Registration is open from March 15 until August 31.
Content
This course offers an opportunity for teachers in EULIST higher education institutions to address broad topics of the changing educational landscape (eduscape) together. The course includes five online sessions and five days on campus at Jönköping University.
During the online sessions, we will explore characteristics and expectations of the new generation of learners, alongside the resulting increased diversity of learners and challenges of tech-trends. We will also share some tools and ideas about constructive alignment, course management, and the creative use of technology in education.
- The Gen Z student and the challenges of the contemporary classroom: The changes in preferences and expectations of contemporary students; the challenges of educators in managing the expectations of different stakeholders in the educational process. We will, together, seek a way to understand changes, challenges, and strategies to become better versions of ourselves. Constructive alignment for the new reality.
- The changes and challenges of constructive alignment: Balancing between the need for transformative competences, sustainability, and lifelong learning on the one hand and the desire for flexibility and technology- supported education combined with a short attention span on the other.
- Broadening participation and managing (culturally) diverse classroom: There is a demand placed on the universities to reach wider audiences in recruitment; the resulting increase in diversity of the student population creates a new demand for knowledge, skills, and abilities of teachers to manage the context and help students develop their ability to perform in such circumstances.
- Designing learning experience: The aforementioned changes (and challenges) require us to re-design existing courses and programs; the redesign of existing courses or the creation of a new instance, in its turn, requires a thoughtful and systematic approach; we share some tools and tips to help this process.
- AI beyond fears: The creative use to support teaching/learning. Gen Z and AI in learning; expectations for AI integration in the learning process; an overview of AI literacy and common AI tools like ChatGPT, Quillbot, and Elicit; customizing AI tools, prompt engineering, and AI-enhanced lecture design.
During the on-campus sessions, we will amplify these topics through workshops, discussions, and collegial learning. Our intention is to arrive at a profile of the future educator – a well-informed, confident, and competent professional to lead the future generation of learners to fulfilling their educational goals.
This is a not-for-credit course: Participants receive certificate of attendance.
Online sessions
- October 15th, 15.00 - 17.00
- October 22nd, 15.00 - 17.00
- October 29th, 15.00 - 17.00
- November 12th, 15.00 - 17.00
- November 19th, 1500 - 17.00
On-campus events
- November 24th, 09.00 - 16.00
- November 25th, 09.30 - 16.00
- November 26th, 09.30 - 16.00
- November 27th, social activities, TBA
- November 28th, 09.30 - 17.00
Material and inspiration
Information to course participants
To you who have been accepted to Future Educator - Today and received an admission letter from the Admissions Office at JU!
Learning Management System
In the course, we use Canvas as a digital platform. To access the course activity on Canvas, you use your student account.
NOTE! If you do not already have a student account, one will be created upon admission. This also applies to you who are a JU employee.
Student account and registration
If you have not activated your student account, you must do so:
- Go to activation.ju.se
External link, opens in new window.. - For JU teachers:
- Select Jönköping University Login to activate the student account using the login to your staff account at JU.
- For external participants:
- If you do not work at JU and therefore do not have a staff account, you should instead select BankID or One-time password.
- Then follow the step-by-step guide where registration for the course takes place, the password is set, and the account is activated.
If you already have an active student account, log in to Student-Ladok and register. After account activation, registration, and activation of mutli factor authentication (MFA) External link, opens in new window., you can log in with the student account in Canvas. For those of you who now have both a staff account and a student account, please, use two different browsers to keep the logins separate.
Timetable
The timetable is available on ju.se/schema from the beginning of April for the autumn semester and from November for the spring semester. Take the opportunity to book the dates as soon as possible to avoid clashes with courses you teach!
If you cannot participate
Should you be unable to attend, please let us know no later than 10 working days before the start of the course through educate@ju.se. In case of later cancellation or early withdrawal during the course, your department will be charged a course fee.
Forward e-mail
To make it easier for you to keep track of emails that come to the student account, we suggest that you forward the student account's email to an email address you already use.
