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.
Informationen for registration
Registration for our new program will be possible from September 15. 09:00 AM. Until then, the video can help you find your continuing education path within the different certification levels.
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 the foundation course.
Foundation courses in 2023
| Start | Status | Place | Number | Title | Workload | Area Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.09.2023 | Waiting list | Seminarhaus Barer Straße and online | Q251 | 60 | A-E | |
| 26.02.2024 | Registration starts on 15th of september | Seminarhaus Barer Straße and online | R230 | Foundations of Teaching | 60 | A-E |
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.
Informationen concerning the start date
Please note: the indicated start date marks the beginning of the course, which can be synchronous (with a joint meeting in presence or online) or asynchronous (with an individual work phase). For detailed information about the course dates and the respective delivery mode, please refer to the linked course descriptions.
Advanced level courses in winter term 2023/2024
| Start | Status | Place | Number | Title | Workload | Area Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.10.2023 | Online | R000 | Reflection Module in the Advanced Level | 4 | D | |
| 25.10.2023 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor | R040 | Professional Tools for Conversations and Chairing Discussions | 12 | B | |
| 06.11.2023 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor and online | R050 | Coping with challenging students | 12 | E | |
| 07.11.2023 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor | R060 | ChatGPT 101: A Quickstart Guide for Instructional Content Design | 8 | A | |
| 07.11.2023 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor | R070 | Gamification in Teaching | 8 | A | |
| 30.11.2023 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor | R090 | The power of questioning - a guide how to ask | 8 | E | |
| 06.12.2023 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor and online | R100 | What do I do when I feel stressed about literally everything - Resilience in Teaching | 12 | D | |
| 11.01.2024 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor | R120 | How to visualize effectively with flipchart, tablet & co. | 8 | B | |
| 15.01.2024 | Barer Straße 21, Ground Floor and online | R130 | Designing a Flipped Class | 5 | A | |
| 18.01.2024 | Online | R140 | Creating Exams focused on competencies | 10 | C | |
| 18.01.2024 | Online | R150 | Using summative and formative assesement to promote learning | 8 | C,E | |
| 16.02.2024 | Online | R190 | Sustainable Futures in Teaching | 20 | A, D | |
| 19.02.2024 | Online | R210 | Supervising Students Theses | 12 | D, E | |
| 28.02.2024 | Online | R211 | Using Humour in the Classroom | 8 | B |