Philosophy as an Educator
In teaching, I see my role as coordinator and motivator, not lecturer. My job is to spark curiosity and channel it into self-directed learning. Think of a scout pointing out paths through dense terrain rather than paving a single road everyone must follow. I encourage students to question canonical knowledge and teaching opinions — including my own.
Students sometimes know more than I do in specific areas. I welcome that and invite them to contribute what they know. Collaborative and open practices guide my methods: Wikis and collaborative tools make learning a shared, ongoing process, while Open Science principles make it transparent and accessible.
I pay close attention to the needs of neurodivergent and first-generation students, for whom academia was not designed.
University Courses
Digitalization & Long-Term Preservation
2023–present
Mandatory for-credit course in the Library and Information Studies Master of Arts program at Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK), Leipzig, Germany
Citizen Science Skills as a Core Competency
2025–present
University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Bavaria, Munich, Germany
Prompt Engineering for Generative AI
2024–present
University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration in Bavaria, Munich, Germany
Introduction to AI Literacy
2023–2024
University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration Bavaria, Munich, Germany
Library Instruction
Workshops & Guest Lectures
2015–present
University of Victoria Libraries and previous institutions
- Generative AI Literacy & Academic AI Tools
- Prompt Engineering
- Open Access & Open Science
- Information Literacy
- Scholarly Communication & Predatory Publishing
- Altmetrics