Teaching and Learning Centre - Wageningen UR

Welcome on the Teaching and Learning Centre Course Registration Website.

Below you'll see an overview of our courses and sessions per title. For an overview of the offered session per date you can visit our intranet page HERE.

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. 

Please note:

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

01. Orientation to teaching and supervision

  • Start to Lecture: Presentation/Instruction Practice
    For those who want to make their lectures more effective by combining engaging presentations/instructions with active learning. The focus of this training is on practicing presentation/instruction skills. We therefore work in small groups (4 to 6 participants). The training will be held in English.
  • Start to Teach: Preparing Learning
    Start to Teach introduces you to some basic teaching and learning principles, which include topics such as constructive alignment, writing learning outcomes, activating students prior knowledge and understanding the importance of assessment. You will be given the opportunity to practice your teaching skills by presenting a micro/minilesson to the group. This course is designed for teaching staff with little experience in teaching but are appointed by Wageningen University and Research. Because it is designed for PhD candidates, post-docs and teaching assistants, it is considered suitable to form part of your teaching and supervision plan.
  • Start to supervise BSc & MSc thesis students
    In this 2,5 hour workshop you will be provided with some general information about supervising thesis students at Wageningen University and discuss good practices, expectations, basic skills. Furthermore there will be room for questions.
  • Peer consultation for PhD-candidates who supervise BSc&MSc thesis students
    After completing the workshop Start to Supervise BSc & MSc Thesis Students and in need for some extra peer consultation (intervision) in small groups around 4x per year, you can apply.

02. UTQ activities (open to all teaching staff)

  • UTQ Introduction meeting
    In this meeting you will receive information about the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ; or BKO in Dutch). You will obtain insights into your strengths and points to focus on in relation to the UTQ competences. After this meeting you will be informed about the trajectory and can book a personal intake with your UTQ coach.
  • UTQ Personal intake
    In the individual intake interview you will meet your UTQ coach. Together you will translate your personal focus per UTQ competence into a meaningful programme, a provisional planning and a design for the assignments; considering your own teaching practice, the duration of the programme (usually no longer than two years), the time investment of 155 hours and the admission criteria. The contract will be the basis for this meeting.
  • UTQ Teach
    In this course you will gain a deeper understanding of your classroom experiences by comparing and connecting your experiences to educational concepts, models, theory, good practices with your fellow participants and trainers. The trajectory consists of independent assignments in Brightspace, a lunch meeting and three themed live meetings. The 'UTQ Teach'course focuses on UTQ sub-competences: - 2a Prepare an educational meeting - 2b Conduct an educational meeting.
  • UTQ Supervise
    UTQ supervise focuses on UTQ sub-competence 2c. Supervising, individually and in groups. In this course you will get a deeper understanding of your supervisor experiences by comparing and connecting your experiences to educational concepts, models, theory, good practices with fellow participants and TLC trainers. The course consists of self-work assignments in a digital platform (Brightspace) and two live course days.
  • UTQ Design
    The UTQ Design course focuses on the UTQ design competences. During the course days we will use cooperative and activating didactics that can be inspirational for your own teaching practice. We will use peer feedback as an essential part of the learning process. Attendance and active participation of all participants is therefore expected. You will learn which design principles you can use to make your course (more) active, effective and efficient. You will practice your design competences with the use of one of your own courses.
  • UTQ Assess
    You can follow this UTQ Assessment course to equip yourself with the knowledge and skills you need for your role in designing, executing, and evaluating assessment. The course focuses on UTQ competence 3. Assessment.
  • UTQ Self-study Brightspace
    You can find several self-study modules related to your teaching practice in this Brightspace environment. These modules offer a flexible and convenient way for you to enhance your teaching toolbox. Through a combination of multimedia resources, examples, quizzes, and reflective exercises, you will gain a deeper understanding of the respective topics and learn practical strategies to implement in your teaching practices. Please note, that some of the self-study modules are required as prior knowledge for one or more of the UTQ courses.
  • Portfolio writing (only if you started the UTQ before July 2023)
    Have you started writing your UTQ portfolio? and/or Do you need to book some time to write your portfolio? This is an opportunity to book time in your calendars to write and to have guidance and instant feedback from UTQ supervisors.

