Centre for Academic
Teaching and Learning
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Reminder: Register now for the Teaching and Learning Inspiration Days
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Have you already registered for the Teaching and Learning Inspiration Days? If you are a teacher, involved in, or interested in education, you can immerse yourself in an inspiring development offer during this three-day event from Monday 3 to Wednesday 5 July. Various sessions will be organised, for example on information skills in times of AI, Extended Reality, Community Engaged Learning, knowledge clips and teamwork in educational teams. Registrations have been open for a while and some workshops are even already full, so do not wait any longer to sign up.
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Teacher development offer in the new year |
With the end of the current academic year in sight, we are already looking ahead to the development opportunities in the new year. Once again, the Centre for Academic Teaching and Learning (CAT) will organise interesting workshops and webinars (W&W) throughout the year. |
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The planning is almost complete, but for now, you can already sign up for a session in September. You can follow sessions on activating learning activities, effective digital assessment and motivation. The rest of the offer will follow soon.
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Questionnaire on teacher professionalism at UU – deadline moved up to 31 July |
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science asks all teachers at Utrecht University to complete a questionnaire for a survey on teacher professionalism. It will take about 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire. The deadline has been moved up to 31 July 2023. |
Register now for the Peer Observation Programme for lecturers |
Teaching is often done individually: what happens in the classroom, stays in the classroom. Would you like to take a look at another teacher's work? Or would you like another teacher to observe you in order to provide feedback? This is possible with the Peer Observation Programme! The programme consists of three meetings and multiple observation sessions, and takes place in block 2 and 3 of academic year 2023-2024. One of the conditions for participation is that the lecturers are teaching when the programme is running. |
Future Learning Spaces are meant for you! |
Standard learning spaces are becoming increasingly flexible, but sometimes your ideas for learning activities do not fit into the available spaces. Do you recognise this? Then maybe a Future learning Space (FLS) can be a solution. Future Learning Spaces are designed to give teachers and students room to experiment with the layout of the classroom.
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Would you like to use an FLS in your regular teaching in semester 2 (2023-2024)? Then contact us at fls@uu.nl. Due to the planning of the UU-wide teaching timetable, it is important to submit the request for semester 2 (2023-2024) before 4 September.
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Collaborating with external stakeholders in education: what support do you need? |
Utrecht University (UU) wants to connect more strongly with society, in education and research. In practice, more and more collaborations are being set up with various external partners, such as (local) governments, citizens' groups and all kinds of organisations. Setting up these collaborations gives you a lot as an academic, but it also requires a lot of time and organisational skills. Therefore, we want to explore how to better support these collaborations in education. What is your need as a teacher?
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Please note: Blackboard temporarily unreachable from Friday 14 July to Monday 17 July |
From Friday 14 to Monday 17 July, you will not be able to log into Blackboard. During this weekend, the current Blackboard environment will be migrated from Managed Hosting to SaaS (Software as a Service). If you need learning materials during these days, you must download them before 14 July. As a user, you will not notice anything about the migration. All courses and communities will be transferred to the new environment and will be available to you again after the migration.
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Follow the new LinkedIn channel Continuing Education |
Do you want to keep your knowledge and skills up-to-date? In that case, follow the new LinkedIn channel Onderwijs voor Professionals (Universiteit Utrecht). Here, insights from scientific research are shared with you and you get a substantive insight into our courses and master classes. These insights will be linked to our offer on professionals.uu.nl.
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New: national Scholarship of Teaching and Learning grants |
Over the next four years, the NRO will focus on encouraging an evidence-informed teaching practice. Teachers can use a Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) grant in an accessible way to research their own teaching practice using scientific literature. The grant targets both novice and experienced teachers, and the application process will be easily accessible in order to fund small-scale experiments. A call is expected in October 2023. |
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From the teaching community T@UU |
T@UU abroad: a sneak peek into teaching life abroad with Erasmus+ |
Assistant professor and T@UU council member Marij Swinkels spent some time at a different university and shares her tips and experiences of going abroad for a short visit in this blog. Utrecht University participates in the Erasmus+ programme, funded by the European Union, which provides subsidies to promote European institutional cooperation and international student and staff exchange for studies, training and teaching. |
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Are you interested in going abroad yourself? Please read the experiences of Marij to get inspired for your own stay abroad!
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From the Teaching and Learning Collection |
USO project: The Impact of Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence on Planning |
Digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are impacting the future of our planning discipline and education. in the context of the renewal of the master programme in spatial planning, this project aims to address the recent impact of digitalisation and AI on planning and planning education. Curious about this and other projects focusing on AI in education? You will find them in the Teaching and Learning Collection.
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