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Innovation and your teaching

We welcome all scientific staff to this module to explore how you might innovate – in the broad sense – in your teaching, whether you have been teaching for decades, or you have never taught. 

Why choose this module?

This module offers you time and resources to undertake a project on what inspires you to teach, and challenges you. Based on these, you will formulate plans for how, when, and why you will make innovations in your teaching. The module leaders and your peers will suggest resources and concrete teaching practices for you to consider, while supporting you to keep the spark of inspiration alive. 

In this module, you have the opportunity to

  • Situate your plans for changing or developing your teaching in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) criteria 
  • Develop habits of innovation in your teaching
  • Put into words what inspires you about teaching you have done or observed 
  • Articulate challenges you have experienced in your teaching or concerns you have if you have never taught 
  • Experiment with different forms of reflective practices 

 

Organisation

Three plenary meetings, total of 15 hours. Meetings include various activities based on assignments completed before each session. Module leaders provide mini-lectures on topics, and participants engage in group work, during which you share experiences, knowledge, and ideas about teaching and your students’ learning.

Work before and between meetings, includes readings and written assignments, with a total of 15 hours.

First assignment of the course due on xxx – consult the Canvas page for details.

Practical Information

  • Plenary sessions and the Canvas site are in English. In group work, you can choose between a Scandinavian language and English, and you can write your assignments in a Scandinavian language or in English.
  • Participants: Academic staff at the University of Oslo. To take this module, you do NOT need to have any scheduled teaching during the semester. The module is designed for academics at all stages of their careers to support you as you develop your teaching through collaboration and innovation. 

  • Module scope: 30 hours

  • The application period for the spring semester of 2025 will open on October 7th, 2024, and close on December 2nd, 2024.

  • Admission requirement: None

The way we prioritise

Temporary staff will be given priority if the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places.

Module dates spring 2025

Mandatory sessions

Module dates fall 2024

Mandatory sessions