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Title Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: An Online Doctoral Course
Course number 5558
Programme 0-Inte del av forskarutbildningsprogram
Language English
Credits 4.5
Notes The course meets the requirements for a general science course.

Date 2022-09-05 -- 2022-12-02
Responsible KI department Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik
Specific entry requirements
Purpose of the course The course aims to prepare students for teaching in higher education and contribute to the professional development as teacher.
Intended learning outcomes Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course, students are expected to be able to:
- Analyse different roles of a professional university teacher and current conditions related to teaching-learning within higher education.
- Understand and be able to employ core educational concepts of teaching and learning in Higher Education.
- Design teaching in regards to outcome- and competency based curriculum frameworks in relation to theories of learning or research on student learning in higher education.
Contents of the course - Roles and conditions related to being a professional university teacher
- Pedagogical core concepts
- Students learning in higher education
- Different forms of teaching and learning activities
- Design of teaching for learning
Teaching and learning activities This online course is based on peer- and self-regulated learning strategies and theories of experiential learning, collaboration, and meaningful learning. This means that active participation during course sessions is an essential part of the course content. The learning environment is digital and where participants meet both synchronously and asynchronously through Canvas and Zoom. The course is primarily focused on individual written assignments and peer-feedback and participants must be prepared for some substantial scholarly work. Students get the opportunity to experience a variety of teaching-learning activities and teaching techniques related to e.g. lectures, different forms of seminars and group work. The variety of forms is planned to facilitate learning and serve as models for own teaching. Diversity and equal treatment in relation to teaching and learning are considered during the course.
Compulsory elements - Participation during three webinars. The webinars, scheduled for 1.5 hours each, are used to follow up two of the assignments and will be held in Zoom.
- Provide feedback based on peer-review of one written essay.

Absence from compulsory sessions will need to be compensated through written tasks.
Examination Participants will through a written essay describe and review a teaching experience (or if needed participated as a student) within higher education, reason about the experience based on pedagogical theories/principles. The essay maybe written in English or Swedish and will be presented orally.
Literature and other teaching material Recommended literature:
Elmgren M & Henriksson A-S (2018). Academic teaching. Lund: Studentlitteratur.
(Also available in Swedish - Elmgren M & Henriksson A-S (2015). Universitetspedagogik. Studentlitteratur.)

Alternatively: Biggs JB, Tang C & Kennedy G. (2022). Teaching for quality learning at university (5th ed). Maidenhead: McGraw Hill, Open University Press.

Articles, steering documents and video clips will be provided as complement.
Number of students 12 - 18
Selection of students Selection will be based on 1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant's doctoral project (according to written motivation), 2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date)
More information This is a three-week course spread out over the term and which requires time for independent work outside of scheduled class time. The first two days of the course are devoted to getting familiar with the course in Canvas and presenting oneself to the other course participants. Scheduled sessions are on the following dates: 7 September (Virtual Campus Day), 5 October (Webinar), 19 October (Webinar), 10 November (Webinar) and 29 November (Virtual Campus Day). The course is given in English.
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Course responsible Per Palmgren
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik

per.palmgren@ki.se
Contact person Maria Appelgren
Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik

maria.appelgren@ki.se