Ars Docendi recognition award for cross-university seminar concept

03.10.2021
Awards & Successes
Zwei Menschen mit Auszeichnung in den Händen, dahinter Schriftzug "Ars Docendi"
Award for the cooperation project of the Mozarteum University and the University of Vechta
In September, the Ars Docendi - State Award for Excellence in Teaching at Austria's Public Universities took place. Out of a total of 191 submissions, Heike Henning from the University Mozarteum, Department of Music Education Innsbruck , and Kai Koch from the University of Vechta, Faculty 3 - Music, were awarded the recognition prize (shortlist nomination) for the submitted cooperation project  "Inter-University Online Seminar Creative Methods in Music Education" in the category: Methods of Distance Learning and their Sustainable Use  ! In a collaborative effort, a cross-university digital seminar was designed that synergistically utilized resources, enabled international encounters between students virtually, and combined digital musical practice with blended learning formats. The goal was a motivating, flexible and highly didactically versatile "inverted classroom" seminar. Impressive results were achieved, whose development process is transferable to future music pedagogical settings and which brought a glimmer of light to musical practice in the pandemic situation.
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