Digital Community UIBK
Digitalisation is a comprehensive social challenge and affects all areas of life. As central institutions of society, universities must proactively face the challenges and opportunities of digitalisation as places where knowledge is acquired and innovative ideas and technologies are forged. Digitalisation at the universities themselves also plays a central role in the further development of research, teaching and administration. At the University of Innsbruck, this ongoing transformation process should be supported by as many people as possible, because only through joint discussion, reflection and action can it be ensured that the diversity of perspectives is taken into account.
We are a group of people who are interested in digitalisation in general, research on digitalisation, contemporary teaching supported by digital measures, as well as the implementation of digital transformation in the context of the University of Innsbruck and are committed to shaping the digital transformation at the University of Innsbruck. We communicate into and out of the faculties and service units. We contribute our expertise and our networks to advance the community and the digital transformation of the UIBK.
We network across disciplines and employment categories and share best practices within the community to support joint learning. We channel the needs in the digitalisation of teaching, research and administration and contribute our expertise in the following areas:
- We want to contribute to opinion-forming and profile-building at the University of Innsbruck in the field of digitalisation.
- We want to reflect on the use of digitalisation and technologies both at the University of Innsbruck and in society in general.
- We strive to think about the transformative topics of digitalisation and sustainability together, as the combination of these two has an enormous impact.
We meet twice a semester for community meetings and also exchange information on specific topics.
We currently communicate via the mailing list digitalisierung@lists.uibk.ac.at and the olat course Digitisation at the University of Innsbruck in order to be able to exchange current topics and discuss them at any time.
We offer a network of experts and access to decision-makers in the field of digitalisation at the UIBK. In addition, all members are supported in communicating topics from the community to the right channels.
For the year 2024, each faculty has a budget of 5000 euros at its disposal, which can be spent on digitalisation projects. The Vice-Rectorate for Digitalisation and Sustainability must be informed promptly about the use of the funds in order to obtain an overview of the funded projects and thus the needs in the area of digitalisation. The Vice-Rectorate for Digitalisation and Sustainability in turn ensures that the approved projects and initiatives are made known to the community.
From 2025, there will be a change in the way funds are used. This will be developed in the course of 2024 and communicated in good time.
Each faculty of the University of Innsbruck sends a suitable person who would like to promote digitalisation at the University of Innsbruck to the community. This person is thus the faculty's delegate to the Digital Community UIBK (DDCU).
Furthermore, motivated individuals can send an informal, digital application letter to the Vice-Rectorate for Digitalisation and Sustainability in order to be accepted as a member of the UIBK Digital Community (MDCU). The application process is intended to ensure that new members are motivated to contribute their expertise to the community in the long term.
The type of membership is not decisive for the work within the community.
It is possible to leave the community at any time by sending an informal, written letter to the Vice-Rectorate for Digitalisation.
If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Tabea Eichhorn from the Vice-Rectorate for Digitalisation and Sustainability on extension 20504 or by email: digital-nachhaltig@uibk.ac.at
Here you will find our current members in alphabetical order of surname. The abbreviation DDCU refers to delegates or delegates of the respective faculty, the abbreviation MDCU refers to all other members. See also the tab"How to join".
Delegates to the Forum New Media Austria
| Delegierte | Ersatzdelegierte |
|---|---|
| Irene Häntschel-Erhart | Bianca Gegenburger |
| Ortrun Gröblinger | Felix Berkmann |
| Mr Klaus Förster | Matthias Kettemann |
| Klaus Reich | Petra Missomelius |
To the website of Forum Neue Medien Austria