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University Pedagogical Programme

Objective

The Centre for Educational Development at Aarhus University (CED) is responsible for the University Pedagogical Programme for assistant professors and postdocs at Aarhus University.

The programme is primarily aimed at assistant professors and researchers on their way to qualify and apply for a position as associate professor in accordance with following the ministerial order on the classification of academic ranks and titles at Danish universities. 
In addition, the programme can be offered to other employees on their way to qualify for a position as an associate professor, if the department finds it relevant, on the basis of the employee's teaching obligations and / or career path.

The programme aims to contribute to the professionalisation and quality of university teaching by developing the participants’ practical teaching skills and fostering a scholarly approach to teaching.

The programme is organised to meet competence level 2 of Danish Universities common framework for advancing university pedagogy.
Further information is available here: Danish framework for advancing university pedagogy 

Learning outcome

The aim will be achieved when participants are able to:

  • Analyse and discuss teaching with colleagues and students based on knowledge about quality teaching, didactics, assessment, evaluation, and students as learners.
  • Plan, execute, and evaluate well-aligned teaching and assessment activities within their disciplines and organisational contexts in collaboration with colleagues and students.
  • Use and evaluate educational technologies to promote learning activities for groups and individual students.
  • Demonstrate practical teaching skills within a variety of forms of teaching.
  • Collect data, analyse, and communicate information about their teaching practices and experiences to colleagues and other stakeholders in a teaching portfolio

Content

The programme is organised to support the role of the university teacher and teaching practice with a particular focus on the teaching activities in which the participants are already involved, for example, by supporting the planning of teaching and implementation of teaching experiments as well as preparation of teaching material.
Finally, the programme introduces a portfolio tool that gives the participants the possibility to reflect on their own level of university pedagogical competences and to help identify possible areas of qualifications that need attention in order for them to be qualified for an associate professorship.

AU’s rules for teaching portfolios can be found here.

Prerequisites for participation

  • For participants to achieve the most significant possible learning outcome, we strongly recommend that the participant is actively involved in teaching/supervision activities during the programme period, since a large part of the programme activities involve course development and trials which is appropriate in the participant’s own practice.
  • It is recommended that the participants have some experience with teaching and /or supervision planning before participation in the University Pedagogical Programme.
  • Participants must have a supervisor from their own department as supervision and feedback from the supervisor during participation in the University Pedagogical Programme is expected. The scope, form and overall content of the supervisor’s role are decided locally at the faculty or department. Please get in touch with the appropriate department or faculty for any further clarification.
    The supervisor can find further information here.
  • Participants must be able to set aside all the specified meeting days as well as time for preparation before each meeting day. An overview of the programme as well as the scope of the preparation can be found below.
  • Physical attendance on the meeting dates is mandatory. It is not possible to attend online on any of the meeting days.
  • Participants must be present in at least 80% of the in-class hours (online activities and independent work do not count). If participants are absent for more than 20% (equivalent to one whole day with in-class activities), they will not be able to pass the course, regardless of the reasons for the absence. A notable exception for not participating on the last dissemination day must exist.
  • Participants do not earn credits for having completed parts of the course and are thus required to retake it in its entirety.
  • Participants must complete and submit ­all assignments before or at the deadlines and actively participate in the meeting days.
  • The programme must be completed within the semester in question.
  • A diploma will be issued after completion of the programme.

Target group

The programme is primarily aimed at assistant professors and researchers on their way to qualify and apply for a position as associate professor in accordance with the ministerial order on the classification of academic ranks and titles at Danish universities.
In addition, the programme can be offered to other employees on their way to qualify for a position as associate professor, if the department finds it relevant, based on the employees teaching obligations and/or career path.

Scope and preparation

Participation in the programme requires considerable preparation throughout the whole programme. The programme has a scope corresponding to 150 working hours distributed over one semester.

Before the 3 days seminar, participants must expect a workload of approximately 30 hours for completing assignments and in addition to the preparation 23 hours in-class on the seminar days.
The following project period including the two workshops and three collegial supervision meetings requires approximately 85 working hours. 

The final dissemination day requires approximately 7 working hours for preparation before the meeting, which consists of 5 hours.

Language

The programme is held in English for both English-speaking and Danish-speaking participants. Please note that all course materials will be in English (texts, course site in Brightspace, etc.).
Participants must upload assignments, etc. in English unless otherwise agreed.

Location

The programme is partly held at an external venue in Aarhus C. and at Campus Aarhus. All meeting days are held as day seminars, with no overnight stay. 

The registration process

To be considered for a place in the programme, the employee must contact the management of the department for an agreement about participation in the programme.
The departments and centres at AU collaborate with the faculties about nomination of participants. After finalising the internal process, the faculties register the nominated participants for the programme.
If you have questions regarding the internal process at your faculty, please contact the relevevant coordinator below.

ARTS: Dean’s Office, Rasmus Rosenkrands Holleufer, e-mail rarh@au.dk

Aarhus BSS: Dean’s Office, Katrine Korsgaard Jensen, e-mail katrinekorsgaard@au.dk

HEALTH: https://health.medarbejdere.au.dk/uddannelsesomraadet/undervisning-og-eksamen/universitetspaedagogikum (Link for application at HEALTH)

NAT: Dean’s Office, Kristian Mørch Abell, e-mail krab@au.dk

TECH: Dean’s Office, Mathilde Andersen, e-mail m.andersen@au.dk

Please note that it is not possible to enroll in the programme after this internal process has been completed. Therefore, we recommend that the employee to contact the appropriate manager well in advance. 

For the Autumn programme, no later than the beginning of April 2024.
When the approval process of the nominated participants has been completed, the participants will receive a final letter of confirmation by email approximately by the end of May 2024.

Before registering for the programme, participants should ensure they have the necessary time for participation and can set aside the specified meeting days and time for preparation.

The programme is for AU employees only and is free of charge.

Contact

Julie Lykke Facius

Member of Administrative Staff

Further information

Spring 2024

Meeting days for the programme S2024 (PDF)

Autumn 2024

Meeting days for the programme A2024 (PDF)

Please find further information under "the registration process".

Before registering for the programme, participants should ensure that they have the necessary time for course participation and can set aside the specified meeting days and preparation time.

If you wish to register for the programme in Autumn 2024, please contact your department management no later than early April 2024.

Participants will receive af final letter of confirmation by the end of May 2024.
 

Meeting days 2025

Please find the meeting days here.