Teaching & Learning Center

Mission

The Teaching & Learning Centre (TLC) is a knowledge hub and change agent for a lively and innovative teaching and learning culture.

We convey the joy of teaching, learning and research and encourage students and teachers to take responsibility for their own learning. We focus on methodological pluralism and learning environments in which competence- and action-orientated learning can take place. We also promote high-quality teaching and the development of didactic innovations. This help to establish innovative approaches in university teaching in the long term and enable continuous further development in teaching.

Contact

Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Silke Schwaiger
Head of Teaching & Learning Center

Währinger Gürtel 97
1180 Wien

+43 1 476 77-5781

Services

As a cross-program institution, the TLC is the first point of contact for all didactic questions and supports teaching staff, students and internal departments with a wide range of services, exchange, advice and further training opportunities.

The TLC’s main areas of responsibility are:

Further training in teaching and learning

E-Learning, support & infrastructure

Innovation & knowledge hub

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Training in Teaching & Learning

Based on the needs of students and lecturers, this area of responsibility creates attractive, synchronous and asynchronous training for lecturers and students at FHWien der WKW.

For lecturers and staff: All offers (synchronous workshops and continuing education courses, asynchronous self-study courses, didactic coaching and exchange formats such as the ‘Academic Learning Teatime’ can be viewed via the TLC continuing education platform and can be booked free of charge by FHWien der WKW lecturers and staff. In addition, interested lecturers can acquire the ‘Professional Academic Teaching Certificate’. Further information on the certificate and the requirements can be found here.

For students: Extensive self-study materials and online resources for academic writing can be found on the website OWL – Online Writing Lab. A wide range of workshops is available on the Writing Center website.

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E-Learning, Support & Infrastructure

In the E-Learning Help Course (EHC) you will find all information about the digital learning environment (E-Learning systems) of FHWien der WKW and services of the Competence Centre for E-Learning. In addition, AI-based services and applications are tested and established to create personalized learning content and adaptive learning environments that improve the teaching and learning experience.

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Innovation & Knowledge Hub

The TLC promotes a ‘community of practice’, encourages the exchange of experience and reflection and also provides impetus for the innovative further development of teaching and learning culture.

Formats such as the ‘Academic Learning Teatime’, the event ‘Didactics Exchange’, the annual FHWien der WKW teaching awards ceremony and international didactic conferences offer platforms for exchange and networking across higher education institutions.

Service areas

The Competence Centre for E-Learning is the contact for topics and questions relating to teaching in the digital age at FHWien der WKW. It supports lecturers in the development of future-proof learning programs and promotes the necessary skills acquisition.

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The Writing Centre supports students (with self-study materials, workshops, consultations and peer-learning) in the academic writing process and offers further training opportunities for lecturers and supervisors to promote writing skills as part of the TLC further education program.

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Best Practice Examples for Teaching at FHWien der WKW

by Elka Xharo

In the “Business Data Analytics and Formal Foundations” course, Elka Xharo developed a Custom GPT chatbot as an escape room. Students solve ten statistics puzzles in a haunted castle (a mix of multiple-choice and open-ended tasks), receive feedback and hints, and earn a final certificate with a title. The format lowers barriers, sparks curiosity, and deliberately integrates AI in a positive way.

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by Tonina Liriel Aurel

In a master’s statistics course in Organisational and HR Development, Tonina Liriel Aurel designs “structured freedom”: repeating learning loops with interactive input, examples, one key task per session, small-group work with peer feedback, and an individual revision supported by personal written feedback. Across seven tasks, students build a practical research plan for their own thesis; flexible submission windows and a 40/60 points scheme reduce pressure and boost motivation—while requiring careful planning of the feedback workload.

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by Christina Schweiger & Sigrid Maxl-Studler

Self-organized learning is a key factor for academic success. In a Master’s course on learning and development theory, students worked in teams to independently develop learning theories, reflected on their process in learning journals, and applied diverse methods. The goal was to move from external control to self-directed learning and to foster a sustainable learning culture.