talking about the digitalization of education. With home schooling and remote teaching becoming the new norm, the sometimes glaring shortcomings and enormous need to catch up have been relentlessly exposed, particularly in our school system. But the digitalization of education doesn’t end with elementary school. Digital education concepts are of course relevant for preparing our children, the digital leaders of tomorrow, for a world of work we can only even slightly imagine today.

However, a clear trend is also gaining momentum in which university education and higher education in general are being more practically and precisely tailored to certain professions. At the same time, hardly any job profile stays the same for more than five years nowadays. Continual learning and the acquisition of new skills for a digitalized reality are becoming integral to day-to-day work and our work reality. Adult education is booming like never before, with lifelong learning becoming increasingly relevant to us all.

To prepare children, adolescents, and adults alike for digital life and work and enable them to actively shape these, suitable forms of knowledge transfer and knowledge acquisition also need to be established. We have explored and accordingly addressed all these aspects in our free “Digital education” whitepaper. Download it for free here to learn about the opportunities and potential of digital developments and approaches in education.

Our free “Digital education” whitepaper has the following and more in store for you:

• How can the schools of today make the leap into the digital age?
• What are the 4 C’s of 21st century skills and why are they important?
• Why is it worth checking out HKW’s “Schools of Tomorrow” project?
• What skills should be specifically fostered in the context of increasing digitalization?
• What skills must the school of tomorrow absolutely teach?
• What are the key factors for good teaching and making learners qualified for the job market of tomorrow?
• How is digitalization in education changing the roles of students and teachers?
• Which learning settings are highly promising?
• Why is student centricity essential?
• What is personalized learning and what aspects does it cover?
• What are the challenges of personalized learning and e-learning?
• What future-oriented learning models are already emerging?
• What factors need to be specifically taken into account when it comes to the digitalization of educational facilities, such as schools, universities, and continuing education and training institutions?
• What steps should schools and other educational facilities take to make their teaching future-proof?
• What kinds of robots are currently used in schools and what can they actually do?
• What is the role of robotics in education now and in the future?
• What might the benefits be of using robots across all subjects, and how specifically might they be used?
• Will robots replace teachers in the future?
• How future-proof are e-learning platforms that are already popular today?

The whitepaper contains interviews with and statements from the following experts and prominent people with experience in digital education:

• Jakob Huber, Education Marketing Lead at Microsoft Germany
• Nicole Gaiziunas, Founder and Managing Director of XU Group GmbH as well as the initiator of XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences
• Stefanie Kreusel, Group Officer for Digital Education and School at Deutsche Telekom
• Detlef Steppuhn, author and teacher at the Erich-Gutenberg-Berufskolleg vocational college in Cologne

In the whitepaper, we also take a look at some real-life examples of digitalization and other future-oriented teaching technologies and methods in action:

• XU Exponential University of Applied Sciences in Potsdam
• Use of robots at the Erich-Gutenberg-Berufskolleg in Cologne
• The Telekom@School infrastructure project
• Udemy
• Skillshare
• Coursera
• Lingoda

We hope you enjoy exploring the opportunities, potential, and limitations of digital developments and approaches in education and gain a wealth of insights. Download our free whitepaper here now.

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