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Designing Openness

in Education, Science and Society

Experience & Skills

Subjects

The Culture of Free/Libre Open Source Software, Open Education, Open Educational Resources, Privacy in the Digital Age, Internet Health, Ethics & Technology, Software Architecture

Coding & Technologies

Linux, Python, JavaScript, Django, Vue.js, GitLab, Docker, Static Site Generators (Pandoc, Jekyll, Hugo, GitBook), Microcontrollers (Arduino, micro:bit, Raspberry, Calliope)

Coaching & Facilitation

Design of Open and Participatory Workflows in Research and Teaching, Workshops on User Story Mapping, Learning Design and Engineering, Teaching in Higher Education

Selected Projects

Multiauthor blog about the digital field of experimentation at TU Hamburg

Co-initiator, author and administrator

Transfer of Digital Higher Education Concepts | An Empirical Approach

Tech facilitator, open research data manager, developer

Current Topics in Technology from an Ethical Perspective

Co-initiator, concept co-developer, software architect and developer

Exploring Learning Communities Worldwide

Co-initiator and researcher

Weekly open space for the playful and fearless exploration of hard- and software

Concept co-developer, facilitator and active participant

Helping newcomers find their way in the vocational and academic system in Germany

Co-initiator, software architect and developer

Instance open to the public for collaboration in Open Education and Open Science projects

Initiator, evangelist, administrator and facilitator

Recent Publications

In Markdown & Pandoc (2nd ed., pp. 196–205). Graz: ebooks.kofler.

This article describes a workflow of writing together with Markdown and Pandoc in GitLab. The online platform is used in conjunction with Docker as a content management system. Digital artefacts are generated online with every user contribution.
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TU Hamburg: Seminar textbook

The script was developed to experiment with a production workflow based on Markdown, GitBook, GitLab and Docker. It was nominated for the OER Award 2017 in the category “Aus- und Berufsbildung”.
PDF Project Source Document
Hamburg: Hamburg Open Online University (HOOU) Blog

The article describes the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) in the digital experimental field of the TU Hamburg.
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Talks & Workshops

The advanced training gives an insight into the potentials that arise for modern teaching and open research in the use of Jupyter …
04.06.2019 09:00 TU Hamburg, Germany

In recent years, Docker virtualization software has become an essential component of many companies’ IT infrastructure. Docker is …
07.05.2019 09:00 TU Hamburg
Slides

The training will provide an introduction to the culture of software development with code hosting platforms and Git. We will also …
16.04.2019 09:00 TU Hamburg, Germany

Collaborating with others is a good way to get ahead. You can get that impression at least by looking at current trends in research and …
13.02.2019 09:00 TU Hamburg, Germany
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Recent Posts

in English

The last post in this blog I wrote more than one year ago. I was not lazy in between, but had a lot of other things to write and do. …
2 min read Writing

In the past there have been some books on [D3.js]() that were quite helpful for me to get started. In the need of a more sophisticated …
2 min read Books

“I Love Free Software Day” is over, but nevertheless I want to mention some stuff about the tools I use and love to say …
3 min read

When taking a closer look at the history of a concept or development a timeline comes in handy to structure events and dates. I know …
1 min read Writing

In the debate on Open Educational Resources (OER) several questions dominate. For instance: Who generates the content? Who pays for …
2 min read Writing
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