Good teaching is a collaborative effort
Center for Instructional Media (DMZ)
The Didactics and Media Center is the central hub at the Technical University of Applied Sciences Augsburg for educational media, digital tools, and innovative teaching concepts. We advise, train, and support faculty members from the development of an idea through to its implementation in the classroom.
At the heart of our efforts is our Campus App: It brings interaction to the classroom and helps students find their way around campus and navigate daily university life. In addition, our print booklets offer concise and practical guidance, particularly when getting started with digital tools and artificial intelligence.
Would you like to redesign a lecture, produce an instructional video, make better use of Moodle, or integrate AI effectively into your teaching? We’re here to help—with expertise, tools, spaces, and formats.
Feel free to stop by: You’ll find us in the Naumann Building (P-Bau), Hofrat-Röhrer-Straße 7, in rooms P3.04 through P3.06.
The DMZ by the Numbers
2020
Year the Center for Didactics and Media was founded
13
Employees. Countless ideas for effective teaching
2
Media Studios for Video, Audio, and Screencasts
8×
When has the Day of Learning been held so far?
Everything we offer
From the initial idea for a lecture to the finished instructional video, from a Moodle course to an AI tool: Here you’ll find the quickest way to everything the DMZ has to offer.
What We Do for You
Are you planning a new course, looking to rethink your exam formats, or simply want to ask someone who’s knowledgeable about higher education pedagogy? We’re here for you—collaborative, practical, and without bureaucratic red tape.
Advice and Support
- Instructional advice on teaching concepts, learning objectives, methods, and exam formats
- Peer classroom observations and structured reflection on your own teaching
- Support with using Moodle and other digital teaching tools
Professional Development
- Practical training on pedagogy, media, and digital tools
- Digital badges that demonstrate acquired competencies
- The Bavarian Certificate in University Teaching, in collaboration with BayZiel
Spaces and Formats
- SCALE-UP room in the P Building for interactive formats such as the inverted classroom
- Teaching Day as an annual gathering for everyone involved in shaping teaching
- Inverted Classroom Special Interest Group for peer exchange
All Resources for Faculty
Two projects, one goal
Much of what you’ll find on this page originated in projects—and continues to evolve there. Two of these projects have had a particularly significant impact on the DMZ: gP cycle laid the groundwork from 2021 to 2025, and AI-AUX is building on that foundation through 2031. Both are funded by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education.
KI-AUX
Learning and Teaching for the Workplace of the Future
The DMZ has been awarded a grant for AI-AUX under the “Teaching Architecture” funding program of the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education. The focus is on engaging teaching formats such as the inverted classroom and just-in-time teaching—supported by new teaching and learning spaces as well as digital and AI-powered tools, such as those for the automated generation of quiz questions in the Campus App.
The implementation is being scientifically monitored: At the DMZ, dissertation projects are being developed and collaborations are underway with doctoral students from other departments to empirically investigate the effectiveness of these formats.
Duration: Late 2025 through late 2031, with a planned extension option through 2033.
gP cycle
Digital Innovations for Higher Education (2021–2025)
The goal was to strengthen students’ academic skills in a sustainable way and to support faculty in further developing their teaching competencies. The project was funded by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education with a total of 3 million euros—selected from among 264 submissions.
Many initiatives originating from gP cycle are still in use today: the Campus App, two media studios, the badge system, the SCALE-UP room in the P Building, a pool of teaching methods and materials, and the Special Interest Group on the Inverted Classroom.
Duration: 2021 to 2025, completed—the results continue to have an impact.
About the gP cycle project
People, Not a Hotline
Behind the DMZ is an interdisciplinary team specializing in higher education pedagogy, media production, software development, and research. We come from different academic disciplines and share the same conviction: teaching improves when we work together to rethink it.
You don’t need to open a ticket or figure out who’s responsible. Write to us, stop by the P Building, or talk to us at Teaching Day—together, we’ll figure out who can best help you with your request.
Meet the DMZ Team
Stay in touch
Much of what we do is hard to describe in a single paragraph—but easy to show. On our channels, we share tutorials, behind-the-scenes glimpses from the studios, highlights from Learning Day, and updates on our projects.