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.

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: How to use FeedbackFruits
  FeedbackFruits offers online educational tools to facilitate peer & teacher feedback, online discussion, active studying and interactive classrooms. The tools are integrated and can be used from within Brightspace. In the training “How to use FeedbackFruits”, we will explore usage of the various tools and you will practise with setting up a FeedbackFruits activity.
• 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 (Self-study)
  In this self-study Brightspace 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 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: 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 (interactive) content.
• Brightspace event: Q&A session on the 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.

2. Other activities

Courses and other activities organised by Education Support Centre

• Inspiration Lunch workshops
  Want to know more about technology enhanced learning or blended learning design? Visit one of our Inspiration lunch workshops. Participation is free of charge (and lunch will be provided if the workshop is on campus).
• 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.
• Webinar knowledge clips instead of lectures
  This webinar focuses on creating knowledge clips instead of (online) lectures. The webinar is both on didactics and tools.
• 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.
• Assessment as a 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. And how you can make it activating and informative for both students and yourself.
• 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. This session is offered almost every week, so if the available date does not fit, come back later!
• 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.
• Additional Q&A Ans
  Already done a quick start in Ans and using Ans for building your exams? In this online session you can ask your questions on this process that were not covered in the quick start or that you encountered when using Ans.
• Webinar educational podcasting
  In this webinar we will discuss the possibilities for educational podcasting. In our studio we have the equipment to record a podcast. But what else is required to have a good podcast? In this webinar we will focus on technical and didactical aspects of educational podcasting and an expert podcaster will share his experiences.
• Rubrics: How to use and develop them for feedback and assessment
  In this session we will explore how you can design rubrics and use them to facilitate student learning. We will start with a short general introduction on rubrics and have some small exercises to experience different aspects of using and developing rubrics.
• Producing your own knowledge clip (self study)
  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. The course is a self study course, in which you do get feedback from a trainer.
• 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”.

6. Study advisers

• Introduction meeting for new study advisers
  In this meeting you will receive information about working as a study adviser at the WUR. After this meeting you know how the WUR is structured and what your basic tasks contain. Take into account that every study programme has his own specific tasks for study advisers as well. There is time to ask questions and share experiences.
• Interactive group meetings
  Want to create some variation in how to interact with (groups of) students? Get a taste of a SOLE (Self Organized Learning Environment), a specific form of interactive group meetings and together with colleagues reflect on possible use-cases in your daily guidance of students.
• Interactive theatre as work form
  Through the help of interactive theatre, Matthijs Kool and Pablo van Neste will be taking study advisers on a journey to reflect upon mental barriers we create around ourselves and our work. After experiencing it, we will take a moment to share how this work form can be used while working with your students.
• Communication with compassion
  A workshop on how to communicate in a non-violent way.