First semester Maths I students need to find learning groups to thrive. We group them into groups of size three to four randomly at the beginning of each tutorial. Our implementation was mostly unsuccessful.

The "Advanced Technical Microbiology" laboratory course, a practical training program for master's students from different study courses, includes laboratory experiments accompanied by in silico cloning workflows with the molecular biology tool Benchling. The software allows students to plan cloning projects and assess 165 sequencing results. As students are drawn from different study programs, their familiarity with Benchling, and thus their success, varies considerably. The goal of this project is to equip students with the skills to independently plan complex cloning workflows in Benchling with the minimal help required. Therefore, a highly interactive tutorial was set up and the effectiveness of the tutorial was evaluated using assessment questionnaires administered before and after the course, which reflected the complexity of the application.

We incorporate peer instruction to a tutorial session for the “Computability and Complexity Theory” course to increase student participation and information retention. Most students attend tutorials to get the correct answers to study later. We make our tutorial an active learning environment and assess its performance based on students’ responses in the peer instruction.

The Reinforcement Learning course used interactive Jupyter Notebook slides, prepared with transparent LLM support, during the first two-thirds. In the final third, students moved into guided mini-research projects, with the lecture material supporting exploration and preparation at home. Flipped classroom elements, peer teaching, and AI-use guidelines promoted autonomy; oral examinations ensured accountability.

Through research-based learning, students explored how behavior of different stakeholders can inform decision-making within organizations. With a focus on scientific and practical perspectives, the course provided a holistic view of the entire research process.

Bei der Betreuung experimenteller Arbeiten sind häufig individuelle Lösungen der (fehlenden) Datenverarbeitung zu erkennen. Dieses Projekt gibt ein Tool vor, in welchem die Studierenden nach festem Schema Messdaten eintragen und somit für sich und die Betreuung die Daten aufbereiten #Experimentelle Abschlussarbeit #Datenerfassung #KI-basierte Auswertung

This project introduces a Prerequisite Companion for the Machine Learning II course: a concise, course-integrated resource designed to strengthen students’ foundational understanding. Short conceptual notes and diagnostic quizzes help identify learning gaps, which are then addressed through a curated PDF document. Future cohorts can use this companion to improve preparedness and engagement in advanced theoretical courses.

The seminar Ethics in Technology (Winter Term 2023-24), offered by the Institute for Ethics in Technology, used real-life case studies to promote critical thinking and raise awareness of the ethical aspects of technology. Students were encouraged to participate in the Digital Future Challenge, where one team secured third place.

The "TUHH Goes Circular" course was analyzed to assess the effectiveness of Challenge-based Learning (CBL) in enhancing problem-solving and teamwork skills of students. A survey conducted at the end of the course revealed facilitators and obstacles in skill development.

The PBL for the lecture "Energy Efficiency in Embedded Systems" focuses on developing hardware and software concepts to make microcontrollers more energy efficient. The main project goal is to focus on student development during the semester and encourage participation from all students, even if they don't have direct access to the hardware at all times. This was successfully tackled by implementing jigsaw concept.

This poster proposes a seminar structure that combines independent research, peer-driven challenge questions, and in-person presentations. The design builds on active learning principles, which encourage students to engage critically with course material rather than passively absorb it. The concept was evaluated through a pilot seminar on advanced topics in robot control at TUHH in WiSe 2025/2026.

The ECIU seminar Creativity and Artificial Intelligence (Summer Term 2024) explored the creative potential and ethical challenges of artificial intelligence, with students developing innovative solutions and product ideas. After the course, a student delegation presented their results at a conference at the University of Cambridge.

This project aims to improve the long-term retention and practical application of project management knowledge through a constructivist approach. It addresses exam success and engagement in large classes with fluctuating attendance, using data analysis to make targeted improvements to course materials and teaching methods.

This project involves setting up a new, interactive lecture & respective seminar to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the digital health landscape, including trends, business models, and implications for the German healthcare system.

In the age of AI, new approaches are required to encourage students to develop critical reading and writing skills, as well as a scholarly attitude. In the “Introduction to Information Technology” course for vocational school education students, a socio-technical environment was introduced for writing blog articles, with ongoing feedback from the group and teacher.

he seminar Political Philosophy – A Matter of Justice was designed to develop critical thinking in engineering MSc students through analytic political philosophy. Students reflected on core political concepts, practiced philosophical techniques, and engaged in guided group discussions. A pre/post study design assessed effects on critical thinking dispositions and skills across two semesters (SoSe25, WiSe25/26; n=28). Results suggest that students gained intellectual humility, which may constitute a precondition for long-term improvement in critical thinking dispositions and skills.

