The purpose of the course is to strengthen the role of a teacher in higher education in Sweden with an emphasis on increased understanding of how students learn and what can influence student learning.

Main themes for the course are:

- Student learning in higher education

- Types of instruction and the role of the teacher

- Planning of teaching and learning activities

The course also includes items around digitisation and diversity and inclusion in higher education.

After passing the course, the participant should be able to:

- reflect on students' learning in higher education and, in collaboration with others, be able to discuss how they can create an open and inclusive environment that promotes learning

- apply concepts and research results in discussions of teaching and learning in higher education in relation to one's own practice

- discuss and apply rules and directives valid in higher education in Sweden and in a local context

- design objective-based teaching and learning activities, and justify choices based on research on teaching and learning, given local conditions

- reflect on one's own development as a teacher in higher education

Schema ht22 (anmälningen ej öppen) 

31 August 9.00-15.00 Class meeting 1
7 September 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 2
21 September 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 3
28 September 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 4
12 October 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 5
19 October 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 6
26 October 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 7
9 November 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 8
16 November 9.00-16.00 Class meeting 9
14 December 9.00-15.00 Class meeting 10
9 January Deadline for individual assignment

Attendance on meetings are compulsory in order to pass the course. If you cannot attend class meeting 1, you have to apply for another course offering.  Class meeting 8, 9 and 10 are examining meetings. You can be absent from maximum two of meetings 2-7 but are highly recommended to attend. Supplementary task  may be used.

Some of the class meetings can be rescheduled to take place digitally via zoom. Which meetings this applies to is announced no later than the first meeting of the course.

The course literature will be available in Canvas upon course start.

Students at KTH with a permanent disability can get support during studies from Funka:

Funka - compensatory support for students with disabilities

P, F

• INL1 - Assignment, 4.5 credits, Grading scale: P, F
• PRO1 - Project Assignment, 3.0 credits, Grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Parts of the examination are carried out as degree project in groups (PRO1).

Assignment ( INL1 )

There are two options in the individual assignment and the course participants are free to choose between 1) a longer written assignment, and 2) a shorter written assignment in combination with oral examination.

An initial version of the written individual assignment is submitted in Canvas. The teachers give oral feedback at the last course meeting and written feedback in Canvas in connection with the last course meeting. The assessment is holistic and is based on the learning outcomes, the task description and the assessment criteria. The purpose of the feedback is formative. The last course meeting also includes peer review, which is given both orally and in writing. Participation in the peer and teacher feedback is a mandatory learning activity.

The course participants are encouraged to further develop their text on the basis of the feedback they have received from both teachers and peers.

A final version of the individual assignment is submitted in Canvas, after which the course participants who have chosen to submit a shorter written assignment in combination with oral examination are offered a meeting for the oral part.

Both the draft version and the final version of the written submission will be tested for plagiarism in a text-matching tool.

Project Assignment ( PRO1 )

In order to pass the course, you must follow and participate in the teamwork during one course offering/semester. 

The course requires active participation in the timetabled course meetings, of which compulsory attendance is required at the following course meetings:

- Compulsory attendance at the first course meeting

- Compulsory attendance at the oral assessing seminars (part of the project task)

- Compulsory attendance at the oral assessing seminar (part of the individual assignment)

 In consultation with course coordinator, the course participant can be given the opportunity to compensate for at most two missed meetings through complementary assignments.

Attendance on meetings are compulsory in order to pass the course. If you cannot attend class meeting 1, you have to apply for another course offering.  Class meetings 8, 9 and 10 are examining meetings. You can be absent from maximum two of meetings 2-7 but are highly recommended to attend. Supplementary task  may be used.

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.