Introduction to University Teaching is a practical, hands-on course designed to enhance early-career researchers' teaching skills in alignment with AU's pedagogical strategies and requirements based on the Danish framework for advancing university pedagogy (Level 1) principles.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Explain and use basic concepts about learning
• Plan, conduct, and evaluate individual teaching sessions.
• Choose and discuss relevant pedagogical strategies to foster student engagement in and between lessons

Content and format

The course includes the following topics:

• Teaching versus learning
• Student engagement
• Alignment between:
  • learning outcomes
  • learning activities
  • assessment
• Educational technology

During the course, you will work on improving your teaching in relation to the course topics and principles, including planning and conducting a microteaching session.

The course starts online with both individual and group activities.

Participants will meet face-to-face in two classroom sessions. Between the two classroom sessions, you will work online individually and in groups.