Projects
Basic Services for Research Data Management in Niedersachsen
Research Data Management
Research data management (RDM) is playing an increasingly important role at all universities and research institutions in Lower Saxony. The conditions for handling the complex topic of RDM in a sustainable manner are ideal, especially since the start of the “State Initiative for Research Data Management in Lower Saxony”. A long term RDM concept is implemented by research-oriented universities with many years of experience in advising researchers as well as in the development and operation of services related to RDM. In order to consistently promote this effort, a portfolio of digital services to support researchers in dealing with research data is essential in addition to the state-wide initiative under the umbrella of “Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen”.
InnoTools - Discover, test, and provide innovative teaching/learning tools
The InnoTools project (Discover, test, and provide innovative teaching/learning tools) is part of the joint project Digital Teaching Hub Lower Saxony and aims to integrate modern digital tools into university teaching. The goal is to support or further develop teaching and learning processes through high-quality, data protection-compliant, and efficient tools. Thematically, the project builds on preliminary work from Co³Learn, Futur.A, and SOUVER@N. The tools, which come from both the commercial and open-source sectors, are identified, evaluated, and tested in university teaching. Selected tools are then made available on the Academic Cloud, where they can be used free of charge by students, teachers, and staff at universities in Lower Saxony. The successful implementation and use of the tools is accompanied by training and support services.
Co³Learn – Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration
The Co³Learn project of the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Leibniz Universität Hannover and the University of Göttingen is developing solutions to promote student cooperation in digital teaching/learning settings. The focus is on supporting learning experiences that utilise the potential of heterogeneous student groups by promoting the formation of cooperative learning groups, the quality of collaboration and the social experience in the digital space.
ConnEx – Vernetzung von Expert:innen und Services
Connecting Experts and Services (ConnEx) is a milestone in the development of Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen: The joint project brings together all 20 state universities in Lower Saxony for the first time. ConnEx is aimed at teaching staff and those involved in the technical and didactic service and support facilities at the universities.
Futur.A – Future Skills.Applied
In the Futur.A joint project, the six major universities of applied sciences in Lower Saxony are cooperating to further develop study and teaching in the face of changing social and professional conditions. The common point of reference for the four sub-projects is so-called future skills, i.e. those interdisciplinary skills that are a central task of universities in the face of an increasingly digitalised living and working environment.
SOUVER@N – Souver@nes digitales Lehren und Lernen
SOUVER@N is a joint project of eight universities in Lower Saxony. In line with the guiding principle of digital sovereignty, the partners are cooperating to meet the increased requirements at universities in the long term by pooling their expertise and services in the three areas of IT basis, services and content/OER.