Under the coordination of PGMT Lab member Dr. Dennis Redeker, the first Blended Intensive Program (BIP) took place at the University of Bremen. The Erasmus+-funded program offers teachers innovative opportunities for international cooperation and students the chance to participate in intensive short-term programs in Germany and abroad.
At the first BIP at the University of Bremen, students from eight European universities worked together on the topic of human rights in the digital age in a combination of online sessions and a week-long face-to-face phase in Bremen in April. Using the Global Digital Compact (GDC) as a practical example, the students wrote “policy briefs” in which they commented on specific problems in connection with the GDC.
In an interview with the University of Bremen’s online magazine up2date, Dr. Dennis Redeker reports on the origins and course of the event: