Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heribert Nacken
Heribert Nacken studied civil engineering (specializing in hydraulic engineering & water management, urban water management and water-energy management) at RWTH Aachen University until 1986. He completed his doctorate there at the Department of Water-Energy-Economy in 1990. Nacken became university professor at the Department of Engineering Hydrology of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at RWTH Aachen University in 2001. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the UNESCO International Hydrological Program and the WMO Operational Hydrological Program (IHP/HWRP). From 2005 to 2012, he also served as Dean of Studies at the faculty. Since 2010, Prof. Nacken has additionally headed the UNESCO Chair in Hydrological Change and Water Resources Management. In 2012, he was appointed Rectorates Delegate for Blended Learning and Exploratory Teaching Space and since then has been taking care of the further development of digital teaching at RWTH Aachen University.
Sessions
As part of the DAAD project MyScore, software for avatar-based teaching and learning was created, tested and put into regular operation at RWTH Aachen University. The presentation will describe the possibilities of the open source solution as well as the experiences with the possibilities of virtual mobility in a binational study program.
*For more information see the [website] (https://vredu.lfi.rwth-aachen.de/en/).
RWTH Aachen University's goal is to make the university visible abroad and to recruit excellent students, for which simple and at the same time emphatic information about the unique opportunities for teaching and research at the university is essential.
In cooperation and close coordination with GATE-Germany, a VR representation was created for this purpose with which you can explore RWTH Aachen University with your own avatar.