Panel Discussion with the Mayor of Hamburg on Digital Education
summary
Hamburg is building statewide network infrastructure and issuing email addresses for all teachers, launching a Hamburg Open Online University for modern didactics, and allocating €2 billion for school renovations together with a plan for full broadband coverage. Classroom programs such as App Camps (partly funded by US tech companies) provide free curricula and have increased girls’ participation, while a chief digital officer and centralized service desks are being deployed to support rollout.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:15Digital education opportunities
- 2:40App Camps
- 5:08University reform
- 7:13Political barriers
- 10:45Coding in schools
- 13:59CS mandatory subject
- 17:51Teacher shortage
- 21:01Economic role
- 26:16Alternative teaching models
- 28:05Public vs private education
- 32:14Agile methods
- 36:25CS curriculum
- 38:52Teacher salaries
- 41:03Expanding CS in universities
- 43:30Hamburg Open Online University
- 45:38Digital administration
- 50:34Digital infrastructure
- 53:21Citizen engagement
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