QuiS_Flex@THM

Flexible studying is the key to success

Does the current range of courses still match the realities of students’ lives? What curricular and organizational adjustments are necessary to meet the diverse requirements? And what does sustainable, future-oriented teaching actually look like? The Department of Industrial Engineering (WI) at the Friedberg site and the Department of Mathematics, Natural Sciences and Computer Science (MNI) at the Gießen site are dealing with these questions as part of the QuiS_Flex@THM project. Here, concepts for making studies more flexible are developed, tested and evaluated.

There are fewer and fewer full-time students without professional or family obligations. Instead, in addition to the lectures and seminars, many students also have jobs or families that demand time and attention. There are also students with health restrictions and so-called high potentials. The aim of the project is to perceive students in their heterogeneity and to develop target group-specific offers.

But how can you adapt your studies to your individual life situation? Study plans provide the answer. Depending on your needs, the course of your studies can be shortened or accelerated. The two pilot departments WI and MNI are already adapting their teaching and learning formats to the diverse needs of students and are developing advice and support services as well as courses.

To address target groups appropriately, personas concepts and user stories are developed cooperatively and across courses. The storytelling method is used to promote the flexibility options.