This blended programme teaches the basics of communication technologies based on IEEE 802.15.4 standard for Industry 4.0, offering a fantastic opportunity to collaborate across cultures. The students from both bachelor’s and master’s programmes of ECIU universities can come together to explore innovative ways of learning. Rather than traditional lectures, this course embraced a coaching approach, encouraging interaction, peer learning, and active participation.

The project was implemented in the courses B2B Marketing and Intercultural Communication and Management to improve exam preparation and provide feedback on bonus tasks. A chatbot-supported bonus task was introduced to address these issues. A baselevel evaluation of the conventional bonus task was collected through the Evasys survey in B2B Marketing, then the chatbot-supported bonus task was tested in Intercultural Communication and Management. The results show that while students felt better prepared for the exam, further adjustments are needed to better connect the task with lecture content.

This project integrates the use of Al tools into a research-oriented seminar to improve student engagement, active learning, and critical thinking. Evaluation through student feedback, reflection, and peer observation shows that students developed stronger Al literacy, particularly in critically assessing and verifying Al-generated content rather than relying on it completely. The approach proved effective in fostering reflective learning and can be sustainably extended to future teaching contexts with minor refinements.

This teaching analysis project examines the first offering of the newly developed module Computational Biomechanics, which aims to connect theoretical and practical competencies in numerical simulation for biomedical engineering. Throughout the semester, recurring student feedback was used to continuously monitor and balance the theoretical and practical workload - enabling real-time adjustments where needed. The insights help optimize the current course experience and inform evidence-based recommendations for future iterations of the module.

Learning happens the best when students work together to understand subject matters on their own. So called Tutorials are evidence based didactic worksheets that guide groups of 4 students through the fundamentals of hydrodynamics. This method was tested in the summer semester of 2024 in the course “Introduction to fluidmechanics”. To measure the learning gain, diagnostic pre- and post test where deployed in in 2023 and 2024.

We compared two common formats of coding exercises – from scratch and skeleton-based – by looking at students’ task performance, as well as their self-rated degree of
comprehension and enjoyment. We found that the type of task had no significant impact on performance, but students reported improved understanding from from-scratch tasks.

Starting a bachelor or master thesis is full of challenges and cannot be pursued without adequate knowledge of the ethical principles in research. Such principles are still studied and develop nowadays and it is important to offer a material adapted to bachelor and master students. Relying on diverse sources, a short presentation, as-well-as an evaluation with automated grading system, was prepared.

Develop a practical handbook for supervising students' theses and project work across all research directions within the CREM Institute.

Große Pläne per Hand zeichnen führt zu viel Arbeit, Frust und hohem logistischen Aufwand es ist schlicht nicht mehr zeitgemäß. CAD-Erfahrung haben die Studierenden selten. Sie kann in unserem Verkehrsplanungs-Grundlagenkurs kaum vertiefend vermittelt werden. Als Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe bieten wir zielgerichtete AutoCAD-Videotutorials an.

The CBL project aims students to recognize challenges and opportunities of hydrogen use in aviation sector and guiding them to find innovative approaches to overcome these issues. Besides, they experience working in international teams and learn how to conduct an efficient teamwork.

Im Rahmen des Projektseminars „Intelligente Systeme in der Medizin“ wurden Aspekte eines Blended-Learning-Ansatzes eingeführt, der durch ein LiveLeaderboard innovativ gestaltet ist. Ziel dieser Maßnahme war es, die Motivation sowie den Lernerfolg der Studierenden über das gesamte S emester zu steigern. Die Innovation wurde evaluiert, indem die Leistung und das Engagement der Studierenden analysiert und interpretiert wurden. D ie Evaluationsergebnisse legen nahe, dass der gewählte Ansatz das Potenzial hat, Motivation und Lernerfolg nachhaltig zu fördern.

This course equips students with skills to create resource-efficient, 3D-printed solutions for societal needs. Through hands-on, challenge-based learning, students explore ecological design and interdisciplinary collaboration. Impact is assessed through student feedback and real-world applicability of projects

Im Rahmen von zehn semesterbegleitenden Laboren erwerben Studierende Grundkenntnisse im Umgang sowie der Auswertung verschiedener Messprinzipien mit MATLAB. Um die Hürde für die Einsicht in die eigene Performance möglichst gering zu halten und Studierende zu motivieren, auch nach Erhalt der Note einen Lerneffekt aus unserer Evaluation ihrer Leistung zu ziehen, wurde das Prüfungsframework um eine automatische Generierung eines detaillierten Bewertungsberichts erweitert.

