2021, Rausenberger, Julia, Gilgen, Lilian, Mülken, Oliver, Feiler, Stefanie, Burkhard, Roger, Erb, Nico, Luther, Anna, Hölscher, Meike, Bock, Silke, Pude, Frank, Hloch, Sergej, Klichová, Dagmar, Pude, Frank, Krolczyk, Grzegorz M., Chattopadhyaya, Somnath

How can math lectures within the life sciences curriculum take into account student heterogeneity in terms of prior mathematical knowledge and learn ing pace? And how can they do this while combining the achievement of learning goals with elements of agile working, such as self-organization in heterogeneous teams or promotion of creativity and motivation? At the start of our new “BSc In Life Sciences” curriculum, the focus was on two approaches to address stu dent heterogeneity – eduScrum as an undergraduate math learning framework and the qualification of highly motivated students as tutors. This paper reports on the motivation and development process to adapt teaching settings and presents first insights into the acceptance and impact of both approaches. In addition to achiev ing the learning objectives, both the eduScrum framework and the qualification of tutors promote skills such as collaboration, communication, creativity, IT skills and critical thinking - requirements that tomorrows’ employees will encounter in their carriers in the twenty-first-century.

2016-03, Flepp, Corsin, Meier, Gregory, Burkhard, Roger, Schulze, Hartmut, Imhof, Michael, Simon, Andreas

Infolge standortverteilter Zusammenarbeit in Betrieben sind die nötige räumliche Nähe und Sichtbarkeit für die informelle Kommunikation erschwert, die für eine erfolgreiche Zusammenarbeit als zentral gilt. Lösungsansätze bieten Telepräsenzfunktionalitäten zur Verbindung räumlich getrennter Orte. Untersucht wurde, was förderliche und hinderliche Bedingungen für Orte virtuell-informeller Kommunikation am Bsp. eines virtuellen Cafés sind. Dafür wurde ein qualitatives Vorgehen entwickelt, welches das Participatory Design und das qualitative Experiment kombiniert. Als Ergebnis kristallisierten sich drei sich gegenseitig beeinflussende Subdimensionen des Phänomens "Situationsempfinden" heraus. Bei der Gestaltung (Raum & Technik) erfordern diese eine Ausbalancierung, wobei die reziproke Awareness als Lösungsansatz gelten kann.

2017-02, Wäfler, Toni, Kohli, Björn, Schläppi, Michael, Burkhard, Roger

2015, Kropp, Martin, Mateescu, Magdalena, Burkhard, Roger, Zahn, Carmen, Vischi, Dario

Agile methods emphasize highly interactive and close collaboration within teams and among stakeholders. Due to still missing adequate digital tools, agile teams use mostly physical artefacts like wallboards and story cards. In this paper, we present aWall, an agile team collaboration tool for large multi-touch wall systems. aWall was designed based on empirical user research using new interaction and visualization concepts to support and foster the highly collaborative and communicative agile work style. The application is based on web technology and can be used in both co-located and distributed setting. The implemented prototypes were validated with end-users in a user workshop.

2017, Kropp, Martin, Anslow, Craig, Mateescu, Magdalena, Burkhard, Roger, Vischi, Dario, Zahn, Carmen

2015, Kropp, Martin, Mateescu, Magdalena, Burkhard, Roger, Zahn, Carmen, Vischi, Dario

Agile methods emphasize highly interactive and close collaboration within teams and among stakeholders. Due to still missing adequate digital tools, agile teams use mostly physical artefacts like wallboards and story cards. In this paper, we present aWall, an agile team collaboration tool for large multi-touch wall systems. aWall was designed based on empirical user research using new interaction and visualization concepts to support and foster the highly collaborative and communicative agile work style. The application is based on web technology and can be used in both co-located and distributed setting. The implemented prototypes were validated with end-users in a user workshop. In the demo, users can experience the interaction and visualization concepts hands-on.