Honors Student

Technische Hochschule Augsburg

Wir entwickeln gefragte Persönlichkeiten, die Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft aktiv mitgestalten – praxisnah, wissenschaftlich fundiert und zukunftsorientiert. Gemeinsam gestalten wir die Welt.

Didaktik-Medien-Zentrum (DMZ)

Das übergeordnete Ziel des Didaktik-Medien-Zentrums ist die Weiterentwicklung der Lehre und des Lernens an der Technischen Hochschule Augsburg. Das DMZ verwaltet in diesem Zusammenhang die digitalen Abzeichen – „Open Badges“ – der THA.

Augsburg Technical University of Applied Sciences

We develop sought-after personalities who shape the future of business and society – practice-oriented, academically grounded, and forward-thinking. Shaping the world together.

Center for Teaching and Media (DMZ)

The Center for Teaching and Media aims to keep improving teaching and learning at the Augsburg Technical University of Applied Sciences. As part of that, the DMZ manages the university’s digital badges – called “Open Badges.”

Contents:

• The Power of Optimism
• Designing and developing optimistic solutions
• Psychological and social perspectives on optimism (empowerment, job search, and bias)
• Trust and communication in optimism (brand building, feedback, and dialogue)
• Sustainability and technology: low-tech, digital transformation, and design futuring
• Creative and applied optimism projects (Optimism Creatures, global goals, local action)
• Critical reflections on optimism and pessimism in the age of AI

Duration:

• 13x 1.5 h in presence
• 8 h self-study

Course management:

Alisa Kasle-Henke, M. A.; Lecturer for Business English Communication in the Language Center & Cross Cultural Management Trainer at the School of Business

Lecturer:

• Prof. Dr. Claudia Meitinger | Faculty of Electrical Engineering | Designing a Mechatronic System to Spread Optimism

• Prof. Dr. Sarah Hatfield | School of Business | Empowerment through Optimism: Contributions for Taking Action and Agency

• Prof. Dr. Peter Cocron | Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences | A Psychological Perspective on Optimism: Empowerment and Job Search

• Prof. Dr. Jana Görmer-Redding | Faculty of Computer Science | Could the Future of Teamwork Include Circuits and Code?

• Prof. Dr. Manfred Uhl | School of Business | Optimism Needs Trust – How to Build Brands with Trust

• Alisa Kasle-Henke, M. A. | Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication | School of Business | Communication and Optimism: Feedback and its Relationship to Optimism

• Prof. Dr. Svea Schauffler | Center for Languages and Intercultural Communication | Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences | The Bright Side of Bias

• Prof. Dr. Florian Hörmann | Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering | Is Low-Tech the New High-Tech for Creating a Sustainable Future?

• Prof. Dr. Stephan Zimmermann | Faculty of Computer Science | Digital Transformation with Optimism: A Design Futuring Workshop on Positive Digital Visions

• Prof. Andreas Muxel | Faculty of Design | Design-Optimism Creatures: Make to Make Sense

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Joeris | School of Business | Far from the finish line - A look into Global Progress until now

• Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Krön | Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering | The Interim Use of Empty Buildings: Optimistic Ideas for Change

• Prof. Dr. Alessandra Zarcone | Faculty of Computer Science | The End Is Not Near: Pessimism Of The Intellect, Optimism Of the Will In The Age Of AI Doom Mongering

• Prof. Dr. Michael Feucht | School of Business | Financial Decisions and Optimism: The Future is Uncertain, But It Can Be Good