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About the Infopool better teaching

The Center for Teaching and Learning creates and curates materials on teaching in higher education (HE), specifically at the University of Vienna, to support you in designing and teaching your courses, as well as in reflecting and improving your teaching practice.

Origins

The Infopool better teaching originated as a work package of a project funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Research ("Hochschulraumstrukturmittel" project titled "Besseres Schreiben, erfolgreicheres Studieren und Abschließen", 2016-2019). The first articles on feedback went online in early 2017. Since then, we have been adding material on a variety of topics, as well as updating existing entries. While more material is available in German, we are continually working on providing English versions as well.

Topics and formats

The articles are accessible in an alphabetical list, as well as grouped according to the main categories:

Texts

The texts are based on theory and current research on teaching in HE. They summarise and synthesise the current state of the art, and present the main contents in a concise and accessible manner. Many articles offer insightful examples and tips for your teaching practice. These tips and examples should make it easier for you to transfer what you have read into your own teaching and to adapt it to your specific context with its necessary requirements.

Videos

In the videos section you will find two kinds of videos: First, you will find video interviews with experts, for instance Teaching in the Lab.

Second, we share examples of what excellent teachers do at our university. The series "How Do You Do It?" features teachers from across the university who allow us glimpses into their teaching practice.

Contact us!

We hope you find the material on this website inspiring and helpful. If you have questions or feedback for us, or if you would like to share some successful teaching experience, please contact us at infopool@univie.ac.at. We welcome your suggestions and feedback!

Team and Contributors

We are grateful to have many colleagues from the university and beyond cooperate with us on this project:

Overall responsibility	Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Charlotte Zwiauer
Main editor and project manager	Mag.^a Barbara Louis, PhD
Editorial team	MMag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Sonja Buchberger Mag.^a Barbara Louis, PhD Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Charlotte Zwiauer
Authors	Mag.^aBarbara Breen-Wenninger MMag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Sonja Buchberger Klara Dreo, BA BA Kerstin Eder, BSc Mag. Robin Gleeson Mag. Daniel Handle-Pfeiffer Dr.ⁱⁿ Brigitte Kossek Mag.^a Gisela Kriegler-Kastelic Dr.ⁱⁿ Sylvia Lingo Mag.^a Barbara Louis, PhD MMag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Heidi Niederkofler Lea Pelosi, MA Mag. Reinhard Schott Dr.ⁱⁿ Elisabeth Siegel Mag. Christoph Winter
Video Interviewees	Prof. Steffen-Peter Ballstaedt Julia Beisl, BSc MSc Mag. Dr. Armin Berger, MA Mag. Georg Brameshuber Univ.-Prof.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Inci Dirim, M.A. Lucia Filipova, BA BA BA BA MA Dominik Froehlich, PhD Dr.ⁱⁿ Susanne Frölich-Steffen Univ.-Prof. Dip.-Geogr. Dr. Stephan Glatzel Mag. Jürgen Goller Dipl.-Soz. Dr. Tilo Grenz Univ.-Prof. Dr.sc.ed. Katharina Groß Univ.-Prof. Dr. Helmut Gruber Mag.^aBirgit Haberpeuntner Silvia Hartung, M.A. Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Verena Hasenegger Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Helen Heaney, BA Univ.-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Elisabeth Holzleithner Mag. Dr. Rainer Kaltenbaek Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Brigitta Keintzel Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Gertraud Kremsner Swantje Lahm, MA Mag.a Dr.in Meike Lauggas FH-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Martin Lehner Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Jörn Loviscach Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Slyvia Mieszkowski, MA ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Florian H. Müller Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Manfred Ogris Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Franz Pöchhacker Ass.-Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Michelle Proyer Mag. Dr. Markus Rheindorf Dr.ⁱⁿDonata Romizi, MA Lena Seewann, BA MA Dr.ⁱⁿ Daniela Seybold Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Elisabeth Sonnleitner Mag. Peter Spindler, MA Dr. Thomas Waitz, M.A Univ.-Prof.in Mag.a Dr.in Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik Assoz. Prof.ⁱⁿ Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Ulrike Zartler, Privatdoz.ⁱⁿIng. Patrick A. Zöhrer, BSc BSc MSc
Videos: Camera and post production	Camfire Mag. Lukas Schnabel Mario Seidl, BSc Mag. Anselm Tröster
Videos: Ideas and production	MMag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Sonja Buchberger Mag.^a Barbara Louis, PhD
Website maintenance	Mag.^a Angela Knafl Hava Sevi
English translation	Penaloza Patzak & So. Mag.^a Barbara Louis, Ph.D.