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Home (Teaching Support) Training & events Open menu Overview Continuing Professional Development University Teaching Qualification Senior University Teaching Qualification Educational Leadership Program Events Need support? Get in touch with us! We are happy to help. Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl +31 (0)15 27 84 333 Anchor Links Example More contact details Continuing Professional Development Along with the University Teaching Qualification (UTQ / BKO) , a wealth of training is available to instructors eager to sharpen their teaching skills. With our programme of Life Long Learning for Lecturers we offer you a selection of trainings and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) for teaching staff. Feel free to contact us at Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl if you need guidance on training. Take a look at our calendar for upcoming courses. As TU Delft teaching staff, you are entitled to up to 6 hours of free educational advice (on a range of topics including course design, supervision, assessments, blended or online education) from our Learning Developers at Teaching & Learning Support. Please email Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl and we will arrange your consultation. Table of contents Lecturing on campus and online Board and Education Management Training Designing, building, and moderating blended or online courses Assessing, Supervising, and Grading Peer to peer Learning Diversity, Inclusivity and Open Education Teaching Assistant Training Leiden-Delft-Erasmus shared training Lecturing on campus and online Activating Large Audiences This course aims at developing skills and acquiring insights in activating audiences. Since activation is the key to learning effectiveness the question of activating audiences is very relevant for education. Along with investigating the various possibilities such as games, you will learn tools from theatre for the guidance of student activity and enhancement of their mental activity using ‘Movies in the Mind’ and ‘Arcs of Tension’. A new method to analyse learning objectives will provide the opportunity to develop short practical exercises. The cost of this training is 600 euro and can be charged to your faculty. Please ask your secretary for the baancode. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl DIY Video Editing and Publishing If you need to create lecture videos or podcasts for your classroom, this workshop teaches you the basics to get the best possible as quickly as possible. By the end of this course, you will be able to: record your own videos edit add transitions work with a greenscreen correct sound This course is self-paced and fully online. You can sign up anytime. Cost: This training is free of charge. Target audience : Blended and online Lecturers & TAs For more information and to sign-up for the course, follow this link to TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Teaching with Theater Skills As teaching is like telling a story in a theatre setting, this is a module that you may benefit from a great deal in your daily teaching practice. When making presentations for groups, theatre skills are invaluable tools for captivating your audience. In this module we will apply the phenomenon of theatre to teaching, and we will discover one underlying principle to guide all aspects of our performance including posture, gestures and use of voice. The cost of this training is 600 euro and can be charged to your faculty. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Scriptwriting, Presenting & Effective Use of Media In this selfpaced online course, you will learn script-writing techniques that will help you tell your story in a natural way. You can do follow this course at your own pace. After this online course, you can follow the workshop ‘Presenting in front of a camera’, where you learn how to use this script to make an engaging video. This course is self-paced and fully online. You can sign up anytime. Cost: This course is currently free of charge to anyone creating a MOOC, ProfEd or blended course. You can therefore ignore the baancode request on the enrolment form. Target audience : Blended and online lecturers & TA's For more information and to sign-up for the course, follow this link to TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Teaching with AI In a very rapid and recent development, AI has become part of our daily lives. This confronts us with multiple educative questions such as: How to teach with this new technology? How to get the most benefit from it? How to adjust my educational material? How to avoid an AI loop: preparing, performing and revising itself? In September we will launch our new training to help you with these questions. The sessions are co-creative, meaning that together we will discuss and come up with solutions. Of course, we will also give you insights and some practical tips. If you have ideas, send us an email . Also, please contact us if you have resources to share, or if you are (or know of someone) organizing a workshop on AI. Below you will find some resourceful links we can share with you from TU Delft, The University of Maastricht, and other partners: TU Delft AI initiative AI in Education Webinar: The era of AI and its impact in Higher Education Mondai, House of AI Lesmaterialen over AI geletterdheid (in Dutch) Chat GPT and studying - use it, don't abuse it Also, at the TU Delft Teaching Academy different events on this topic are organized continuously. Keep an eye on the agenda! Board and Education Management Training If you have a board position or other management responsibilities related to teaching and improving education, you may find these courses useful: Board of Examiners The goal of the training is to enable you to carry out the tasks of a member of the Board of Examiners at the TU Delft, within the legal framework and actual circumstances of the Netherlands, TU Delft, your faculty and programme(s). Some trainings are in Dutch, and others in English. The study load is 8 hours: 3 hours homework + 5 hours training session. