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Winners Ideas Competition for Students 2014 »Mobile learning«

The University of Göttingen honours student ideas:

"The many well-thought-out ideas and proposals yet again showthe enormous potential of our students to contribute actively towards improving their studies," said Prof. Dr. Ruth Florack, Vice President for Teaching and Learning.

Ninety-four submissions were sent in, with the best six receiving cash and non-cash prizes.

Many of the ideas related to improvements for studying by introducing apps that enable access to learning materials any time and any place. International experiences were also the focus of some ideas.


The Jury of five decided in favour of the following submissions:

1st prize (1,000 EUR) for:"eCampus mobile"
The aim of the idea is to develop an app that makes all the functions of the eCampus platform accessible and usable via mobile devices.
More... see abstract (PDF, available only in German)

2nd prize (750 EUR) for: "International information and network portal/small ads portal"
The two portals are intended to help current and future outgoing students to network better and discuss experiences and issues.
More... see abstract (PDF, available only in German)

3rd prize (500 EUR) for:"Stud.IP events and documents"
This is a cloud-based solution to upload lecture notes to Stud.IP in a structured way, and supplement them with additional information (e.g. old exam papers, module descriptions, etc.).
More... see abstract (PDF, available only in German)


Non-cash prizes as recognition for good ideas and commitment:

  • „Lecture room finder as an app“
  • „eCampus app“
  • „Mehr als nur Dinge. Augmented Reality für die Sammlungen der Universität/More than meets the eye. Augmented reality for the exhibitions of the University“



The celebratory award of prizes took place on 17 November 2014 in front of invited guests.