In the WÖRLD project network, 14 participating university locations are working on questions relating to the design and effects of digitization-related teacher training and continuing education in business education and economic education, addressing the skills that (prospective) teachers need to acquire in order to plan and implement digital and hybrid teaching. Building on specific preparatory work and cooperation between the respective locations, the activities of the network generate new synergies and have a direct impact on existing teacher training structures in seven federal states.

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"The aim of TP13 "DiWiBe - Understanding and teaching the digitalization of economic and commercial occupational fields", which is to be worked on by the Department of Vocational and Business Education, is to further develop the DigiLLab infrastructure set up by the TU Munich and the existing teaching and learning resources based on it on the topics of digitalization of work and Industry 4.0 for teacher training and to make them usable regardless of location. To this end, the Technical University of Munich (Prof. Dr. Manuel Förster) and the University of Kassel (Prof. Dr. Michael Goller) are working together to design two closely interlinked teaching and learning modules. Module 1 (led by the University of Kassel) deals with the changes in job-specific requirements caused by the digital transformation and their cross-professional aspects. Module 2 (led by TU Munich) focuses on (media) didactic requirements in light of the changes discussed in Module 1. Both modules aim to teach content-related and didactic skills that enable teachers to develop, implement and evaluate professional teaching-learning situations against the background of curricular conditions and the specific initial situation of their schools and classes. Both modules will be made available as face-to-face learning on site in the DigiLLab facilities, web-based courses and blended learning environments. Proposals for the broad transfer of the modules will be evidence-based. To this end, the adaptation of the DigiLLab's existing teaching and learning materials to the structure of the two modules, the three teaching and learning formats and the tailoring to the three phases of teacher training will be comprehensively evaluated. The findings will then be processed and made available to the public."