What to expect?
- Supplementary teaching videos on the content of the basic templates
- The option of supplementing lecture or textbook content with additional media formats
- Animated overlays for a better understanding of the context
- Pause and repeat the videos at will to learn at your own pace
- Flexibility through our self-learning approach, which allows you to learn anytime and anywhere, as well as to pick out individual content.
- Quality-assured content, tailored to the lectures without long searches on the internet
- Free of charge for students of the University of Stuttgart
Start now! Repeat content from the lecture according to your personal needs, on demand at any time. Prepare for practicals and exams. Discover the many possibilities of the video series.
What is it about?
Terms from STEM subjects explained:
The explanatory videos highlight key terms from the STEM subjects (such as torque) from the perspective of different disciplines in order to illustrate not only subject-specific differences, but also interdisciplinary connections. Initially abstract concepts are methodically developed in the explanatory videos.
Explainer videos to accompany lectures:
The video series picks up on fundamental concepts from interdisciplinary lectures (such as the basics of machine design) and conveys them in a clear way. The topics covered are tailored to the basic engineering and natural sciences lectures.
Explanatory videos in German (6-11min)
Explanatory videos to accompany lectures in German (7min)
Other planned videos
- "Torque from the perspective of engineering"
- "Substrate from the perspective of different disciplines"
The self-study courses were created as part of the digit@L project, which was funded by Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre from 2021 to 2025.
FAQs
The videos are not a prerequisite for learning specific content, but rather are intended to support the acquisition of key concepts. The videos are not a substitute for attending the courses.
Students on the major STEM degree programmes in the first semesters in particular can benefit from the videos in parallel to attending lectures and preparing for exams. The videos can also be used to refresh important concepts during the rest of the degree programme.
The content is carefully selected and compiled by your lecturers themselves. A link to your basic lectures is always taken into account by using the familiar notations and terminology.
So far, institutes from the fields of engineering, physics, mathematics and chemistry are involved in the media library.
The videos are available in the media centre and on the central platform for teaching content "ZOERR" of the universities in Baden-Württemberg. https://www.oerbw.de/
Yes, the videos are "open", i.e. they are not only available for everyone to watch, but may also be used, adapted and redistributed in lectures under the CC-BY licence.
All videos are Open Educational Resources (OER), licensed under CC-BY 4.0. They can therefore be used, distributed and modified by anyone, provided the creators are credited. The names of the creators can be found in the copyright notice of the individual videos. All videos can be downloaded.
The videos are produced by the media production department at the TIK of the University of Stuttgart in constant co-operation with the media didactics department of the ZLW and the faculties.
Contact
Projekt digit@L
- Further information
- Further information can be found on the project website. If you have any questions about the individual offers, please contact the project coordination.