… we are planning to continue with our blended learning concept. This entails an intelligent mix of online offerings and on-site teachings for all study programs. Of course, on-site teaching is subject to future infection rates and a further easing of infection control regulations.* We are taking all these concerns into consideration when creating our implementation plan and they are part of the reason why we will be taking a blended approach to the next semester.

It is our goal to create a teaching concept for each study program that meets the needs of all our students. The feedback we have received from our students enables us to further innovative courses to ensure optimal knowledge transfer and interaction. We are focused heavily on supporting all of our students regarding these new “forms of learning” but are specifically focused on our first-year students to ensure their transition to higher education is smooth.

*If the incidence value for the Heilbronn city district exceeds 100 (cases per 100,000), on-site teaching cannot take place for risk management reasons. You can find information on the latest developments of the coronavirus situation in the Heilbronn city district here.

THE NEW CAMPUS LIFE MEANS …

… CONNECTING FROM A SAFE DISTANCE

We have developed a room utilization concept and provided additional rooms. This allows for presence events in Heilbronn for all modules while adhering to the distance rules. A clearly visible regulation of passenger traffic and precise guidelines on event size and group classification enable the distance rule to be adhered to and ensure the greatest possible safety.

These measures serve your safety:

• We have additionally equipped our lecture rooms with technical equipment to be able to stream and record lectures
• The minimum distance of 1.5 m is possible in all rooms and corridors
• A one-way street system to avoid collision points as much as possible
• Designation of waiting areas for changing student groups
• Secure access to the buildings and classrooms, and the exit is guaranteed
• For your own safety, we recommend that you also use the Corona Warn-App of the German government. Infected people can use this Bluetooth-based app to inform other users they have been in contact with in the last few days. Your contacts are stored only locally on your phone.

… FREEDOM OF CHOICE

We offer you an intelligent mix of online and face-to-face formats (hybrid teaching). By offering different teaching formats, we meet the learning needs of students in-class as well as off-campus.

Hybrid teaching

• By introducing hybrid teaching, it is possible to address teaching to three groups of students at the same time:
  • • students in the same classroom
    • students in another classroom who cannot be in the same classroom for reasons of available space and necessary distance
    • students off-campus, e.g. located abroad

• It is a special concern of ours to be there for our first-year students. If necessary, we will provide them with virtual buddies and offer socializing opportunities via virtual channels.
• Interaction and discourse are essential components of our teaching and will also be possible within the new teaching formats.
• Our teaching concept aims to enable teaching to risk groups with as few restrictions as possible.
• We rely on state-of-the-art technology to enable students to efficiently prepare, virtually participate and repeat recorded management courses.

… BEING SAFE NOT SORRY

We have introduced a hygiene and prevention concept that guarantees our students the greatest possible safety.

This includes (among others):

• the provision of disinfection facilities
• continuous cleaning measures
• regular ventilation

… NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR NEW SITUATIONS

Exclusively at TUM Campus Heilbronn it is planned to provide all students and lecturers with a Kinexon Wearable for voluntary use.

• The Kinexon SafeTag continuously records the distance and duration of contacts, using UWB and without storing personal data.
• Real-time warning when distance and contact duration rules are violated.
• Visual warning signal when the distance falls below the minimum distance.
• Acoustic warning signal when the distance falls below the minimum distance for a longer duration.

Why Kinexon?

• We want our students and lecturers to feel secure.
• To help reduce the risk of infection and to help keep the minimum distance.
• Kinexon has a 10x higher precision compared to WiFi and Bluetooth solutions.
• Kinexon guarantees a higher level of data protection than smartphone solutions.
• Kinexon is independent of smartphones and technical infrastructure.

On one hand, we expect a training effect in keeping a safe distance from each other, even if it is dynamic. We would like to support all of our students in estimating their current distance from one another.

… SMILING WITH YOUR EYES

Face masks are recommended as a simple barrier to help prevent respiratory droplets from traveling into the air and onto other people when the person wearing the mask coughs, sneezes, talks, or raises their voice and thus helps to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

However, as the preventive measures to contain the spread of the Corona virus continue, increasing numbers of single-use, throwaway face masks are polluting our environment and are starting to become a problem. In order to ensure our students’ and staff’s safety, help reduce our Covid impact on the environment, and support those who have been impacted most by the crisis: small, independent businesses, TUM School of Management is working together with the social enterprise Township to produce high-quality and eco-friendly reusable face masks for our students and staff.