CoDiLe - Collaborative Digital Learning

The objective of CoDiLe - Collaborative Digital Learning is to create a new international course termed "Water Challenges in a Changing World" in the form of a number of independent modules. It uses the advantages of digitized teaching and offers a unique opportunity for higher education professionals to take up these modules and to create and shape their own courses by selecting desired topics. For this purpose, the "Fellowships for Innovation in Digital University Teaching (digiFellows)" of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) enabled the creation of a cooperation network with several high-ranking national and international partners from seven different countries. The topics range from urban flood forecasting and coping with extreme events to microplastic in marine ecosystems as well as public health, water resources, and water quality. Each of the 15 project partners is responsible for one module of the course, with all modules being self-contained, modular, and can be individually combined by the students. Each module contains a video presentation on the topic of the partner's expertise, online tests, and challenges to the students, as well as a live discussion with the corresponding lecturer with selected questions prepared by the students. Overall, we offer all students at the University of Siegen and the partner universities access to leading lectures and institutions in various water-related subject areas, and thereby attracting the interest of students from other disciplines.