Digital media have become an integral part of our everyday lives. They are also increasingly being used in university teaching, but there are still many unanswered questions: What new opportunities does the digitalization of teaching offer? What can innovative teaching concepts look like?

On this Digital Day, all of the instructors at Johannes Gutenberg University and Mainz University of Applied Sciences are invited to come together and take a look at the possible challenges and opportunities of digital teaching. The event takes place every year and offers a changing program that encourages networking, discussion and inspiration. In addition, the winners of the cross-university competition "New Teaching Methods" are honored each year on the Digital Day.Cooperation partners of the Digital Day are Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Johannes Gutenberg University, the Gutenberg Teaching Council and the Virtual Campus Rhineland-Palatinate.

Digital Day 2018 took place on January 18, 2018 at Mainz University of Applied Sciences. The opening of the event was followed by a short follow-up of previous award winners. The further development of award-winning teaching ideas from the New Paths in Teaching competition were presented. In a panel discussion, State Secretary Heike Raab, among others, answered the audience's questions. Furthermore, the online platform Networking Teaching Ideas, a collaboration between the two universities in Mainz that promotes the exchange and transfer of didactic concepts, was opened. Subsequently, innovative teaching ideas were honored for the third time this year and supported with project-related funding.

Digital Day 2017 took place on June 19, 2017 at Johannes Gutenberg-University in Mainz. In his keynote speech on "Open Educational Resources", Dr. Dominic Orr provided insight into possible usage scenarios of free educational material for teaching and pointed out the need for action on the part of politics and universities. In parallel sessions, visitors had the opportunity to get to know practical examples of digital teaching at the two universities in Mainz. Dr. Roman Mauer and Prof. Dr. Thomas Meder, for example, presented the open online course "Understanding Film". Four innovative teaching ideas were honored at the subsequent award ceremony of the "New Paths in Teaching" competition.

Digital Day 2016 took place on November 23, 2016 at Mainz University of Applied Sciences. Teachers from Mainz University of Applied Sciences and Johannes Gutenberg University met to discuss the potential of digitalized teaching. In the two keynote speeches, Dr. Konrad Faber and Dr. Malte Persike provided insight into current developments and challenges in higher education. The subsequent panel discussion offered representatives of both universities a platform for a stimulating discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of face-to-face and online teaching. In addition, for the first time three prize winners were awarded for their innovative teaching ideas.