the ZDT.
To face the complex challenges of digital change eight state universities in the Land Brandenburg and the Ministry of Science, Research and Cultural Affairs (MWFK) agreed on a close cooperation in the area of digitalization. For this reason, they founded the Center for Digital Transformation (ZDT). Together they strive to modernize and expand the portfolio of digital services, to pool expertise in joint competence centers and create synergies in cooperation projects.
The managers responsible für digital transformation and IT at the universites contribute ideas and prepare decisions. They work closely with experts from all areas of higher education and with the Ministry of Science. In this way, we pave the way for joint projects, clarify goals and perspectives in the interaction of all digitization projects at Brandenburg Universities. We implement projects quickly and review progress together. With the help of IT officers at the universities, joint working groups and open events within our „ZDT Forum“, we actively involve employees at the universites in the development of ideas and change processes.
We are pleased that we have already achieved some important goals together:
2016
the first position paper on cooperation between universities in the IT sector
2019
an assessment of administrative IT and the founding of the ZDT
2020
the first concrete cooperation project in 2020
2021
all universities and the Ministry of Science develop the "Common Agenda on Digital Transformation"and decide to expand cooperation via the ZDT
2022
Collaboration to create the „Working Paper on Study and Teaching“ as supplement to f the Common Agenda on Digital Transformation
2022
First projects like DMS1, OnP and FDM-BB have been finished while several others such as OZG and Koha are started
2023
An external evaluation of the ZDT assesses that the cooperation needs to be amplified; A paper of the Brandenburg State University Presidents' Conference present an outlook on the future
2024
Agreements between Brandenburg’s universities and the federal state secure the ZDT’s work till 2028
2025
the first shared services are launched, and the universities pave the way for new shared competence centers
VP R = Vice-Presidents for Research and Transfer | VP S = Vice-Presidents for Studies and Teaching | C = Chancellors
million euros annual funding from the state of Brandenburg
The federal state Ministry of Science, Research and Cultural Affairs (MWFK) supports cooperation, innovation and sharing of services and competences within the ZDT. It provides an annual 1,7 million Euros. This makes development and digital transformation of teaching, research and administration for Brandenburg’s universities possible and also makes them nationally and internationally competitive and future-oriented. A condition for financial support is that six out of eight universities cooperate in the specific field.
Relaxed and successful studying is possible because CampusApps and digital learning platforms bundle everything important for students and make it accessible everywhere.
Since its founding the ZDT has been a vital part of many projects and their success. One of these milestones is the support for the introduction of document management systems at Brandenburg’s universities since 2021. Furthermore, we supervise the implementation of software for the support of online examinations and the transition of current library management systems. Our recent projects focus on IT-Securitymanagement and Green IT. We have been working on a collection of topics such as Identity Management, standardization, buying consortia, Open Access, Open Educational Resources and Research Data Management.
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