beam
Today, digital learning materials must be more than solely digitizing traditional formats. beam illuminates the possibilities of modern teaching.
Today, digital learning materials must be more than solely digitizing traditional formats. beam illuminates the possibilities of modern teaching.
Society has changed due to the digital transformation, and it is widely acknowledged that education must adapt accordingly. This adaptation cannot be achieved by simply digitizing traditional learning and teaching practices.
The internet is today's students' most important source of information and entertainment. Their opinions and interests are shaped by the content they engage with online, yet there's limited room for incorporating this aspect of their lives within the classroom.
The beam concept aims to create a dynamic forum in which students can effortlessly share, view and discuss content they come across with their classmates and teachers by connecting their smartphones to the classroom projector.
beam offers a collection mode in which students may submit content freely, without any restrictions on content types. In this case, the free mode is utilized in an ethics class about Antisemitism.
For lessons requiring more structure, there is the option to collect specific types of content into custom categories. Students can contribute items to either one of the available categories as quickly and efficiently as they send messages with instant messaging services.
The concept includes specialized submission templates to make beam work with a wider range of possible assignments. These Templates are inspired by didactic methods based on a constructivist education philosophy.
beam simplifies content creation for students, allowing them to create social media-style content easily, thus integrating aspects of their daily life worlds. Created content can be sent to the blackboard and presented to the class.
This template serves the purpose of creating processes of learning in which students determine what, where, and how they learn.
Team:
Leonard
Weigand,
Vincent Fischer, Nico
Brand
Consulting:
Benedikt Groß,
Michael Schuster
University:
HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd
, Summer
Semester 2018
Special Thanks:
Dejan
Mihajlovic,Thomas
Weigand