1 tkk dipoli tkk - university of excellence in adult education 2007-2009
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3 The goal of this presentation To understand how teacher’s skills to teach can be developed and how the communal skills of teachers develop ?TRANSCRIPT
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TKK Dipoli
TKK - university of excellence in adult education 2007-2009
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Developing the teacher’s community skills
in TKK
9.2.2007
Riikka Rissanen, Training ManagerTeaching and Learning Development
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The goal of this presentation
To understand how teacher’s skills to teach can be developed and how the
communal skills of teachers develop ?
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Content of this presentation
1. Work community of teaching?2. Background3. TKK steps of action in developing teaching4. Organisation - from Teaching and Learning
Development project point of view5. Activities of Teaching and Learning
Developmentexample: Program on Higher Education Pedagogy for TKK teachers (20 ECTS)
6. Goals and methods in use
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1. Work community of teaching?
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2. Background
• Research university culture: loose coalition of autonomous actors
• Research: traditions of collective discussion and critics, cumulative knowledge
• Teaching: the tradition of the classic university - teaching is the individual activity of the teacher, the master
• Predominant teaching elements of TKK courses: lectures, problem-solving exercises, individual or group design work or laboratory work
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3. TKK steps of action in developing teaching
• Some centrally lead actions taken appr. every 5 years: mainly projects
• ”The Virtual Campus” information management strategy 1997• Study Affairs Committee focus on developing teaching 1998-2000• Towards Virtual HUT project, an umbrella for the ICT in teaching
demonstration and development work in autumn 1998• Setting up a support network for teaching and learning in fall
1999, launched in spring 2000– promoted by a team of experts (Teaching and Learning
Development Unit)• Virtual HUT - project spring 2001 (under the framework of Finnish
Virtual University)• Undergraduate education strategy 2001• Information strategy 2003• Implementation of Bologna two-cycle structure + ECTS 2005• Preparing for audit of quality assurance system 2006 Audit
2007
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Lifelong Learing Institute Dipoli(separate institute)
Director Markku Markkula
Teaching and Learning Development project group
financed by the University
Riikka Rissanen
Study Affairs Committee
Chair: vice-rector
Study affairs officeDirector
Anneli Lappalainen
Teaching and Learning Development
Steering groupChair: vice-rector
Activities
Other projects financed by-Eu-Ministry of Education-Other nat. sources
RectorMatti Pursula
FinanceNominates
Finance,close cooperation
Nominates
Approval of plan of actionApproval of annual report
Guidance
4. Organisationfrom Teaching and Learning Development
project point of view
Personnel management
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5. Activities of Teaching and Learning Development
• Training of teaching staff– Higher Education Pedagogy programme (20 ECTS)– Myself as a Teacher (5 ECTS)– Tutoring and guiding– Workshops on ”hot” topics
• Courses for students– ABC of teaching (2 cr)– Studying techniques (2 cr)– Study skills courses– www –services (e.g. quidance for studying)
• Tailored trainings and workshops for departments, special interest groups
• Information service www.dipoli.tkk.fi/ok • Expert work in committees, internal + national projects
• Support for Virtual Learning Environment (separate project funding)
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Study Module on Higher Education in Varying Fields (3 cr)
Example:Program on Higher Education Pedagogy
for TKK teachers (20 cr)
Spring Fall
Myself as a teacher: - Teaching + Learning
+ Teaching (5 cr)
Teacher's Professional Development (5 cr)
Development Project for Own Teaching (7 cr)
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6. Goals and methods in use• Practice based approach!
• Experiments in real (classroom) action!
• Sharing experiences!
• Introducing alternative ways of doing!
• Collaboration!
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