Reflection for All
Critical reflection on intelligent systems concerns everyone, whether students, teachers, researchers, or employees. Therefore, here, you will find many different offers to initiate and enable this reflection and to cover individual needs. Continuous exchange—in various forms—is also a crucial component for critical reflection and change.
Offerings include, but are not limited to, events, lectures, seminars, workshops, conferences, and more. We are delighted that there are already some interdisciplinary opportunities in the different subjects, which can be found under the corresponding tabs.
If you know of any other events (or if you are leading one yourself), we would be very happy to hear about them and have a conversation about them.
Have fun discovering the exciting offers - and several good impulses for reflecting on intelligent systems and their implications for society.
Our Offers at the University of Stuttgart
Current teaching offers
- AI and Data in Education: An Ethical Reflection
- Fake News, DeepFakes und Reflexion als Superkraft: Vermittlung kritischer Reflexion intelligenter Systeme im Unterricht
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CRISS is an online based self-learning course, available for any- and everyone interested to learn more about unconscious biases, stereotypes and how this might affect you and your work.
Combining five units on critical reflection, it can be integrated into lectures or seminars. The focus is for participants to deal with unconscious bias and its impact on themselves, their work and the effects on society.
The aim is for participants to deal with unconscious biases and their influence on all aspects of life (themselves, career/studies, society). Different modules focus on different topics, each of which is part of the reflection process.
- Module: Understanding Unconscious Bias and Stereotypes
- Module: Managing your Unconscious Biases
- Module: Practicing Self-Reflection
- Module: Understanding Critical Thinking
- Module: Applying Critical Thinking
CRISS has already been integrated in the following study programs:
- M.Sc. Simulation Technology (mandatory)
- M.Sc. Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (elective)
- AISA certification program (mandatory)
- B.A. Teaching Degree
- B.Sc./M.Sc. Technical Cybernetics (elective)
- B.Sc./M.Sc. Automotive Engineering (elective)
- M.Sc. Technical Biology (elective)
The seminar "AI and Data in Education: An Ethical Reflection" critically addresses perspectives and challenges of AI-based systems in education by evaluating case studies and existing technologies. It focuses particularly on related ethical considerations and also introduces relevant legal frameworks. The goal of the seminar is to equip future education and training professionals as well as system designers with the skills and mindset to engage in an informed and reflective use of AI in education.
The course is part of the following study programs:
- B.A./M.Ed. Educational Sciences (elective)
- B.A. Computer Science Education (elective)
The seminar “Fake News, DeepFakes, and Reflection as a Superpower: Teaching Critical Reflection on Intelligent Systems in the Classroom” is aimed at teacher training students from all disciplines and offers a practical examination of modern and innovative teaching methods as well as effective strategies for teaching critical reflection on intelligent systems. The focus is on the further development, testing, and evaluation of course materials to sensitize students to modern technologies, their social impact, and the challenges of the digital future. Ethical issues and the social consequences of new technologies are of particular interest.
The course is part of the following degree programs:
- M.Ed. Educational Sciences (elective)
The seminar “Eine Reflexion von Digitalisierung und KI zur Vorbereitung von Schüler*innen auf die digitale Gesellschaft der Zukunft” focuses on learning about the potential dangers of digitalization associated with buzzwords such as “filter bubble,” “hate speech,” “fake news,” and “internet use disorder,” and, above all, on developing ways to prepare students for these dangers and protect them from them. Scientific and scientifically based literature will be used for this purpose.
The course is part of the following degree programs:
- B.A. Teaching Degree (elective)
- M.Ed. Educational Sciences (elective)
The seminar “Integration, Multikulturalismus und Koedukation” critically analyzes the most important issues facing society today that affect families and schools. The focus is on changes in gender relations, multiculturalism, discrimination, and social integration. In order to train educational professionals who are sensitive to social inequalities and committed to making schools a more inclusive environment that offers equal opportunities and outcomes for all children, various educational models are examined in the context of increasing social diversity.
The course is part of the following degree programs:
- B.A. Teaching Degree (elective)
- M.Ed. Educational Sciences (elective)
Our Offers at the University of Stuttgart
Reflection Units
We also offer individual units related to critical reflection, which can be integrated into existing study or training programs.
With this, we are part of the following programs:
- B.A. Teaching Degree Educational Sciences (Lecture "Psychological Foundations of Teaching and Learning")
- B.A. Vocational and Technical Education (Lecture "Psychological Foundations of Teaching and Learning")
- B.Sc. Simulation Techology (Lecture)
- Ph.D. Simulation Technology (GS seminar, summer school)
Train the Trainer
TTT are workshops for integrating critical reflection into teaching. Through interactive methods, students not only learn about critical reflection and its significance in theory, but also get to experience it for themselves. Participants receive a didactically sound concept of inclusive materials that can, of course, be used in teaching. This allows the existing toolbox of methods to be expanded and developed.
What is it about?
This workshop focuses on critical reflection, (un)conscious biases, and how they influence us and everything we do. The training offers both tools and ideas for implementing these interactively in the classroom. No matter what field we work in, our thinking and our preconceived opinions and views influence our behavior and problem-solving processes. In order to improve the quality of students' work, it is important to start with critical reflection on oneself, one's view of the world, and one's work.
Who is it for?
Anyone who teaches and wants to integrate critical reflection into their teaching.
What is included?
The workshop includes:
- a variety of methods for promoting critical reflection
- Materials for implementing critical reflection in the classroom
- Concept ideas for applying critical reflection in the respective field of work
Workshop format?
This 1-day TTT workshop can be held either on-site or online.
Further Reflection at the University of Stuttgart
Key Qualifications
- Ethik und Technik (German)
- Teaching offer of the IZKT
- Institute of Medical Device Technology
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Interdisciplinary Key Competencies by Center for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
Workshops
If you are interested in a slightly different format for reflecting on intelligent systems, you are sure to find it here:
- Graduate Academy (GRADUS) - Offers: For Ph.D. students (e.g. unconscious bias awareness)
- Center for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning (ZLW) - Offers: Latest news and events (in German)
Courses for Educators
TTT are workshops presenting ways to implement critical reflection in the classroom or learning environment. Through interactive methods, students will not only learn about critical reflection and its importance theoretically but experience it for themselves first. There will be an overview of a variety of tools for promoting critical (self)reflection in order for everyone teaching to create and build their own "toolbox".
- What is it about?
- This workshop focuses on critical reflection, (un)conscious biases and how they affect us and everything we do. The training provides tools as well as ideas to interactively implement them in the classroom. No matter what field of work, our thinking and preconceived ideas and views influence our behavior and problem solving processes. To enhance the quality of students' work, it is important to start with critically reflecting on themselves, their way of seeing the world and their work.
- Who is it for?
- Everyone who is teaching and would like to implement critical reflection in their classes.
- What is included?
- Included in the workshop are:
- A variety of tools to promote critical reflection
- Materials to implement critical reflection in the classroom
- Concept ideas to apply critical reflection to the particular field of work
- Included in the workshop are:
- Workshop format?
- This 1-day TTT workshop can be held either in person or online.
With a minimum of 5 participants, this free workshop can be booked per request.
Contact for Materials or Questions
E-Mail: rising@iris.uni-stuttgart.de
Contact
Tabea Berberena
M.A.Scientific Coordinator of the Teaching and Learning Forum RISING | Doctoral Researcher focusing on trust in intelligent systems