Courses & Certification
in Higher Education Pedagogy & Media Literacy
Our Competency Model for Higher Education helps you evaluate your teaching ability and to think about ways to further and deepen your knowledge and skills. You can document your progress bolster your career outlook by keeping a teaching portfolio and acquiring a certificate.
If you are interested, we recommend you contact your department liaison, who will gladly advise you concerning our various programs and services. If you have wishes or ideas for specific courses or online-seminars, please contact out Higher Education Teaching team.
Registration for courses in the Winter Semester 2020 will open on Tuesday, September 15.
Basic Level Courses
These courses provide the essential tools for good teaching. You will understand the mechanisms of teaching and learning, discover the factors that make university teaching successful, and learn to apply these to your specific teaching contexts. You will develop your presentation skills and learn how to guide your students’ learning through thoughtfully constructed evaluations. You will get to know a range of possible roles you might adopt as a teacher in addition to techniques to motivate and support your students’ learning outside the classroom.
The basic level certificate is granted upon completion of 60 study units (45 minutes each).
Construction in progress
We restructure our programm
We continue to develop our course program and are switching from individual courses in the various areas to structured compact courses. This will give you the opportunity to obtain the Basic Level Certificate within one semester. If you have already attended foundation courses and are still missing work units in individual areas, you will be automatically contacted with more detailed information at the beginning of March before registration begins. In case we did not reach out to you yet, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Foundations Course
| Date* | Course Title and Teaching Staff | Status | Study Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| From 09.09.2021 | Grundkurs Hochschullehre Bayern Amélie Prebeck, Mogan Ramesh | 60 x A/B/C/D/E (8 units each + additional programm) | |
| From 16.09.2021 | Grundkurs Hochschullehre Bayern Rudof AIchner, Christine Jäger | 60 x A/B/C/D/E (8 units each + additional programm) | |
| From 13.09.2021 | Foundations Course (language: en) Dr. Emil Ratko-Dehnert, Dr. Leah Sharp | 60 x A/B/C/D/E (8 units each + additional programm) | |
| * Indicates the first course-date and might be synchronous or asynchronous. Please refer to the course description for specific course-dates. | |||
Advanced Level Courses
The advanced level lets you deepen the knowledge and skills gained in the basic level. Here you will find a wide variety of more specific courses.
We recommend completing the basic level before taking advanced level courses, but this is not (yet) a requirement. You can earn the advanced level certificate by attending a total of 120 units (45 minutes each), including the units earned at the basic level.
A: Theories of Teaching and Learning
| Date* | Title and Teaching Staff | Status | Study Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| From 12.04.2021 | Blended Learning: Creating learning resources Dr. Leah Sharp |
| 8 (4 A/4 B) |
| From 19.04.2021 | Blended Learning: Lernmaterialen erstellen Michael Folgmann |
| 8 (4 A/4 B) |
| From 26.04.2021 | Blended Learning: Facilitating communication Dr. Leah Sharp |
| 8 (4 A/4 B) |
| From 03.05.2021 | Interaktives Studium in Zeiten von Social Distancing Aaron Defort, Elizaveta Felsche |
| 2 |
| From 03.05.2021 | Blended Learning: Kurskommunikation optimieren Michael Folgmann |
| 8 (4 A/4 B) |
| From 10.05.2021 | Blended Learning: Collaborating online Dr. Leah Sharp |
| 8 (4 A/4 B) |
