Education Support Centre - Wageningen UR

Welcome on the Education Support Centre Course Registration Website.

The training programme for the Academic Year 2020/2021 can be viewed by clicking on the image below. In the PDF of the image you can click on the course titles to register for the course.

 

February - June

Please note:

With your registration to one of our courses you agree with the Education Support Centre Terms and Conditions.

 

Orientation to teaching and supervision

Start to teach

For teachers and PhD candidates who are beginners, this course helps you prepare your teaching, how to activate students and supervise tutorials or assignments. The last day you will give a trial lesson.

Teaching lab practicals

This course is intended for people teaching lab practicals who want to improve their teaching skills.

Start to supervise BSc & MSc thesis students

This workshop is for those who start supervising thesis students. You will be provided with some general information about supervising thesis students and discuss good practices, expectations, basic skills.

Supervising BSc & MSc thesis students

In this 2-day course for staff, who are supervising thesis-students, you exchange experiences, discuss models about effective supervising and practice skills, such as asking questions and giving feedback. In the final afternoon, you will apply all these in a role-play with an actor.

Lecturing

The central theme in this training is practicing your lecturing skills, activating students and effective presenting in small groups of around 5 participants. In English or Dutch depending on preference of participants.

 

Mandatory courses for the UTQ

UTQ introduction meeting

In this meeting you will get information about the University Teaching Qualification trajectory (UTQ; in Dutch BKO). You will get insight in your strengths and points for development in relation to the UTQ competences. After this meeting you will know what next steps to take.

UTQ personal intake

In the individual intake interview you will meet your UTQ supervisor. Together you will translate your learning needs into a meaningful programme, a timeframe and a design for the assignments.

(Re)designing a course

This course is designed for both new lecturers getting started with course design and for more experienced lecturers who want to refresh or focus on a specific part of their course design.

Assessment: Written exams - blended course

Lecturers who want to improve their written exam by creating a balanced assessment that reflects the learning outcomes. You also work on choosing the right type of questions (open and/or closed) and formulating and grading them well.
 

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Assessment: Written exams - guided portfolio writing

In this meeting we will discuss the key elements in ensuring exam quality. When you register for the meeting, you will receive the assignment details. Completion of the assignments about the ‘quality of written exams’ (Part IIa) is a pre-requisite for joining this meeting to get (peer) feedback. In this way, you can make further improvements and include these in your UTQ portfolio.

Assessment: Graded assignments - self study + peer feedback

In this meeting we will discuss the key elements in ensuring the quality of graded assignments. When you register for the meeting, you will receive the assignment details. Completion of the assignments about the ‘quality of graded assignments’ (Part IIb) is a pre-requisite for joining this meeting to get (peer) feedback. In this way, you can make further improvements and include these in your UTQ portfolio.

University Teaching: Putting theory into practice (Peer Learning Meetings) 

This course focuses on getting a deeper understanding of your classroom experiences by comparing and connecting your experiences to educational concepts, models, theory, and good practices with fellow participants and ESC trainers. It is a blended course in which we mix online learning, learning in the workplace and six 4-hour (online) live sessions. The course focuses on UTQ competence 2: Teaching and supervising.

 

Elective courses for the UTQ

Teaching lab practicals

This course is intended for people teaching lab practicals who want to improve their teaching skills

Teaching an online course

In this course you will experience what it is like to participate in an online course and you will learn and practice e-moderating skills. This course is primarily meant for anyone who will be moderating an online course in a Distance Learning MSc programme.

Supervising BSc & MSc thesis students

In this 2-day course for staff, who are supervising thesis-students, you exchange experiences, discuss models about effective supervising and practice skills, such as asking questions and giving feedback. In the final afternoon, you will apply all these in a role-play with an actor.

Teaching in the International Classroom

Wageningen University is an international university with students and staff coming from more than 100 cultures. This course is for lecturers to develop skills in order to interact effectively with and benefit from the culturally different and diverse student population in today’s international classroom.

Brain Based Teaching

Brain based teaching offers new insights on how the brain works and how to translate this into classroom strategies. Experience, apply and practise these strategies to boost both teaching and students’ learning.

Supervising groupwork 

In this 2-day course you will learn how to improve group performance and reduce free-riding, by getting all your students active and committed. You will practice with different stages of group development and corresponding roles of a supervisor.

Design a course that uses IT

Lecturing

The central theme in this training is practicing your lecturing skills, activating students and effective presenting in small groups of around 5 participants. In English or Dutch depending on preference of participants.

Gamified Design

What can we learn and use from games to make learning more effective? We will explore the underlying mechanisms that make games so engaging and use this as a starting point for rethinking your own course.

 

Other courses

Writing multiple-choice questions

In this workshop you will learn how to formulate closed questions that are valid, reliable and cover the right cognitive level.

Organising feedback on academic writing assignments (large groups)

In the mind of many teachers, feedback on writing products is a very laborious and tedious process. However, when realizing the role of feedback in the learning process of students it is often possible to alleviate this task considerably. In this course you learn to organise feedback in an optimal way, including peerfeedback and digital tools.

UTQ portfolio writing

In addition to the courses and assignments, it is the intention that you put together a portfolio within the UTQ. The portfolio will demonstrate that you have the basic skills to teach at a University level. It is the input and starting point of the final meeting to reflect on the your learning process towards this.
The composition of this portfolio is sometimes seen as the tailpiece of the UTQ and thus is put back until the end.
Teachers who are in the UTQ programme and are busy putting together their portfolio, can attend this workshop.
If you want to organize your portfolio, writes parts of your portfolio, draw on best practice, see examples from colleagues, get help with reflecting on your competences and/or want to discuss dilemmas, register for this workshop.

