The ConnEx project aims to connect all public universities in Lower Saxony in the field of digital teaching. Its target groups are teaching staff as well as technical and didactic service and support units. The goal is to promote cross-university exchange, collaboration and knowledge transfer. By linking universities across the state, the project directly supports the mission of the umbrella initiative Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen.

Tasks and Objectives of ConnEx

• Mapping expertise across universities ConnEx identifies and maps areas of expertise in digital teaching and learning at all participating institutions to make knowledge exchange easier and more effective. Selected service offerings will be made mutually accessible.
• State-wide networking of teaching staff and the creation of Communities of Practice The project facilitates the formation of professional communities to support ongoing exchange and collaborative development of digital teaching practices.
• Improving the didactic quality of teaching ConnEx aims to enhance the pedagogical quality of instruction and provide a wide range of qualification opportunities and support services.

Establishing state-wide service interfaces Service interfaces placed within existing support structures across Lower Saxony will take over coordination and service responsibilities. These interfaces are intended to strengthen collaboration between all universities in the state. They build on previous activities from the three Lower Saxony consortium projects SOUVER@N, Co³Learn and Futur.A all funded by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education, and connect them.

The umbrella initiative Hochschule.digital Niedersachsen, which includes all public universities in Lower Saxony, was jointly founded by the Lower Saxony State University Conference,the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, and the Volkswagen Foundation.Its mission is to develop sustainable digitalisation strategies and structures and to strengthen collaboration between universities across the state.