03. Teaching & supervising courses

  • Group supervision in real-life learning
    The workshop Group supervision in real-life learning is designed to empower teachers with the necessary knowledge and skills to effectively supervise and support student groups engaged in real-life learning projects. By the end of this workshop, participants will possess a comprehensive toolkit of practical tools and guidance. This will help them effectively handle student groups during real-life learning tasks. With a strong emphasis on understanding group dynamics, fostering effective communication, enhancing motivation, and knowing when and how to intervene. Educators will be better equipped to facilitate successful outcomes for all stakeholders involved in real-life learning projects.
  • Starting with real-life learning
    This workshop is made for teachers who want to enhance student engagement and cultivate a profound connection between academic knowledge and society. We believe that every course, including those for first-year students, can take that crucial first step towards real-life relevance. Together, let's embrace a low-threshold approach to real-life learning, making education not only meaningful but also enjoyable for both you and your students.
  • Brain Based Teaching
    Brain based teaching is the state of the art when it comes to approaching classroom teaching. New insights on how the brain works are translated into classroom strategies. During this training you will experience and practice lots of these strategies, so you can apply them to boost both your teaching and your student’s learning.
  • 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 education.
  • Supervising BSc & MSc thesis students
    This two day course is meant for teachers/PhD‘s who have already supervised at least one or two BSc and/or MSc thesis students and want to learn more about supervising thesis students. In this course you exchange experiences, learn theories/models about effective supervising and practice several skills, like giving feedback, switching communication levels and asking open questions. All these elements come together when you will practice everything you have learned in a real life case simulation with an actor who plays the student. Recommendation: apply at least 3 months in advance since this course is fully booked rapidly.
  • Supervising Group Work
    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. Topics are: assigning team roles, team communication, (shared) leadership, creating an inclusive learning environment are also addressed. This course is meant for coaches or teachers who teach a course where group collaboration is an explicit part of the course.
  • Teaching in an Intercultural & Diverse Classroom
    Wageningen University is an international university with students coming from more than 100 cultures. Cultural diversity has many educational benefits, such as increased collaboration, successful decision-making, greater creativity. However, cultural differences hugely impact our ability to value diversity, with biases and blind spots unknowingly blurring our view and blocking effective, inclusive teaching behaviour. This course is for lecturers to develop awareness and skills in order to interact effectively and appropriately with the culturally different students in today’s international classrooms.
  • Teaching lab practicals
    This course is intended for people who want to improve their lab teaching skills and elements of their practical class. All people who teach lab practicals (technicians, PhDs, post-docs and other staff) are welcome.
  • Boundary Crossing Training for Teachers
    During this hands-on course we will work with a combination of observational learning and experiential learning, relating to theoretical framework of Boundary Crossing.

04. Assessment and Examination

In these courses/activities, you will learn about different functions of assessment (formative and summative use), how to use specific tools & methods (Ans, rubrics, group assignments) and how to imply working procedures (invigilation).