1. Brightspace

Courses and other activities organised for Brightspace. If you would like to follow one of these sessions, but the course schedule does not offer a suitable opportunity, please send a request to education.support@wur.nl. 

  • Brightspace Introduction Training
    To give all teachers and educational supporters a smooth start in Brightspace, all can follow the Brightspace Introduction Training. Main topics in this training are: navigation, organizing and adding content, setting up online activities, such as assignments and discussion fora, setting up groups and following student’s progress.
  • Brightspace Introduction Training (Self-study)
    If you want to get familiar with Brightspace, but do not want to sign-up for a live session, you can sign-up for this self-study version. You will get access to the Brightspace and go through the materials at your own pace while doing the exercises in your practice course. Main topics in this training are: navigation, organizing and adding content, setting up online activities, such as assignments and discussion fora, setting up groups and following student’s progress.
  • Brightspace Training: Tools for Assessment & (peer) Feedback
    Brightspace offers us various tools to assess students’ performance and give feedback. In this training, we will explore various tools; assignments, quizzes, self-assessments, surveys, rubrics, discussions and FeedbackFruits.
  • Brightspace Training: Working with the grade book
    In this training you will learn more about the functionality of the Gradebook in Brightspace.
  • Brightspace Training: How to Copy a Course
    During this training you will learn how to copy your course and to make your course up to date and ready for use for the new period.
  • Brightspace Training: Using the Groups tool (Self-study)
    In this self-study Brightspace training you will learn more about the functionality of using groups in Brightspace.
  • Brightspace Training: Using Virtual Classroom
    Virtual Classroom is the tool Brightspace offers to organize online, live meetings with students enrolled in your Brightspace course.
  • Brightspace Training: Using MS Teams and MS Meetings
    In this interactive session you will learn how to work with MS Teams as digital collaboration and web-conferencing tool in your course, alongside the course Brightspace page.
  • Brightspace Training: Tips & Tricks (Self-study)
    In the self-study Brightspace Training “Tips & Tricks: inspiration and time savers”, you will learn about user’s best practices in course design and execution.
  • Brightspace Training: How to use Unicheck
    During this training you will learn how to implement the similarity check tool Unicheck within your course.
  • Brightspace Training: Create & (re)use content
    In this training you will learn about creating and (re-)using content in Brightspace. In Brightspace all kinds of content can be presented to students: texts, videos, images and presentations. In the training, we will introduce, explore and demonstrate content tools and teach you how you can create your own content. After this training you: Know about different options to create content in Brightspace Are able to create content in: Brightspace H5P Know how a PowerPoint can be recorded Know how video-materials are created Know how Weblectures can be re-used Know about other (authoring)tools
  • Brightspace Event: Webinar Showcases for Learning
    During this webinar teachers will present their (online) learning activities to inspire others. For more information on showcases, please send an e-mail to education.support@wur.nl.
  • Brightspace event: Q&A session on starting up your hybrid classroom
    In this session on hybrid teaching, we will address: Getting started with the hybrid lecture; Didactics in a hybrid setting; Your questions on setting up and executing a hybrid session. By following this course online, you will experience the online perspective in hybrid teaching, since the trainer will be on campus.

2. Other activities

Courses and other activities organised by Education Support Centre

  • Teaching and Designing a Blended Course
    Learn effective design and teaching methods that blend synchronous and a-synchronous learning activities in online or partially on-campus courses. This is a short self-paced course and teaching reference.
  • Inspiration lunch
    Want to know more about ICT in your education? Visit one of our Inspiration lunches. Participation is free of charge; lunch will be provided.
  • Assessment as learning activity (formative)
    Do you want more insight in student learning during your course? In this online session we will discuss how you can use assessment as a learning activity.
  • Re-designing assessment for online (summative assessment)
    Are you rethinking the assessment of your course? In this session we will discuss various options for assessment online.
  • Quick Start Ans
    In this online session you will get acquainted with the basics of Ans so that you can develop your own question bank and build your own exams.
  • Designing assessments in Ans
    From September 2020 all digital assessment will take place in our new software Ans. In this training, you will learn you can design your assessment with open and/or closed questions in Ans and how to build and manage your question bank.
  • Workshop for Invigilators
    Are you an invigilator at digital exams? And do you sometimes wonder if you are fully equipped for this task? For example, is it sometimes hard to answer questions from students about QMP or STE? If so, join our new Workshops for Invigilators.
  • Workshop voor surveillanten (Nederlandstalig)
    Ben je surveillant bij digitale examens? En heb je behoefte aan meer informatie over de digitale afnames? Vind je het bijvoorbeeld soms moeilijk om de vragen van studenten over QMP of STE te beantwoorden? Schrijf je dan in voor onze nieuwe workshop voor surveillanten!
  • Facilitating a learning community
    Students learn best when they can interact with their peers. But how do you facilitate interaction in an online course? E-moderating strategies help establish and maintain an online learning community.
  • Restructuring your lecture into knowledge clips
    This workshop focusses on turning your regular lectures into 3 or 4 knowledge clips per 40 minute lecture. The workshop focuses on didactics and tools.
  • Knowledge clip camera training
    Knowledge clips are short video clips (5 to 7 minutes) in which the teacher explains a theory or concept or shows a skill or procedure. In two half days you improve your skills in developing and recording a knowledge clip.
  • Teachers Day(s)
    Teachers Day(s)

3. On demand

These courses are organised on demand. When there seems to be enough interest we will try to plan an occurence of this course.

  • 51 Organising IT in your course design
    This is an advanced course for teachers. Registration to this course is only possible when you have participated in the workshops “Online teaching methods to activate your students” and “Orientation on digital tools”.