Creating less boring OERs. Part 1: Elements of gamification. https://winoda.de/en/2026/05/28/creating-less-boring-oers-part-1-elements-of-gamification/ Strictly speaking, this series of blog posts focuses on just one very specific sub-category of OER – self-paced courses.In other words, learning materials that learners can work through at times […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #OER

Creating OER with the help of “AI” https://winoda.de/en/2026/05/08/creating-oer-with-the-help-of-ai/ The level of acceptance of “AI” – by which, in line with common usage, I mainly mean chat-based Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or DeepL – […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #AI #OER #Tools

Upcoming seminar series: Ethics in action – Working with sensitive data from scientific collections https://winoda.de/en/2026/04/14/upcoming-seminar-series-ethics-in-action-working-with-sensitive-data-from-scientific-collections/ A dinosaur fossil from another continent. A pressed herbarium sheet from 1847. What could possibly be ethically complex about that? Quite a lot, it turns out. Join our brand-new seminar […] #Nichtkategorisiert #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen

Impressions from the Deutsche Naturschutztag 2026 https://winoda.de/en/2026/03/19/impressions-from-the-deutsche-naturschutztag-2026-2/ 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸’𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘇𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗡𝗼𝗗𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹! One of the central themes of the […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen

Creating OER with H5P https://winoda.de/en/2026/03/11/creating-oer-with-h5p/ When creating our self-study courses, we tried out various formats to present our content in a visually appealing and interactive way.In the past (yes, still during the coronavirus lockdown), often […] #Nichtkategorisiert #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #FAIR #H5P #OER

Creating OER with the WiNoDa Personas https://winoda.de/en/2026/03/03/creating-oer-with-the-winoda-personas/ After writing the subject-specific scripts based on the chosen learning objectives, I began creating the actual online course, i.e. the narrative presentation of the content in Moodle. Our ‘personas’ help […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #OER #Persona

March 2, 2026 – News from the WiNoDa Knowledge Lab https://winoda.de/en/2026/03/02/march-2-2026-news-from-the-winoda-knowledge-lab/ 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹: 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀? 🖥️ 🐝 We’ll soon release a 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 from the School, and they will cover a […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #OER #RDM #Webinar #WinterSchool

WiNoDa Project Meeting 2026 – Looking Back to Move Forward https://winoda.de/en/2026/02/26/winoda-project-meeting-2026-looking-back-to-move-forward/ Last week, the WiNoDa team met for its annual project meeting at the MfN in Berlin (thank you for your hospitality!). We are 20 people from 6 institutes – most […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #DataCompetenceCenter #OER #Report

Open science competencies in the object-related disciplines of Earth and human history https://winoda.de/en/2025/11/28/open-science-competencies-in-the-object-related-disciplines-of-earth-and-human-history/ Results of the study “Open science competencies of researchers working with object-related data in Earth and human history” For the Open Science focus area of the WiNoDa project, attitudes, expectations, […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen

Knowledge Management with Obsidian https://winoda.de/en/2025/11/14/knowledge-management-with-obsidian/ I came across Obsidian on my Mastodon timeline. Some time ago, the subject of “knowledge management” was a hot topic there. The pros and cons of various software programs were […] #WiNoDaKnowledgeLabJournalen #KnowledgeGraph #KnowledgeManagement #Markdown #Tool #obsidian