open.German-UDS
open.German-UDS is the open digital and social education platform of the German University of Digital Science, catering to lifelong learners, professionals, and university and school students. Drawing on the German UDS's expertise in digital teaching and content, open.German-UDS.de offers a wide range of high-quality, interactive online courses (MOOCs — Massive Open Online Courses) free of charge related to digital science and transformation. Through these activities, the German UDS is creating a globally accessible digital learning environment combining collaborative learning, virtual reality and artificial intelligence.
Open access and objectives
open-German-UDS is aimed at learners and teachers worldwide, with a particular focus on digital science and transformation. A wide variety of open course topics are available on open.German-UDS.de, including big data and AI, cybersecurity, internet technologies, and the various social aspects of digital transformation. These free courses provide learners with valuable knowledge and skills and aim to promote digital literacy and enlightenment. Through its open.German-UDS platform, the German UDS is contributing to the democratization of education by providing free online courses, thereby alleviating the global shortage of skilled professionals in the IT sector.
Core functions and learning formats
The German University of Digital Science actively embraces new ideas from its learners, partners, scientific staff, the scientific community and the market. This collaborative approach enables open.German-UDS.de to continuously expands its offerings continuously and remain at the forefront of digital science and education.
The courses offered on open.German-UDS are practice-oriented and promote learning by doing. Learners from all over the world are invited to reflect on content in social learning spaces, enabling both individual and collaborative learning.
Technological basis
open.German-UDS is built on the open-Source Open edX platform, one of the world's most advanced LMS systems. It is powerful, learner-centered and continuously developed by a global community of developers.
Guiding principle
The German UDS's open social learning platform open.German-UDS sees itself as a “lighthouse project for digital higher education”: it enables global exchange, increases educational equity, and combines academic quality with the principles of social networking and digital innovation. This makes open.German-UDS a pioneer of a new generation of free social learning platforms that make learning a dynamic, networked, and inclusive experience.