Compendium.education is a repository of open educational resources administered by the University College Freiburg. Its goal is to offer access to high quality university-level materials for educators and learners alike, such as syllabi, lecture slides and Problem-Based Learning (PBL) exercise sheets. The educational resources on this website are primarily focused on the areas of life sciences, neuroscience, public health and philosophy. We welcome new contributions from educators around the world, either directly through the submission form or by contacting us!
The Compendium.education project promotes Problem-Based Learning, which is a teaching practice involving students working together to research novel topics and find solutions together. The approach emphasizes critical thinking, active learning, teamwork and independent research skills.
Many of the educational resources presented on this website are generously hosted by ZOERR – The Central Open Educational Resources Repository of universities in Baden-Württemberg. ZOERR is not directly affiliated with Compendium.education.
Team
Simon Büchner
Simon J. Büchner studied Cognitive Science and Philosophy in Freiburg and Cognitive Psychology in Amherst, Massachusetts, supported by scholarships from the Baden-Württemberg Foundation and the Fulbright Commission. He then worked in interdisciplinary research projects on human spatial navigation and received a PhD in Psychology from the University of Freiburg. As a graduate student, he was a visiting researcher at Concordia University, Montréal. Dr. Büchner is responsible for the Major Life Sciences at the University College Freiburg. This includes the development of the curriculum, the course offerings per semester, recruiting and supporting Teaching Fellows, as well as thesis supervision.
Dr. Büchner in the coordinator of the Compendium.education project.
Radu Diaconescu
Radu Diaconescu is a Teaching Assistant at the University College Freiburg and a senior student majoring in Life Sciences. He is the administrator of the Compendium.education website.
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Disclaimer
The educational materials available through Compendium are selected, accepted and edited by the maintainers of the project on a best-effort basis. As well as the rights, the responsibility for accuracy and completeness of information in these materials ultimately resides with their respective authors. If you find errors or omissions in these materials, they are most likely accidental; please reach out to us, we are happy to work to correct them!
Licensing and Intellectual Rights
The materials on this website are made available for educational purposes. They are offered under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA 4.0 license. In short, this means that you are free to copy and adapt these materials for non-commercial purposes, as long as you give appropriate credit to the authors. Credit and responsibility for the content of the educational materials belong to their respective authors.
The images presented on the Compendium.education website for decorative purposes are taken from Public Domain repositories.
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As Compendium.education is a project of the University College Freiburg, this institution’s legal statement applies, which can be read in German at the following link: https://www.ucf.uni-freiburg.de/impressum .