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Board of Studies This Board of Studies workshop is a multi-faculty workshop of 2.5 hours aimed at helping new members of the Board of Studies become familiar with their roles and responsibilities. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Senior Examination Qualification Are you a learning line coordinator, member of the Boards of Examiners, track coordinator, director of studies, programme coordinator and did you finish your UTQ? Or are you a member of the assessment support staff (e.g. assessment expert/advisor) and do you master the UTQ? Do you want to learn more about assessment on programme level and learn by interacting with TU Delft colleagues who also work on assessment on programme level? And are you working a project that improves the quality of your programme’s assessment? Apply for the Senior Examination Qualification trajectory 2023 before the 8th of September! After this deadline, you can register for the waiting list. We will contact you once a new trajectory has been planned. Before you apply, please read this detailed trajectory description carefully to make sure that you are aware of the costs, the dates, the content, and the prerequisites. The SEQ consists of 5 group sessions and two individual sessions with your coach. As senior educators you may also be interested in the Senior University Teaching Qualification . Designing, building, and moderating blended or online courses Brightspace Workshop Brightspace workshops are hands-on workshops to help you use our learning platform to the fullest. We provide basic trainings and more advanced workshops. If you can’t join the face-to-face workshop, the online resources are available on the website . You will also find our phone number and email address there, in case you would like to make an appointment if you need immediate support. This training is free of charge. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Blending your Education The world of education is changing. More and more teachers are experimenting with new forms of education. They flip their classroom, use videos, quizzes, and classroom discussions and so on. The world of Blended Learning offers a lot of new possibilities for teachers and education. But how do you blend your course? Where do you start? What do you need to keep in mind and what do you need to avoid? Together we will address these questions and discover the possibilities of Blended Learning. During this course you will: get familiar with the concepts and advantages of blended learning learn how online and offline teaching activities can reinforce each other transform a part of your own course into a blended course learn how to deal with possible pitfalls of Blended Learning This training is free of charge. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Building and Moderating Extension School Courses This training is aimed at lecturers and TAs building new online courses or working on re-runs of existing online courses with the Extension School. This course will teach you how to build and run your course in edX. You can learn about the possibilities and tools of the edX platform for MOOCs and Professional Education courses, and best practices for communicating with your online learners and moderating your course’s discussion board. For more information and to sign-up for the course, follow this link to TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Designing and Teaching an Online Course This course will guide you through the necessary steps to (re)design and deliver an online course following the TU Delft approach. TUD is recognized as a front-runner and thought leader in online engineering education. Since 2013, we have created a portfolio of more than 250 open and online courses for professionals and lifelong learners. Our course design method, based on the extensive expertise of educators, is guided by the TU Delft Online Learning Experience (OLE) model to guarantee a learner-centred approach. In addition, our Course Development Process is set to improve efficiency in design and project planning. This course is designed around the following four phases: Plan : Who are your learners? What do they need? What is the best way to teach the concepts that you would like to teach? The blueprint and storyboard of your course will help you define your target audience, the learning objectives and the elements of your course. Produce : How do you move from sketch to realisation? How do you go from drafting your ideas to a full-fledged module? You will create an online course module including learning resources, learning activities and assessments, exploring the potential of reuse. Run : How do you motivate learners to complete tasks and assignments? What means do you use to communicate with learners? You will outline how you engage your online learners and write a relevant communication plan to implement while running your course. Evaluate : Did the course achieve what you wanted? You will discuss how to collect learners’ feedback, and how to improve a future iteration of your course. As well as being encouraged to take part in discussions and share your work on the course platform, you will receive formal feedback