Educational Equity in Academic Education – Hybrid-Hackathon in Bochum

In May 2021, Bochum scientists, citizens and the city administration came together in a pop-up city lab to discuss the question: "How educationally appropriate is Bochum? In the process, a variety of challenges were identified across the different phases of education. In a 30-hour-hackathon-event, a total of 17 of these challenges were prepared and students, as well as other interested parties, were invited to develop initial ideas and concepts for overcoming these challenges.

Challenge: Sustainable teaching has received new attention with the experience of the Corona pandemic. The topic is associated with questions such as: Is it possible to design climate-neutral teaching in view of post-pandemic increases in commuting mobility and resource consumption? In what ways can digital and face-to-face formats be combined in the future? How can university learning become more fair, i.e., what are the needs of an increasingly diverse student body in terms of time-flexible or completely asynchronous events? Which teaching formats can be made permanent with little effort or used for a broader range of participants and adapted to different learning needs? Which job-relevant competencies need to be anchored in teaching in the long term? How can students help constructively shape teaching so that student satisfaction and success increase?