Courses at EER

Our courses are open to teachers and doctoral students and are given at Campus Lindholmen. All courses are given in English in keeping with Chalmers initiative to develop the English competence of its staff in the light of the Bologna Agreement.
Note that for doctoral students, the courses FCIU010 - Teaching, Learning & Evaluation and FCIU050 - Research Ethics & Sustainable Development are compulsory.

Tuition fee
The courses are cost free for Chalmers employees. Interested teachers outside Chalmers are welcome to apply but their institution will have to meet the costs of the course. The cost is SEK1500 per higher education credit point.
If you have any questions regarding invoicing, please contact Accountant Assistant Grace Milaszewski at grami@ituniv.se. 

Enrollment/ registration
Click on the links below to find out when the courses are given and how to enroll. You may enroll anytime but to avoid disappointment make sure you enroll in good time. Most courses tend to fill up rapidly.
Note that if the enrollment form is open, this indicates that there still are spots available. When you have submitted your registration, you will be sent to a webpage that confirms that your registration was successful. Please note that you will NOT receive an confirmation by e-mail.

Course information
Through the links below, you will find information about the courses and when there are being held. If you would like further information, please contact the lecturer.
A couple of days before the commencement of the course, the lecturer will contact all registrered participants by e-mail with more detailed course information.

• FCIU010 - Teaching, Learning & Evaluation
• FCIU050 - Research Ethics & Sustainable Development
• FCIU020 - Learning in Digital Media
• FCIU025 - Philosophies of Learning
• FCIU035 - Theory & Practice of Science
• FCIU040 - Pedagogical Project
• FCIU045 - Supervision of Research

FCIU010 - Teaching, Learning & Evaluation

3 credit points

The course focuses on the recent and worldwide paradigm shift in higher education from teaching to learning. Today, university teachers are expected to be more of a “guide on the side” than a “sage on the stage”, more of a facilitator of learning than a presenter of information. Three fundamental questions therefore form the backbone of the course: 1) What do we want our students to learn, and how can we make the goals clear to our students? 2) How do we arrange teaching so that our students have the greatest chance of learning? 3) How can we find out whether they have learnt what we wanted them to learn?

The first day has to do with conditions for learning, how students approach learning, principles of effective teaching, goals of engineering education, how to formulate clear goals for any teaching situation, and common teaching problems. The second day of the course takes up methods for presenting information in a clear and interesting way (rhetoric), different ways of activating students inside the classroom, a preview of the microteaching assignment, and common problem situations in teaching. Two days will be devoted to individual 15-minute presentations in smaller groups (“microteaching”), during which you will be video taped and evaluated by the rest of the group. The last day starts with a review of microteaching (more on rhetoric), and then focuses on labs/tutorials/projects/talks, principles of good assessment, how to ask questions and other classroom assessment techniques.

Lecturer:
Tom Adawi, PhD, Senior Lecturer
adawi@chalmers.se
Telephone: 0703-088450

Enrollment:
The courses offered during 2012 are full.
Enroll now for spring term 2013 by e-mailing the lecturer your choice of group.

Course dates spring term 2012 -- This group is full
Group D: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 May (Wednesdays)

Course dates autumn term 2012 -- These groups are now full
Group A: 3, 10, 17, 24 September and 1 October (Mondays)
Group B: 5, 12, 19, 26 September and 3 October (Wednesdays)
Group C: 7, 14, 21, 28 September and 5 October (Fridays)
Group D: 12, 19, 26 November and 3, 10 December (Mondays)

Course dates spring term 2013:
Group A: 14, 21, 28 January & 4, 11 February (Mondays)
Group B: 18, 25 January & 1, 8, 15 February (Fridays)
Group C: 6, 13, 20, 27 May & 3 June (Mondays)
Group D: 8, 15, 22, 29 May & 5 June (Wednesdays)

FCIU050 - Research Ethics & Sustainable Development

3 credit points

There is today an increasing concern for research ethics in universities throughout the world. In this course, various ethical issues are discussed against the background of the relation between science and society. The course is grounded in case studies with a high relevance for those who work at a technical university. The cases focus on ethical issues such as scientific integrity, whistle-blowing, conflicts of interest, data management, authorship and peer review, diversity, emerging technologies and science policy. The course introduces a framework for analyzing ethical problems to give training in developing a well-reasoned response to ethical problems. The course also gives further theoretical background to put ethical issues into a broader context.

Course leader:
Elisabeth Saalman, PhD
saalman@chalmers.se
Telephone: 031-772 8579, mobile: 073-079 4256

Enrollment:
Enroll for autumn term 2012 by e-mailing the course leader your choice of group.

Course dates autumn term 2012:
Group A: 8, 15, 22, 29 October and 5 November (Mondays)
Group B: 10, 17, 24, 31 October and 7 November (Wednesdays)
Group C: 12, 19, 26 October and 2, 9 November (Fridays)

FCIU020 - Learning in Digital Media

3 credit points

As knowledge, learning processes and pedagogical development in higher education become more and more related to new mediation - digital media - teachers will have to adjust their traditional role and become designers of learning experiences and learning environments.

