UTQ Design

The UTQ Design course focuses on the UTQ design competencies. This course follows a flipped classroom approach, in which the participants are asked to study several online self-study modules as preparation for in-class application/reflection activities. Key design principles for this course are constructive alignment and backward design. You will use these frameworks for redesigning your new course design.

You will learn which design principles you can use to make your course (more) active, effective, and efficient. You will practice your design competencies with the use of one of your courses.

The UTQ Design course will result in a course canvas and action plan to further strengthen your course design.

Target group

This course is for teaching staff at Wageningen University who wish to develop their design competency. The course is a mandatory module in the UTQ program, but you can also join when you are not in the UTQ or when you are already UTQ certified. You will be added to the UTQ trajectory Brightspace to hand in the admission assignment. 

Because the course is mandatory for the UTQ trajectory, priority will be given to UTQ participants. 

Pre-requisites for this course

1. You are a lecturer/staff member with teaching experience at WUR or elsewhere.

2. You are actively involved in and responsible for (a part of) the course

3. You have completed the admission assignment (see UTQ trajectory Brightspace)

Please discuss your UTQ planning with your UTQ coach, and do not enroll in more than two UTQ courses in the same period (consider your sanity).

UTQ competences

4TU UTQ Competence 1: Designing or redesigning teaching.

The teacher can:
a. Explain how the course is embedded in the curriculum or degree program.
b. Design teaching based on the principles of ‘constructive alignment.'
c. Design active, effective, and efficient learning methods and learning materials.
d. Design teaching with respect to the specific (curricular) characteristics and needs of the students.
e. Design your teaching in a practical and logistically feasible (doable) way.

Learning outcomes

After the successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Analyse relevant aspects of the situational conditions affecting the course (re)design

• Evaluate chosen design principles to explain your course (re)design.

• Reflection on the feasibility (of the improvements) of your design

Additional goals

• Experience different TLAs.

• Develop your design competence

• Experience peer feedback as a tool for learning

• Reflect on the quality of the design of the course you teach.

Course activities

Total time investment: ~30 hours

Contact hours: 2 days from 9.30 to 16.00 hrs.

Please note: bring your own lunch

The course is set up as a blended learning course: you will study course materials prior to the two training days and make use of our online learning support (Brightspace). During the course days you will experience a variety of teaching and learning activities, e.g., storyboarding, retrieval practice, elaboration, reflection poster, peer feedback, and pitching.

You can find all the information on UTQ Trajectory.

Before each training, you are asked to prepare yourself using several assignments. When you have already studied these modules, you will be asked to refresh your understanding. 

Literature

All literature is provided via the UTQ Design Brightspace environment and the UTQ self-study modules Brightspace.

Assessment 

After successful completion of the course (active participation) and a delivery of the completed course canvas, you will receive the partial UTQ certificate for competence #1 Design.

Costs

Participation is free for Wageningen University & Research staff involved in teaching in a Wageningen University degree programme.

Cancellation

We consider registration as final. When cancelled within three weeks before course day 1, your chair group will be charged all costs of your subscription (€350). If there are fewer than 8 participants in the course, the Teaching and Learning Centre may cancel the course and notify you at the latest 2 weeks before the start of the course.