This module empowers university teachers to critically evaluate and thoughtfully integrate learning technologies, transforming disruptions related to digital education into opportunities for teacher growth.
Why choose this module?
Digital teaching and learning in Higher Education is a controversial issue that has been associated with a wide range of effects ranging from transformation to disruption of the student experience. At the same time, on a broader level, there is a need to build resilient universities that can effectively overcome future pedagogical crises. In this context of affairs emerges the need for arenas where university teachers have the opportunity to critically discuss all forms of digital teaching and learning in organised settings aiming at teachers' competence development. The main aim of this module is to contribute to that by building such an arena among UiOs university teachers.
The module uses frameworks from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, critical pedagogies, and pedagogical design to help participants achieve the stated objectives. It does not focus on a specific learning technology, such as Canvas, Mentimeter, or Inspera.
In this module, you will be able to
- To ask pedagogically meaningful questions about digital teaching and learning.
- Make informed decisions about these questions as a reflective practitioner.
- Critically assess the purpose of learning technologies in disorientating dilemmas that you might have about your teaching.
- Judge the difference between merely using and purposefully integrating learning technologies in your course.
- Judge the pedagogical value of learning technologies in your context, if any.
Organisation
The module follows the flipped classroom format: there is some preparatory work before each in-class meeting, followed by the in-class meeting, and then a short reflection task after the end of each in-class meeting.
There are three short in-class meetings
- 13pm-15pm, 20 March
- 13pm-15pm, 4 April
- 13pm-15pm, 25 April
Practical information
- The spoken language is English. You can write your assignments in Norwegian.
- Participants: Academic staff at the University of Oslo.
- Module scope: 15 hours.
- Admission requirement: At the moment of application, you must have started or completed the 'Foundation module' in English or Norwegian.
- The application period for the spring semester of 2025 will open on October 7th, 2024, and close on November 15th, 2024.
Application information
EVU-web opens on October 7th, and the application deadline is November 15th, 2024