The aim of this module is to introduce participants to the opportunities and challenges involved in using digital media to create an effective and stimulating learning environment. During the course so called blended learning is practiced which means that both traditional communication face-to- face but also virtual communication is used meeting in Chalmers learning platform and in a web conference system. The mutual communication during the course – both face-to-face and virtually is of great importance.

In this course participants carry out an individual project. The project is of participants´ own choice but it should concern use of digital media to create stimulating learning environments or good learning experiences/possibilities in some way for students, colleagues, project members etc. During the course participants learn to use certain digital media by practicing and by reflecting on the pedagogical aims and implications with using these media, and how teaching and the students´ learning is affected. A selection of learning resources are offered, suggested, in the course. In addition participant own literature search is demanded. The course participants will be required to present their individual projects both as a written report in Chalmers learning platform and orally.

It is expected that participants in this course have a web camera and a headset/microphone in order to be able to join meetings in the web conference system used.

Course leader:
Elisabeth Saalman, PhD
saalman@chalmers.se
Telephone: 031-772 8579, mobile 073 079 4256

Course dates spring term 2013:
30 Jan; 6, 27 Feb; 13, 27 Mar (Wednesdays)

Enrollment:
Enroll for spring term 2013 by using this form

FCIU025 - Philosophies of Learning

3 credit points

The aim of this course is to strengthen the participants awareness of the concepts and theories that form the philosophical basis for different pedagogical methods and perspectives. Through a discussion of fundamental questions - what is knowledge? what is learning? what is understanding? - the course will also be involved with the relation between theory and pedagogical practice. The literature consists of selected papers that will be distributed. The mode of instruction will include many group and class discussions.

Lecturer:
Sven Andersson, Professor

Enquiries regarding registration:
The Student Office
studieadministration@ituniv.se
Telephone: 031-772 4895

Enrollment:
Enroll now for spring term 2013 by using this form

Course dates spring term 2013:
15, 22, 29 Jan & 5, 12 Feb (Tuesdays)

FCIU035 - Theory & Practice of Science

3 credit points

This course aims to encourage the participants to widen their perspectives on the nature of scientific knowledge and how this knowledge is related to a "reality". In order to achieve this aim the course focuses on an a self analysis of the participants' research and research experiences in terms of concepts originating from the philosophy of science, for example, observation, theory, method, paradigm, and objectivity. The ambition is that the participants will develop competence to constructively analyse how they and their research environment relate to the research process and the research outcome. The course includes lectures on central concepts, reading of a selection of original texts, group discussions and the writing of four small essays.

Lecturer:
Sven Andersson, Professor

Enquiries regarding registration:
The Student Office
studieadministration@ituniv.se  
Telephone: 031-772 4895

Enrollment:
Enroll for autumn term 2012 by filling out this form

Course dates and times autumn term 2012:
9, 23 October and 6, 13, 20 November, 13.00-16.00 hours

FCIU040 - Pedagogical Project

6 credit points

The pedagogical project is carried out over the whole year and consists of two parts. Part one involves the understanding and development of a pedagogical portfolio. Participants will be introduced to current university policies on the use of pedagogical portfolios and assisted to begin compiling their own. This will include the keeping of a critical/reflective teaching and learning file that charts and analyses learning incidents from the course and from the participants own teaching, learning and/or supervisory practice.

The second part involves a piece of "action research" on a particular question, issue or problem in one's practice. Particpants may work individually or with others and will be required to present both a written and oral report on the results. The scope of the group projects will be expected to mirror the size of the group and individuals in group projects must attach a short paper that critically reflects on their contribution to the group process.

Course leader:
Elisabeth Saalman, PhD
saalman@chalmers.se
Telephone: 031-772 8579, mobile: 073 079 4256

Enrollment:
The course offered during autumn 2011/spring 2012 is full
Enroll for the course offered during autumn 2012/spring 2013 by using this form

Course dates and times for autumn 2011/spring 2012:
2 February 2012, 09-12
19 April 2012, 09-12
24 and 31 May 2012, 09-16

Course dates for autumn 2012/spring 2013:
20 September 2012
4 October 2012
1, 8, 15 and 22 November 2012
7 February 2013
18 April 2013
23 and 30 May 2013

FCIU045 - Supervision of Research

3 credit points

This module is designed to help new and experienced supervisors to develop or improve on their supervisory practices. The literature will include texts and research papers on supervision as well as university policy documents. Participants will be expected to analyse and discuss what they read as well as critically reflect on incidents from their own experience either as students and/or supervisors. An aim of the module is to build a good theoretical model for supervision of research and encourage participants to implement it in their own practice.

Lecturer:
Sven Andersson, Professor

Enquiries regarding registration:
The Student Office
studieadministration@ituniv.se  
Telephone: 031-772 4895

Enrollment:
Group A in autumn is full.
Enroll for Group B by using this form

Dates and times autumn term 2012:
Group A: 11 Sep (09-12), 18 Sep, 25 Sep & 2 Oct (09-14) - Full
Group B: 14 Nov (09-12), 21 Nov, 28 Nov & 5 Dec (09-14)