Educational Staff Development - Wageningen UR

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Courses

  • EDUsupport 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.
  • Brightspace Training
    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.
  • 00 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.
  • 000 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; considering your own teaching practice, the duration of the programme (usually no longer than three years), the timeframe of 155 hours and the admission criteria. The contract will be the basis for this meeting.
  • 01 Start to teach
    For teachers and PhD candidates who just started teaching or are starting in the near future. This course will help you prepare your teaching and give you inspiration for activating students and supervision of tutorials or assignments. On the last day of the course you will give a practice lesson.
  • 02 Teaching lab practicals
    This course is intended for people teaching lab practicals who want to improve their teaching skills.
  • 03a 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 in Wageningen University and discuss good practices, expectations, basic skills. Furthermore there will be room for questions.
  • 03b 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 in the last afternoon of the course; then you will practice everything you have learned in a real life case simulation with an actor who plays the student.
  • 04 Lecturing/College Geven
    For those who want to use their lecture time in a way it benefits their audience most: by activating students and presenting optimally. The central theme in this training is practicing your lecture skills. Therefore we work in small groups, preferred amount of 5 participants. The course is given in an English and Dutch version. The type of language is mentioned in the schedule.
  • 05 (Re)designing a course
    In this 3 day blended learning course you will align learning outcomes, assessment strategy and learning activities for your own course. This is a good start for new lecturers, for lecturers (re)designing a course and participants in OWI innovation projects, Distance Learning or MOOCs.
  • 06 Teaching in the International 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 behavior. The course Bridging Cultural Gaps is for lecturers to develop skills in order to interact effectively and appropriately with the culturally different students in today’s international classrooms. It is a reflection of their future for an international career.
  • 07 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.
  • 08 Designing Exams
    Lecturers who want a better balance between: their interim exam, the learning outcomes and question types. And who want to improve on the formulation and grading of their open and closed questions
  • 09 (Group) Assignments: design, supervision, feedback & assessment
    (Group) assignments offer great opportunities for deep learning in realistic contexts. The challenge is to design assignments which stimulate the intended learning. In this blended course you develop or reconsider the design of your (group) assignment. Furthermore, you will explore different types of supervision and make an informed decision on the guidance you will provide your students.
  • 10 Supervision of 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. Topics as assigning team roles, team communication, (shared) leadership, structuring peer feedback, discussion techniques and cultural differences 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.
  • 11 Gamified Design: engage your students
    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.
  • 12 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.
  • 13 University teaching: putting theory into practice
    This course is intended for experienced lecturers who want to analyse and improve their educational design, their teaching and their course materials using teaching and learning principles. You will work on your own course, give a practice lesson and will practice in guiding students’ learning process.
  • 13+ Design a course that uses IT
    This assignment is mandatory for participants of the BKO 1.0. and voluntary for participants of the BKO 2.0. It is only open for participants of 'University teaching: putting theory into practice' (before: Algemene Didactiek) or teachers that are already certified for the UT course. In this assignment you will design a self study module for your students. In this module students need to use Brightspace as a tool for learning. During the assignment you will work in Brightspace as well.
  • 14 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.
  • 15 Introduction to peer feedback
    Peer feedback is a powerful tool in the learning process of our students. It helps students to develop academic skills as formulating feedback, reflection and critical thinking. In this workshop you explore the different aspects of peer feedback and how you can integrate it in your course.
  • 16 Orientation on digital tools
    In this workshop you will get an overview of the digital tools that are available at Wageningen University for educational purposes. We will discuss the features of these tools and show examples of how they can be used. You will be able to make an informed decision about which tools to use in your courses.
  • 17 Online teaching methods to activate students
    In this workshop we will present some good practices of how to activate students online. Think of online discussions, providing (peer)feedback, working in groups online, etc. We will talk about opportunities and barriers for activating students online and you will get the chance to investigate how to integrate online activating teaching methods in your own course.
  • 18a UTQ/BKO Portfolio peer group
    You are working on the UTQ-portfolio, but you're putting back writing the portfolio or you are struggeling with the meso-assignment or observation assignment. Let yourself be inspired by a group of fellow teachers who are engaged in the same task, who identify issues and who want to share with you.
  • 20 Knowledge clip 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.
  • Teachers Day 2018
    Teachers Day 2018

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.

  • 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?
  • 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.
  • 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”.
  • 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.