"Cleaning, decluttering, cooking - at the moment I'd rather do anything but prepare for the exam." Do statements like this sound familiar? Then you need a motivational push! We're going to give you some ideas on how to get started with studying. That's what motivation means: the motives that lead to action.

Reading a textbook? Sounds easy enough. But then the words get blurry and you wonder what was actually in the last sentence. Sound familiar? Maybe you just need a technique…

Virtual teaching changes interpersonal relationships. Some people feel emotionally closer to their lecturer than ever before, as they gain unexpectedly intense insights into living spaces, family life, pets, and worlds…

Taking notes? In times when lecture slides, scripts, screencasts are conveniently available for download? What may seem needless at first glance turns out to be helpful for exam preparation. Taking…

The everyday life of many students becomes blurred at the moment: Getting up, watching a recorded lecture in their pajamas, having breakfast in front of the screen. A bit of…

Read the text? Maybe later. The video of the lecture? It’ll also be available tomorrow. And the webinar this afternoon? It’s being recorded and I’ll watch it after I clean…

We all have goals in mind. Big and small; some are secret, others we blow the whistle to the world  on Facebook: run a marathon, see the Grand Canyon, get…

Day 10. Here I sit, at my “desk”. It feels strange. Normally I spend the time between two courses together with my friends in the library, or, in this beautiful…

Time management through self-management Monday. Friday. Time is slipping away. Time management seems to be the order of the day. Well, time cannot be managed. Time cannot be grasped or…

The virtual semester brings all kinds of new courses into the timetable. Where previously lectures, exercises or tutorials were held in the lecture hall or seminar room, lecturers now invite…