Education Support Centre - Wageningen UR
Welcome on the Education Support Centre Course Registration Website.
The training programme for the Academic Year 2019/2020 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.
September - January
February - June
Please note:
With your registration to one of our courses you agree with the Education Support Centre Terms and Conditions .
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Orientation to teaching and supervision |
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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. |
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This course is intended for people teaching lab practicals who want to improve their teaching skills.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Mandatory courses for the UTQ |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Quality of written exams: peer feedback meeting 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.
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Quality of graded assignments: peer feedback meeting 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.
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University Teaching & Peer Learning Meetings: Putting theory into practice These courses focus on getting a deeper understanding of your classroom experiences by comparing and connecting your experiences to educational concepts, models, theory, good practices with fellow participants and ESC trainers. Choose the course that best fits your needs:
University teaching: putting theory into practice The University Teaching course consists of 2x 3 full days of live meetings. The first 3 days we focus on activating students. The
second 3 days we focus on supervising students in group work. Next to the face to face meetings, there are preparatory assignments. You can follow the University Teaching course as an alternative for the Peer Learning Meeting. OR
Peer Learning Meetings University Teaching: Putting theory into practice The Peer Learning Meetings is a blended course in which we mix online learning, learning in the workplace and 6 4-hour live sessions (focused on activating students, supervising thesis students and group work ). You can follow the Peer Learning Meetings as an alternative for the University teaching Course.
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Elective courses for the UTQ |
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This course is intended for people teaching lab practicals who want to improve their teaching skills
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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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.
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Other courses |
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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. |
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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.
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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
Course and other activities organised for Brightspace.
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Basic Training Brightspace
To give all teachers a smooth start of Brightspace, all teachers follow a short and powerful Brightspace training. Main topics in this training will be: navigation, organising and adding content, managing groups and following student’s progress.
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Brightspace Walk-in Session
This session is for teachers, TA's and course coordinators whose courses are already live and running (or are about to run) on Brightspace. Do you have questions about Brightspace, or need help with adding content to your course? Come by and let us help. Please note: if your course has yet to be built, this session isn't useful to you. You will get help from our instructional designers and Brightsupporters in transferring your course from Blackboard.
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Brightspace Advanced 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.
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Brightspace Advanced Training; Grades
In this advanced training you will learn more about the functionality of the Gradebook in Brightspace.
2. Other activities
Courses and other activities organised by Education Support Centre
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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.
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Online activities: didactics and tools
In this one day workshop you will explore how online teaching and learning activities can improve and enrich your course design.
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New: Workshops 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.
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Teachers Day 2019
Teachers Day 2019
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.
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20a Introduction Knowledge clips
For teachers that are interested in the possibilities of knowledge clips in their courses and the development process of such a knowledge clip. Central questions are: - What is a knowledge clip? - What type of knowledge clip am I going to make? - How do I prepare a knowledge clip? - What kind of support can I get? - How do I organize it?
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20b Camera training
Knowledge clips are becoming more important as teaching activity within the WU. They are used as short video clips (5 to 7 minutes) in which the teacher explains a theory, concept or show a skill or procedure. In two half days you improve your skills in developing and recording a knowledge clip in front of the camera in the Greenroom Studio.
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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”.
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54 How to use Turnitin: originality check and (peer) grading
In this workshop you will get knowledge and expertise about Turnitin. Please be noted that you can participate when you are a new user of Turnitin or an experienced user. All different aspects of Turnitin will be adressed: plagiarism check, grading and peer grading.