  • Writing multiple-choice and other closed question types
    In this workshop you will learn how to formulate closed questions that are valid, reliable and cover the right cognitive level.
  • Information meeting for Invigilators on BYOD exams
    Is this your first BYOD exam? Then sign up for this presentation. You will learn more about the instructions, how the security software works and how to help students who experience issues before or during the exam. There is a small document available with trouble shooting guidelines. You will learn how a student can get a spare laptop and how you can check if a student has submitted the exam successfully. (More information is available at Student Support https://wur-studentsupport.screenstepslive.com/m/106158.)
  • 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.
  • Formative use of assessment
    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.
  • 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!
  • Group assignments: good use and assessment
    In this workshop series you can extend your knowledge and skills on several aspects of group assignments and their assessment. You can take part in one or more workshops of your interest. The series of workshops combined will earn you a certificate showing the learning outcomes and time investment.
  • 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. This workshop is planned on demand. Please contact assessment.quality@wur.nl
  • Thesis assessment: calibration session workshop for chair groups
    Do you with your chair group want to have a calibration session workshop for staff that is involved in thesis assessment? We can facilitate your session and help you defining its programme.
  • Feedback and Assessment in Real Life Learning
    This workshop is designed to provide teachers with an understanding of assessment in real-life learning contexts and equip them with the necessary knowledge and skills to design and implement balanced assessment strategies. By finding a balance between individual and team assessment, as well as formative and summative evaluation, teachers will learn how to create assessments that capture both product and process learning.

05. Teaching tools & methods (Face-to-face)

In these courses/activities, you will learn about teaching methods & tools and learning activities that you can use to create an interactive and activating face-to-face (real life) learning environment.

  • Boundary Crossing ring
    A Boundary Crossing ring meeting aims to facilitate teachers to learn with and from each other, by sharing their experiences, practices, tools, and resources in a very intentional way to improve their teaching practice concerning Boundary Crossing.
  • Course Didactics for Continuing Education
    Universities, in addition to education for initial students, also have Continuing Education as their task. Education for (external) professionals requires a certain design and supervision. In order to support EWUU lecturers in the (further) development of this type of education and to learn from each other, the alliance partners offer the course 'Didactics for Continuing Education’. You register for module 1. If you need further translation to your own CE, you can then register for the rest of the course.

06. Teaching tools & methods (online/digital)

In these courses/activities, you will learn about our Learning Management System Brightspace and other online/digital teaching tools that can help you shape your online and blended education. Activities can cover technical aspects of how to use the tools as well as didactics of online and blended learning.

  • Q&A Sessions: Educational Video
    In these online Q&A sessions, you can ask all questions related to Educational Media. Different topics can be discussed, like 'How to manage a YuJa channel?', 'How do I find a video in YuJa?', or 'How to prepare for Weblectures and livestreams'.
  • 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.
  • Using Interactive Tools in Brightspace for course design
    How can you make your courses in Brightspace more attractive, creative and varied? Learn about some simple tools (H5P, Creator+ & FBF) that give you immediate results.
  • Workshop: Rethinking your Brightspace
    Do you want to discuss possible improvements of your Brightspace course and be updated on what’s new in Brightspace and related tools? Looking for some inspiration from colleagues to improve your Brightspace course?
  • Producing your own knowledge clips (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.
  • Getting started with YuJa
    YuJa is the video platform of the WUR. It is accessible via Brightspace, for both teaching staff and students. In this training you will get to know the most important basic functionalities in YuJa. 
  • Teaching and Designing a Blended Course (self-study)
    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.
  • Digital Accessibility: What, why & how?
    Every student has the right to learn, and so our education needs to be accessible to them. This workshop introduces you to the intricacies of Digital Accessibility (DA), and will leave you with clear tips on how to make your educational materials more digitally accessible.

07. Events & Other activities

In the events organised by TLC, you will discuss about good practices in teaching, get introduced to new learning technologies, and have the opportunity to learn from and exchange experiences with other educators.

