Digital education in Bavarian schools and universities (funded by vbw e.V.)

Project description:
In light of the ongoing rapid process of digital transformation, digital education, meaning education for a digitalized world, has increasingly moved into the focus of the state, industry, research and public discours. Young people need to acquire knowledge and skills to be able to act in and shape a digitalized world. This leads to several challenges, which all formal institutions across the educational system, from kindergartens to universities, need to face.
The chair of education and educational psychology of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) has conducted several studies investigating digital education in both Bavarian schools and universities. The studies are funded by vbw e.V.

Digital education in Bavarian schools 2017

„Digital education in Bavarian schools – infrastructure, concepts, teacher education and teaching“

In 2017, the chair of education and educational psychology of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) has conducted the study “Digital education in Bavarian schools – infrastructure, concepts, teacher education and teaching”. This study investigates, based on teachers’ self-assessment, prerequisites for digital teaching and learning in three types of schools in Bavaria (Mittelschule, Realschule, Gymnasium), teachers’ technology-related knowledge and skills, as well as how often and in which ways teachers use technology in class. Furthermore, the study investigates to what extent digital teaching and learning is integrated in different types of schools and subjects.

Sailer, M., Murböck, J., & Fischer, F. (2017). Digitale Bildung an bayerischen Schulen – Infrastruktur, Konzepte, Lehrerbildung und Unterricht [Digital teaching in Bavarian schools – infrastructure, concepts, teacher education and teaching]. vbw. 

Digital education in Bavarian universities

Digital education in Bavarian universities 2022

„Digital Education in Bavarian universities during the Corona pandemic“

In 2022, the chair of education and educational psychology of Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU) conducted the study “Digital education in Bavarian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic”. The study investigates, based on subjective and objective assessment of relevant actors of Bavarian universities (deans, higher education teachers, and students), the state of digital education in Bavarian universities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of the study is on the summer semester of 2021, which consisted mostly of remote and online teaching. The aim of the study is to derive recommendations for policy, research and practice from the results.

Lohr, A., Vejvoda, J., Schultz-Pernice, F., Maier, R., Jiang, S., Fischer, F. & Sailer, M. (2022). Digitale Bildung an bayerischen Hochschulen während der Corona-Pandemie [Digital education in Bavarian universities during the Corona pandemic]. vbw.

Digital education in Bavarian universities 2018

„Digital education in Bavarian universities – equipment, strategy, qualification, technology use”

In 2018, the chair of education and educational psychology of Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich (LMU) has conducted the study “Digital education in Bavarian universities – equipment, strategy, qualification, technology use”. The study investigates, based on subjective assessment of different actors of Bavarian universities, the relevance of digital teaching and learning, equipment with digital technology, institutional infrastructure, higher education teachers’ qualification and further training; as well as how often and in which ways higher education teachers use digital technology in different teaching settings.

Sailer, M., Schultz-Pernice, F., Chernikova, O., Sailer, M., & Fischer, F. (2018). Digitale Bildung an bayerischen Hochschulen – Ausstattung, Strategie, Qualifizierung und Medieneinsatz [Digital education in Bavarian universities – equipment, strategy, qualification, technology use]. vbw.

Research question:

• What is the current state of digital education in Bavarian schools?
• What is the state of digital education in Bavarian universities?