In den Bachelorveranstaltungen des Bau- und Umweltingenieurwesens Baustatik I und Baustatik II wird eine Gruppenübung mit Live-Feedback über das Tool Particify in die bestehende Hörsaalübung integriert. Das Verständnis und die Reflexion des Lernfortschritts der Studierenden sollen hierdurch verbessert werden. Der Erfolg wird hierbei mittels Feedback in den Übungen und mit Hilfe der Lehrveranstaltungsevaluation bewertet.

In der Masterveranstaltung „Ausgewählte Themen der Bodenmechanik" wurde eine digitale Lernumgebung auf Basis von Python (Jupyter Notebooks) eingesetzt, um geringe aktive Beteiligung und Unsicherheiten bei der Auswertung geotechnischer Laborversuche zu adressieren. Studierende werten reale Labordaten direkt im Browser aus und vervollständigen vorbereitete Notebooks. Der Lernprozess folgt einem Zyklus aus Verstehen, Anwenden und Reflektieren mit kontinuierlichem Feedback. Die Evaluation zeigt gesteigerte Beteiligung, verbesserte Interpretationsfähigkeiten und Aufbau grundlegender Programmierkompetenz.

Das Projekt wurde von Diaa Alkateeb um  das Projekt “Literaturbasierte Fundierung interaktiver Datenanalyse in der Bodenmechanik” ergänzt.

Dieses Lehrinnovationsprojekt beschäftigt sich mit der Entwicklung des interaktiv gestalteten Moduls Computational Biomechanics. Die
Studierenden sollen ein theoretisches Verständnis der computergestützten Simulation entwickeln und zugleich praktische Kompetenzen in der
numerischen Herangehensweise verschiedener biomechanischer Problemstellungen sowie in der grundlegenden Bedienung verschiedener
Simulationsprogramme erwerben.

Summary: Students in the GPU architecture course are solving programming tasks. To motivate students to spent additional effort to research and optimize their implementations above the minimal performance target a highscore board wasintroduced into the course. The group that submitts the fastest solution was awarded with bonus points.

This course enables students to understand the fundamental concepts of stochastics, discrete event simulation, and network modelling for performance evaluation. They learn to apply simulation methods to various communication network scenarios, including unfamiliar ones, and to analyse and critically interpret results. Through collaborative group work, students acquire expert knowledge, present findings, and discuss alternative solutions. They develop the ability to address new challenges in small teams, transfer acquired knowledge to novel contexts, and identify and independently bridge gaps in understanding. The course thus fosters both technical competence and research-oriented problem-solving skills in communication networks.

Students understand and can explain the principles, structures, and functioning of modern communication networks, including current research developments. They can independently analyse and evaluate network performance using learned methods and apply these to new or complex systems. Working in small teams, students define and solve tasks collaboratively, present their results, and critically discuss their solutions. They are also capable of independently acquiring the expert knowledge needed to understand and assess the functionality and performance of emerging communication networks.

Beim Lehrinnovationsprojekt wurde der Flipped Classroom Ansatz im Mastermodul Mobility of Goods and Logistics Systems im SoSe24 optimiert. Die Evaluation erfolgte durch eine Lehrevaluation und die Seitenaufrufszahlen der HOOU-Webseite.

Die Lehrveranstaltung „Non-Invasive Measurement Techniques for Multiphase Flows“ wurde durch Scaffoldings, Peer-Review-Prozesse und forschendes Lernen didaktisch innoviert, um die Studierenden schrittweise zur eigenständigen wissenschaftlichen Arbeit zu befähigen.

Der fortschreitende Einsatz von Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der Lehre stellt traditionelle Prüfungsformate und wissenscha ftliches Arbeiten vor neue Herausforderungen. Zugleich haben sich die Einstellungen der Studierenden zu Prüfungen verändert. Diese Entwicklungen erfordern eine Neugestaltung der Prüfungsformate: Welche Prüfungsformen sind mit bzw. trotz des Einsatzes textgenerierender KI überhaupt noch möglich und praktisch sowie didaktisch sinnvoll?

The course “Computability and Complexity” is a mandatory theoretical computer science subject. To address the growing use of AI-generated homework solutions, the traditional graded homework system was replaced with biweekly in-person quizzes based on the regular exercise sheets. This change effectively prevented AI-assisted submissions and maintained student satisfaction, though it required substantially more tutor effort.

Laser and XRD laboratory environments present inherent safety challenges due to the use of radiation and complex equipment. Thus, we conduct a practical safety workshop followed by an evaluation to assess the adherence of laboratory users to standard operating practices and safety protocols.

We perform qualitative and quantitative analysis of students’ feedback of two seminars to attract more students to future seminars and reduce the dropout rates. Intrinsic motivation and social factors have a high impact on the students participation. Balancing these factors with professional relevance are crucial to a successful seminar.