from the instructors on individual submissions. In addition, you can attend weekly online consultation hours to ask questions, share experiences and discuss the assignments. You will walk away with a practical blueprint, a storyboard, and a full-fledged module, and communication and evaluation plans for your online course. When you successfully complete the course and submit the assignments, you will receive a certificate of completion and will be entitled to claim 3 CEUs (Continuing Education Unit). What you will learn After taking the course, you will be able to: Use the TU Delft Online Learning Experience (OLE) model to create a learner-centred course. Apply the TU Delft Course Development Process to (re)design your online course. Design a blueprint for your online course defining the learning objectives, the target audience, and their learning needs. Create a storyboard for your online course with relevant learning activities and assessment. Develop one of the learning modules from your storyboard. Decide what needs to be implemented to deliver an engaging learning experience. Evaluate the quality of your course following the principles of the OLE model. TU Delft instructors can enroll in this course for free Are you currently an instructor or employee at TU Delft? This training is free of charge for TUDelft staff. For the staff code and extra information go to the course page of the TLSOpleidingsportaal (NET ID required). For extensive guidance on teaching and developing online courses, such as MOOCS, Profeds, and Online Academic courses, please visit the Online Learning Hub , part of the Extension School . If you are a TU Delft Teacher with a desire to create a MOOC, ProfEd, or an Online Academic Course you need to go through our tender procedure . Assessing, Supervising, and Grading Analysing exam results to improve your course Course grades are a reflection of how effectively students grasp the learning objectives, but they also offer valuable insights into our teaching methods and the quality of the exam questions we design. Join this workshop to gain the insights needed to analyse assessment results and make improvements accordingly. Key takeaways from this workshop include: Analyse to what extent your students master each learning objective. Analyse the overall quality of the exam. Analyse the quality of individual sub-questions. Calculate individual grades from individual exam scores. Adjust scoring and grading in case of quality issues. During the workshop, you will have access to tools and resources necessary to conduct exam result analysis. We will make use of example data. If desired, you can extend your stay to work on your own exam dataset. This training is free of charge. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Speed Grading This workshop is intended for lecturers seeking to streamline their grading process. This may be particularly interesting for lecturers of Q4 courses who face tighter grading timelines due to the academic calendar structure. After the workshop you should be able to: Develop assessments that facilitate significant reductions in grading time. Create a grading system that will speed up the assessment process. Provide feedback that effectively prepares students for resits. During this hands-on workshop, we will delve into practical strategies for both short-term and long-term grading time reductions. As a participant, you will engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues from various departments within the TU. Together, you will explore opportunities and exchange best practices in a small group setting. A learning developer will share insights and tips to enhance your grading efficiency, while also providing the opportunity to refine your course assessment. This workshop welcomes participants from all faculties. To ensure meaningful discussions, we recommend having a specific course and assessment in mind to focus on during our time together. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . Supervision and Assessment Principles This course is for participants who have an appointment of 0.2 FTE or less, and thus don't need to do UTQ, but do need basic skills. Before subscribing, please discuss in your faculty first if this is the right course for you or that the UTQ trajectory is better fitting your needs. If you are a PhD, please first consider applying to the Graduate School programme first. This is an alternative to UTQ for a very specific group. Taking this course will not give you a UTQ certificate. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Rubrics: Consistent grading of assignments and projects In this workshop you will explore the merits and pitfalls of rubrics. You will exchange tips to ensure the assessment is fair, efficient, transparent, objective, and stimulates your students’ learning. You will learn how to make sure your grading is comparable with the way your colleagues grade your students’ assignments or projects. During this workshop you will discover the benefits and challenges associated with using rubrics for assessment. In this interactive session, you will exchange valuable insights to ensure fairness, efficiency and objectivity in your assessment process, all while stimulating student learning. Key takeaways from the workshop include: Understanding the impact rubrics can have on grading and feedback of student work. Learning the why and how behind aligning rubrics with your course’s learning objectives and instructions. Gaining insights into converting rubric assessments into final grades. During the workshop there will be time provided to share experiences, grading tools and challenges, all with the aim of enhancing and refining your course grading guide. This workshop is on-campus and free of charge. