Digitalization is highly dynamic. For teachers in particular, this requires an active, innovative attitude geared towards lifelong learning. They must therefore be prepared for the constantly changing demands of digitalization during their studies. In the "digiMINT" project, the ZML is focusing on creating real and virtual spaces - so-called "Digital Learning Labs" - for the development of comprehensive academic competence of student teachers. Students should have the opportunity to gain learning experience in different learning settings. They will be able to test the use of different technologies themselves and then apply the findings and their specialist knowledge in schools in a targeted manner. In addition, they will be empowered for lifelong learning.

Conception and implementation of real teaching/learning spaces

In a real "Digital Learning Lab", students will acquire knowledge and skills in an action-oriented way at various stations. Previous modular courses and current models of academic media competence serve as orientation when designing and implementing the "Digital Learning Lab". This ensures that the real "Digital Learning Labs" cover all relevant competence levels and divisions. Students can not only try out the various technologies and gain a comprehensive overview, but also learn how to pass on the knowledge they have acquired about using digital media to their future students.

In the run-up to the project, various projects and people at the ZML were already involved in the initial conception of the "Digital Learning Lab": a tandem of pupils as part of a project to promote gifted students, students in a media didactics seminar and a master's thesis examined the topic. The result was a multi-perspective view (KIT internal and external) of the diverse possibilities and requirements of the project.