Partners
CrossLab is a collaboration between four different universities: TU Dortmund, TU Ilmenau, TU Bergakademie Freiberg and NORDAKADEMIE. This group of "education enthusiasts" is working together to revolutionise laboratory teaching through digitalisation. By combining simulations, virtual lab environments and remote labs (also called cross-reality labs), we want to create flexible and interactive learning experiences that can be shared between different universities. Our work focuses on the design, implementation and evaluation of these digital solutions at a didactic, technical and organisational level, ensuring that each partner contributes its expertise. Through this collaborative approach, we aim to create a network of interconnected laboratory modules that enable student-centred, interdisciplinary learning and pave the way for modern, future-oriented laboratory education.
Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg
According to the core fields - geology / geography, material, energy and environment - the university, founded in 1765, trains economists, natural and engineering scientists in the context of the extraction, processing and sustainable use of resources. Over 4,000 students in 69 courses of study receive scientifically sound and practice-oriented training that is largely based on independent experimental work. According to the guiding principle of “studying research”, chemistry students, for example, work 50 percent of their time in the institute's laboratories. [LINK]
NORDAKADEMIE University of Applied Sciences
The best young talents come from our own ranks - NORDAKADEMIE is a private, state-recognised university of applied sciences that was founded in 1992. The majority of the more than 40 shareholders are our cooperating companies, with whom we jointly and specifically train competent young talents as future specialists and managers. It is our uncompromising claim to offer the perfect study program now and in the long run in every field. Because our degree programs should be the best investment in the future of our students. [LINK]
TU Dortmund University
With currently almost 33,500 students, including more than 6,000 new enrollments and over 4,000 international students in the 2020/21 winter semester, TU Dortmund is one of the 20 largest universities in Germany. The range of courses currently includes 30 bachelor's and 38 master's programs, including two international English-language master’s programs and 31 teacher training programs. Two thirds of the students are enrolled in the natural sciences and engineering courses and thus genuinely have to cope with a high workload in laboratory events. [LINK]
Technical University of Ilmenau
The Technical University of Ilmenau is the only technical university in the Free State of Thuringia and has a long tradition of training electrical and mechanical engineering engineers. Today her profile includes technology, natural sciences, business and media. Five faculties offer the approximately 6,300 students a forward-looking, interdisciplinary program of 19 Bachelor's and 25 Master's courses as well as two diploma courses in engineering, mathematics and natural sciences as well as economics and social sciences. The TU Ilmenau places particular emphasis on innovative teaching and interdisciplinarity and pursues the vision of a cosmopolitan campus family. To support this, the university has introduced a university-wide integrative quality management system. The TU Ilmenau was the first German technical university to be system-accredited in 2013. [LINK]
