Crises are seen not only as challenges, but also as opportunities for change or innovation. The corona pandemic has banished teaching at Germany`s universities into the digital world. Socio-economic education is affected by this digitalization just like any other university education. What it means to design teaching exclusively in digital form is shown in an exemplary mannerby outlining a digital block event on sustainable vocational training research at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and critically reflected in particular under the aspect of needs orientation.