  • EduMedia video studio workshop
    In this 3,5h workshop, you’ll find out how to create a good learning video. Discover when video is the right solution, practice in front of the camera, get a bag of tips & tricks and walk out ready to prepare your own clip!
  • SUTQ | Information Day
    The Teaching & Learning Centre currently offers the UTQ (BKO). In this trajectory in-service teachers are equipped with specific teaching competences that are formally assessed. By offering a SUTQ, the educational trajectory can continue for those who successfully completed their UTQ (or equivalent) and wish to further their educational development. The SUTQ is intended for employees who aspire in becoming a “senior teacher” (promoted from UFO 3 to a level 2). The SUTQ is also open for and available to in-service teachers, associate professors, assistant professors, and professors in possession of a UFO job profile 1 and 2. As alluded to before, for a candidate to be considered for the SUTQ, they should be in possession of a UTQ certificate. The information day serves as a Q&A moment where you can inquire more information about the three overall competences and how these are planned, assessed, implemented and monitored using both a personal plan as well as an education project plan.
  • Inspiration Lunch workshops (2023-2024)
    The Inspiration Lunch Workshops are events organized for educational staff to get inspired in topics related to Technology Enhanced Learning, Blended Learning Design Approaches, Didactic Concepts, Diversity and Inclusion. The workshops take place on campus from 12:00 – 13:30 on weekdays.
  • Teachers Day
    The annual event is organised by and for WUR teachers. Check intranet for the full programme of this day: https://intranet.wur.nl/Project/EducationSupport/Pages/pSGcZ_PDl0iKW6uejK_1EQ

08. Study advisers

  • Start-to-SA-trajectory for new study advisers -part 1
    In this introduction meeting you will recieve information about working as a study adviser at the WUR. After these meetings you know how the WUR is structured and what your tasks contain. Take into account that every study programme has his own specific tasks for study advisers as well. We will practice basic communcation skills. There is time to ask questions and share experiences. Target group: new study advisers
  • Study advice in an intercultural setting
    Study advice in an intercultural setting. Wageningen University is an international university with students and staff coming from more than 100 cultures. This meeting is for study advisers to recieve knowledge in order to interact and communicate effectively with the culturally different and diverse student population while meeting students in 1-to-1 sessions and in groups. How to recognise and deal with it.  This meeting is facilitated by student psychologist Neirada Ordovas Garcia. She will be talking from a psychological perspective using the compassion focussed approach which is the approach she uses with (international) students when working on diversity issues Target group: study advisers
  • Presenting with flair – presentation skills
    Presenting with flair – presentation skills: Let’s take the next step. Find ways, for you and your audience, to enjoy your talks even more. From ‘presentation mode’ to really connecting with your audience and getting into a conversation with them. Engage and interact with the larger (international) audiences who visit our Open Days. Share best-practices. Feel comfortable presenting (in English) and experience what it is like to use drama techniques to bring your expression and talk to life. This workshop is facilitated by Janou Hemsing, senior communication trainer, train-de-trainer and experienced presenter on Open Days at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen.
  • Session on Privacy Awareness for study advisers
    During this one hour session we will inform you on personal data, how to handle students’ personal data and the protocol for alarming signals from a student. There will be room for questions. !! If you have specific cases/questions around privacy and cyber security in your work as study adviser, please send it to privacy.esa@wur.nl before 1 November so the trainers can integrate it in the session. This session will be facilitated by Surina de Bie, privacy officer ESA and Tony van Kampen, Information Security Officer. Target group: Study advisers
  • Training Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (by Autisme Academie)
    Themes that will be part of the training: - stress, overstimulation and the expressions in behavior - effect of stress on physical and mental well-being and the causes of this - relationship autism and cognition - learning to read and use 6 communication channels in communication - sensory hypersensitivity and hypersensitivity including the internal senses - communication applied at a higher level of understanding

09. On demand

These courses or activities are organised on demand. Depending on whether it is an individual support activity or course, we will try to plan an occurence when there is interest. Please send an e-mail to education.support@wur.nl. 

  • (re)designing a course: self-study modules for exemption trajectories
    This course teaches you the basics of designing education. It is open for self-study; all knowledge clips and readings are accessible, the discussion fora and course analysis are not open. If you are interested in joining the full course, check our schedule: https://esd.crs.wur.nl/courses/details/257/
  • Redesign Lab intake
    There may be all sorts of reasons to renew your education. Often you can do this yourself. If you need help – perhaps because you do not know how to handle it or the task is too great – we would be happy to help in facilitating the process of re-design. You can e-mail education.support@wur.nl for an intake to discuss the possibilities.
  • 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?
  • 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.
  • 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”.