Universities have the obligation of preparing students for a future shaped by digitality, with myriad complex consequences. Developing competences to address a rapidly changing society for unanticipated technological, demographic, environmental, and political changes needs to be a priority for future leaders in all sectors. In the field of education, equipping future teachers to address a digitally-mediated communicative and collaborative landscape requires the development of sophisticated digital literacies about and via digital tools and media. Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia in cooperation with the Stifterverband and Digital Higher Education NRW, Curriculum 4.0 funds the development of university curricula to prepare students for their future. 

At the TU Dortmund, the German and English Departments of the Faculty of Cultural Studies have been awarded monies in Curriculum 4.0 to develop online and blended learning opportunities for pre-service teachers, strengthening digital literacies through content and delivery methods necessary for teaching in a world where communication is mediated online. The materials that are developed will be made available under a CC-BY license.