This text is translated from Norwegian using UiO GPT.
– Which teaching program do you want to highlight to your colleagues at the faculty right now?
– We have just created a new course for bachelor students about innovation and sustainable transformation. It will be offered from January as part of UiO's new innovation certificate. Here, students from all over UiO can learn about how innovation and sustainable transformation are connected in theory and practice.
– Who do you collaborate with?
– In the development of this course, TIK has collaborated with UiO:Energy and Environment, which is one of UiO's strategic initiatives in research and education, as well as the Department of Technology Systems at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. We have also previously collaborated to develop courses and educational offerings within interdisciplinary subjects on the topic of innovation and renewable energy technologies.
– Which, do you think, are the three most important factors for achieving good teaching in the field?
– It is both exciting and challenging to offer education and courses to interdisciplinary groups. We now have substantial experience in developing courses with social science perspectives on innovation and technology for students with a background in technology and natural sciences, and teaching in various interdisciplinary groups. It is important to be spesific, dedicate ample time to examples, and allow students from different backgrounds to collaborate over an extended period. In our courses, students work on cases that they need to solve, and they must draw on their collective competence to come up with a solution. I am often positively surprised by the creativity and insight the students show.
– If you were to give one piece of advice to new teachers at the SV faculty, what would it be?
– Actively use the students' skills and interests in the teaching.