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Peer to Peer Learning Follow a training on how to use peer consultation or learn by listening or matching up with other peers TUnder TUnder is TU Delft’s programme for teacher-to-teacher growth. Through reflection and learning together, you will be able to take your teaching to the next level in a relaxed, fun, and supportive environment. When you register you will fill out your interests, type of courses, and experience. This info will be used to match you with a fellow colleague from another faculty. You will get acquainted and decide together where you would like to focus on and then go and observe each other. After this, you will give each other feedback and reflect on the experience itself and how you want to develop as a lecturer. TUnder is designed to be informal, fun, and supportive by providing the right setting to open-up and learn together Register by filling in this form Podcast: Adventures in Teaching Have you ever wondered what sort of teaching adventures experienced lecturers have had? Do you enjoy hearing the tales of newer lecturers and how they navigate their roles at TU Delft? What is teacher identity, and how do you cultivate it? How does teacher identity shape your role and personal development? The core aim of this podcast is to spotlight TU Delft teaching by facilitating conversations between early career lecturers and more experienced lecturers. The conversations centre around past, present and future expectations of a teaching role, the fun and fears of being a lecturer, and several other themes! The Adventures in Teaching podcast has been created out of the early career teaching project within the Recognition and Rewards programme in collaboration with the TU Delft Teaching Academy and Teaching and Learning Services. Listen to the podcast here: https://www.tudelft.nl/teachingacademy/kick-start-your-teaching/adventures-in-teaching-podcast Diversity, Inclusivity and Open Education Teaching with Open Education Resources Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that permit no-cost access, use, adaption and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. They allow for innovative teaching methods, and increase collaboration, accessibility and knowledge dissemination. Educators can adapt and publish their own OER, thereby meeting the needs of their students more closely than when using proprietary and commercial resources. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Duty of Care “Zorgplicht” Through different sessions we aim to explore the pivotal role of educators and supervisors in promoting student well-being. Numerous studies highlight the educator's significance in this regard, emphasizing factors such as social skills, psychological safety, and lecturer competence. This training is free of charge. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . Human Library: Accommodating Students with Disability This workshop is for all TU Delft lecturers. Students (our human books) will be invited on a personal basis. The goal of this workshop is to: Create a safe, honest and open space to ask questions and learn from each other. Normalize the use of inclusive language. Encourage interactions around certain D&I themes. For further context, please refer to the website with regards to the D&I Human Library , or to the article written on accommodating students with a disability . More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . Intercultural Communication in Education Teaching at TU Delft means working in a diverse environment with people from various cultural backgrounds. Effective communication in this setting requires an understanding of different cultural norms, communication styles, and perspectives. This course is specifically designed to equip you with the essential skills and strategies needed to navigate cultural diversity in the classroom and improve student engagement, collaboration, and learning outcomes. By joining this course, you will learn how to: Communicate without judgment or stereotypes, fostering a respectful and inclusive learning environment. Gain insight into your own communication styles and how they may be perceived by people from different cultural backgrounds. Interpret verbal and non-verbal cues and adapt your communication style to match the cultural context. Analyse complex intercultural classroom situations and implement practical solutions to promote inclusivity and reduce misunderstandings. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . Teaching Assistant Training If you are a teaching assistant for on-campus education, then you may find this training valuable: Teaching Assistant Training This training is developed to prepare teaching assistants for their teaching tasks. The training consists of two parts: an online part, and a face to face session. The online part of the training in the Brightspace environment contains practical information, didactic knowledge and assignments organised into modules for TAs to familiarise themselves with the topics, theory, and skills. These skills will be practiced during the face to face session. Target audience: Teaching assistants and faculty members who train teaching assistants. This training is free of charge. For more information and to sign-up for the course, follow this link to TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Net-ID). Go to this form if you don’t have a staff Net-ID. If you are a teaching assistant involved in developing or moderating online education, then you may find this training valuable: Building and Moderating Extension School Courses Lecturers