Course syllabus - Teaching in Higher Education
Scope
2.5 credits
Course code
PEA928
Valid from
Autumn semester 2020
Education level
Second cycle
Progressive Specialisation
A1N (Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements).
Main area(s)
School
School of Education, Culture and Communication
Ratified
2018-12-07
Revised
2019-12-09
Status
This syllabus is not current and will not be given any more
Literature lists
Course literature is preliminary up to 8 weeks before course start. Course literature can be valid over several semesters.
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Books
Teaching in a digital age : guidelines for designing teaching and learning for a digital age
Vancouver : BC Open Textbooks, 2015 - 1 online resource (501 s.)
ISBN: 9780995269217 LIBRIS-ID: 20036595
Universitetspedagogik
3., [uppdaterade och omarb.] uppl. : Lund : Studentlitteratur, 2016 - 334 s.
ISBN: 9789144108353 LIBRIS-ID: 18723628
Teaching for quality learning at university : what the student does
4., [rev.] ed. : Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2011 - xxii, 389 s.
ISBN: 9780335242757 LIBRIS-ID: 12404838
Objectives
The purpose of the course is to develop the participant's understanding of teaching in higher education.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the participant shall demonstrate the ability to:
1. independently and jointly with others, plan, implement and evaluate teaching and assessment in higher education with a scientific, scholarly or artistic basis and within their own area of knowledge
2. make use of, and assist in the development of, physical and digital learning environments to promote learning for groups and for individuals
3. collect, analyse and communicate their own and others' experiences of teaching and learning practices, and relevant outcomes of research, as a basis for the development of educational practice and of the academic profession
Course content
- The theory and practise of teaching in higher education
- Academic scholarship
Specific requirements
A teaching position at Mälardalen University.
Examination
SEM1, seminar, 1.0 credits, active participation in seminars concerning learning outcomes 1-3, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
INL1, written assignment, 1.5 credits, written report concerning learning outcomes 1-3, grade Fail (U) or Pass (G).
For Pass (G) on the course as a whole, the participant must have earned that grade for SEM1 and INL1.
A student who has a certificate from MDU regarding a disability has the opportunity to submit a request for supportive measures during written examinations or other forms of examination, in accordance with the Rules and Regulations for Examinations at First-cycle and Second-cycle Level at Mälardalen University (2020/1655). It is the examiner who takes decisions on any supportive measures, based on what kind of certificate is issued, and in that case which measures are to be applied.
Suspicions of attempting to deceive in examinations (cheating) are reported to the Vice-Chancellor, in accordance with the Higher Education Ordinance, and are examined by the University’s Disciplinary Board. If the Disciplinary Board considers the student to be guilty of a disciplinary offence, the Board will take a decision on disciplinary action, which will be a warning or suspension.
Grade
Pass, Fail
Interim Regulations and Other Regulations
This course supersedes PEA916.
Course participant admitted to this course who has passed SEM1 in PEA916 can transfer those credits to SEM1 in this course. Credits for both FSR1 and INL1 in PEA916 can together be transfered to INL1 in this course.
The learning outcomes in this course overlap the learning outcomes in PEA916.