The seminar aims to develop students’ ability to engage in scientific discussions and to use AI chatbots effectively and ethically in research. Students study and present research papers on performance improvements in communication networks, discussing their findings in a scientific context. They also participate actively in peers’ presentations by asking questions, contributing to discussions, providing critical chatbot-based reviews, and serving as session chairs. Through these activities, students gain experience in scientific communication, deepen their understanding of advanced networking topics, and learn from observing and evaluating others’ presentation and discussion methods.

This project develops an automated, personalized evaluation framework for programming assignments at TUHH. A software pipeline compiles and tests student code against evaluation tests and, on failure, invokes a large language model (LLM) to provide feedback, thereby delivering individual tutoring at scale and improving learning outcomes.

Beim Erstellen von Abschlussarbeiten werden die Studierenden am Institut für Mechanik und Meerestechnik derzeit dezentral in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten und die zugehörigen Formalitäten eingeführt. Das Ziel der Lehrinnovation ist es, diesen Prozess zu zentralisieren und somit langfristig die Qualität der Abschlussarbeiten zu steigern. Außerdem wird so die Vernetzung der Studierenden untereinander gefördert, um Synergieeffekten zwischen unterschiedlichen Themen zu begünstigen.

Studien-/Abschlussarbeiten stellen die Studierenden, wie auch die Betreuenden vor Herausforderungen. Benötigte Informationen mussten eigenständig aus mehreren Quellen zusammengesucht werden. Das Projekt startete mit der Erstellung eines Infopakets zum formalen Aufbau einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit und wuchs mangels weiterer Hilfen stetig an.

The PBL course 'Magnetic Resonance in Engineering combines theoretical knowledge of MRI with practical, hands-on experiments. Previously, the course was structured around five unrelated PBL sessions. The objective of this project was to develop an interactive online worksheet to support the PBL course and enhance the students' experience. The projects success was evaluated through feedback from the students. It was reported that the worksheet improved the understanding and was an effective way to prepare for practical experiments.

This project analyses the correlation between coursework performance and final exam results in Mathematics I for Engineers (WS 2025/26, ~1,200 students). Using two datasets and a student questionnaire, the impact of graded coursework (WebWorK, abGabi, MINTFIT) on exam outcomes was examined. Results show barely any correlation between coursework points and final exam scores. Students rated most course elements as helpful, but questionnaire participation was very low (<8%). Suspected AI misuse may partly explain the results and the declining attendance rates throughout the semester.

In der Veranstaltung „Grundlagen der Baukonstruktion" wurden ab WiSe 25/26 praxisnahe Tutorials eingeführt, um den reduzierten Umfang der FFA zu kompensieren. Die Evaluation durch Tutoren- & Studierendenfeedback sowie kollegiale Hospitation fiel positiv aus, zeigte jedoch zeitliche & organisatorische Verbesserungsbedarfe. Die Tutorials stellen eine effektive didaktische Ergänzung dar.

Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik (200+ BSc-Studierende), vermittelt das praxisnahe Thema Entwurf von elektrischen Schaltungen. Bisher war die Prüfungsleistung eine Multiple-Choice Klausur. Ab diesem Semester wird stattdessen eine FFA mit eigenständig durchzuführenden Hausaufgaben durchgeführt. Untersucht wird der Lernerfolg der Studierenden.

In dem Kurs Schiffsvibrationen erlernen Studierende analytische und numerische Berechnungsverfahren. Zur besseren Veranschaulichung wurde die Lehre um ein Laborprojekt ergänzt. Der direkte Abgleich von Experiment und Simulation vertieft das physikalische Verständnis und verdeutlicht gleichzeitig die Grenzen numerischer Modelle.

Vereinheitlichung der Hörsaalübungen und Klausuren am Institut für besseres Verständnis bei den Studierenden und verringertem Aufwand bei der Erstellung und Korrektur der Klausuren.

Ziel dieser Analyse ist es, zu untersuchen, wie Aufnahme von Gruppenübungen (GÜ) zusätzlich zu existierenden Hörsaalübungen (HÜ) das Bewusstsein der Studierenden für die Relevanz des Lernstoffs stärkt. Im SoSe23 war die GÜ ein freiwilliges Zusatzangebot, ab SoSe24 Teil des Lehrplans. Die Evaluation zeigt, dass dies Anwesenheit, Priorisierung der Übungsmaterialien und Wahrnehmung der Prüfungsrelevanz erhöht, was eine dauerhafte verpflichtende Integration nahelegt.

The project thesis (12 ECTS) was to be written in form of a GAMMAS paper. The project was innovated in order to motivate and engage the student in order to start working towards his research career already during his studies. The student became a passionate researcher, who will publish a research paper right after the termination of his Master’s degree.