and TAs building new online courses or working on re-runs of existing online courses with the Extension School. This course will teach you how to build and run your course in edX. You can learn about the possibilities and tools of the edX platform for MOOCs and Professional Education courses, best practices for communicating with your online learners, and moderating your course’s discussion board. For more information and to sign-up for the course, follow this link to TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . If you are looking for personal development and training not related to teaching, please visit the Learning Hub. Leiden-Delft-Erasmus shared training You can also follow a training provided by one of our partners through our Leiden-Delft-Erasmus (LDE) consortium. Inclusive Education (Leiden University) The training will focus on pedagogy for a diverse student population. In your teaching practice you will encounter a wide variety of students, all with their own history, personality and challenges. In order to enable all your students to benefit from your teaching, you will need to deal with these student differences purposefully; but how do you do that? How do you reach all your students? The duration of this training is 1-half day and costs €125. You can learn more about this training and sign up here . How to design impact driven education (Erasmus University Rotterdam) In this MicroLab, co-created with Impact at the Core, you will familiarize yourself with the principles of impact-driven education and move through a creative process to explore what impact driven education means for you. The duration of this Microlab is 4 hours, in addition there is 2 hours preparation and 2 hours reflection. Participation is free. You can learn more about this training and sign up here . How to supervise students (Erasmus University Rotterdam) The MicroLab is intended for lecturers, PhD students, or supervisors who want to improve their coaching skills in supervising students during their writing process. No specific prior knowledge is required. After this MicroLab you are able to apply basic supervision skills to support students in writing their thesis. The time investment is approximately 7 hours (including preparation time, 3 hours MicroLab session, time spend on Proof of Competence). You can learn more about this training and sign up here . Lecturers from Leiden University and Erasmus University Rotterdam can follow these courses: Open Education Resources Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that permit no-cost access, use, adaption and redistribution by others with no or limited restrictions. They allow for innovative teaching methods, and increase collaboration, accessibility and knowledge dissemination. Educators can adapt and publish their own OER, thereby meeting the needs of their students more closely than when using proprietary and commercial resources. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Speed Grading This workshop is intended for lecturers seeking to streamline their grading process. This may be particularly interesting for lecturers of Q4 courses who face tighter grading timelines due to the academic calendar structure. After the workshop you should be able to: Develop assessments that facilitate significant reductions in grading time. Create a grading system that will speed up the assessment process. Provide feedback that effectively prepares students for resits. During this hands-on workshop, we will delve into practical strategies for both short-term and long-term grading time reductions. As a participant, you will engage in meaningful discussions with colleagues from various departments within the TU. Together, you will explore opportunities and exchange best practices in a small group setting. A learning developer will share insights and tips to enhance your grading efficiency, while also providing the opportunity to refine your course assessment. This workshop welcomes participants from all faculties. To ensure meaningful discussions, we recommend having a specific course and assessment in mind to focus on during our time together. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl . Rubrics: Consistent grading of assignment and projects (TU Delft) In this workshop you will explore the merits and pitfalls of rubrics. You will exchange tips to ensure the assessment is fair, efficient, transparent, objective, and stimulates your students’ learning. You will learn how to make sure your grading is comparable with the way your colleagues grade your students’ assignments or projects. During this workshop you will discover the benefits and challenges associated with using rubrics for assessment. In this interactive session, you will exchange valuable insights to ensure fairness, efficiency and objectivity in your assessment process, all while stimulating student learning. Key takeaways from the workshop include: Understanding the impact rubrics can have on grading and feedback of student work. Learning the why and how behind aligning rubrics with your course’s learning objectives and instructions. Gaining insights into converting rubric assessments into final grades. During the workshop there will be time provided to share experiences, grading tools and challenges, all with the aim of enhancing and refining your course grading guide. This workshop is on-campus and free of charge. More information via TLS Opleidingsportaal (if you have a staff Ned-ID) or send an email to Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl Need support? Get in touch with us! We are happy to help. Teaching-Support@tudelft.nl +31 (0)15 27 84 333 Anchor Links Example More contact details