| From 17.05.2021 | Blended Learning: Online zusammenarbeiten Michael Folgmann |
| 8 (4 A/4 B) |
| From 26.05.2021 | Elena Schmitz, Dr. Ute Schürings |
| 12 |
| From 07.06.2021 | Dr. Leah Sharp, Konstantina Koumpouli |
| 8 |
| From 04.06.2021. | Denis Rühmann |
| 8 |
| From 14.06.2021 | Wie gestalte ich lernförderliche Materialien zu einem Online-Kurs Daniel Al-Kabbani |
| 12 |
| From 13.07.2021 | Eva Dörfler |
| 4 |
| From 28.09.2021 | Der Start in die (digitale) Lehrveranstaltung: Kontakt herstellen, Orientierung geben und Motivieren Amélie Prebeck, Cornelia Entner |
| 2 |
| * Indicates the first course-date and might be synchronous or asynchronous. Please refer to the course description for specific course-dates. | |||
B: Presentation and Communication
| Date* | Title and Teaching Staff | Status | Study Units |
| From 12.04.2021 | Blended Learning: Creating learning resources Dr. Leah Sharp | 8 (4 A/4 B) | |
| From 19.04.2021 | Blended Learning: Lernmaterialen erstellen Michael Folgmann | 8 (4 A/4 B) | |
| From 26.04.2021 | Blended Learning: Facilitating communication Dr. Leah Sharp | 8 (4 A/4 B) | |
| From 03.05.2021 | Blended Learning: Kurskommunikation optimieren Michael Folgmann | 8 (4 A/4 B) | |
| From 23.04.2021 | Die eigene Stimme wirkungsvoll einsetzen - online Stimmkurs für Lehrende Veronika Balazs | Waiting list | 7 |
| From 10.05.2021 | Blended Learning: Collaborating online Dr. Leah Sharp | 8 (4 A/4 B) | |
| From 17.05.2021 | Blended Learning: Online zusammenarbeiten Michael Folgmann | 8 (4 A/4 B) | |
| From 02.06.2021 | Erfolgreich Zeichnen und Visualisieren mit dem Flipchart Elvira Cyranka | 8 | |
| From 07.06.2021 | Moderation und Gesprächsführung Dr. Imme Schönfeld | Waiting list | 12 |
| From 23.06.2021 | Erfolgreich zeichnen und visualisieren mit dem iPad Elvira Cyranka | 8 | |
| * Indicates the first course-date and might be synchronous or asynchronous. Please refer to the course description for specific course-dates. | |||
C: Assessment
| Date* | Title and Teaching Staff | Status | Study Units |
| From 21.04.2021 | Dr. Matthias Baume, Eva Dörfler, Dr. Alexandra Strasser, Rudolf Aichner | 12 | |
| From 24.06.2021 | Dr. Susanne Frölich-Steffen | Waiting list | 8 |
| * Indicates the first course-date and might be synchronous or asynchronous. Please refer to the course description for specific course-dates. | |||
D: Reflection and Evaluation
| Date* | Title and Teaching Staff | Status | Study Units |
| From 12.04.2021 | Achtsamkeitspraktiken für Lehrende und Lehre Dr. Emil Ratko-Dehnert | 8 | |
| From 30.04.2021 | Legal Aspects of Higher Education Prof. Dr. Claus Loos | 4 | |
| From 07.06.2021 | Was nun? Kollegiale Beratung zu Ihren Fällen Amélie Prebeck | 4 | |
| From 16.07.2021 | Wie kann ich evaluieren und Feedback einholen? Christine Jäger | 4 | |
| * Indicates the first course-date and might be synchronous or asynchronous. Please refer to the course description for specific course-dates. | |||
E: Advising and Counseling
| Date* | Title and Teaching Staff | Status | Study Units |
| From 19.04.2021 | Supporting Student Writing in English Jeremiah Hendren | 8 | |
| From 28.04.2021 | Abschlussarbeiten professionell begleiten Christine Kaiser, Dr. Janina Schroeder | 7 | |
| From 25.06.2021 | Studierende mit Problemen und in Krisen Stefan Zölch | 8 | |
| From 05.07.2021 | Dr. Sabrina Sontheimer | 8 | |
| * Indicates the first course-date and might be synchronous or asynchronous. Please refer to the course description for specific course-dates. | |||
Specialization Level
There are no specific courses for the specialization level. Rather, to complete this level, you must compile a teaching portfolio, carry out a teaching project, and receive teaching feedback. Any missing study units can be completed by attending more courses at the advanced level. Read more.