University Pedagogy - basic course

This programme is reserved for academic staff and doctoral research fellows at Nord University who wish to develop their teaching and supervision expertise. Having a Master’s degree is a formal minimum requirement. As the programme is practice-oriented and aims to develop you as a teacher, it is a requirement that you have your own teaching/supervison while the course is in progress. If you do not have your own teaching, you must make sure that you have access to teach/supervise, for example through a colleagues students.

For the PED6010 course (Norwegian): Participants must be fluent in Norwegian (or a Scandinavian language; Swedish, Danish). Lectures are held in Norwegian, but those attending may use English when speaking and writing.

For the PED6013 course (English): Those attending must be fluent in English. Lectures are held in English, but those attending may use Norwegian (or a Scandinavian language: Swedish, Danish) when writing.

All employees who are relevant for the course must apply for admission by the application deadline, through EVUweb. You should use Feide or MinID for logging in to EVUweb. The list of applicants is then shared with the Faculty's management, which nominates the applicants on the basis of the places available at the Faculty. A waiting list will be drawn up if the Faculty has more applicants than places.

Please note that the course requires compulsory attendance and it must be approved in order to take the exam, so it is important that you and your manager have cleared your work schedule if you are going to apply for University Pedagogy (UNIPED). 

The session dates, and where the session will be, are published under "Sessions" in the study plan as soon as they are ready.

Knowledge

The candidate

• has advanced knowledge about university pedagogy topics relevant to teaching, learning, assessment and supervision in higher education
• can apply and explain their own view of learning and knowledge related to pedagogical theories. 
• can apply knowledge about university pedagogy in new areas and in their own practice
• can analyse academic issues based on university pedagogy’s history, traditions, distinctive character and place in society

Skills

The candidate

• can plan and carry out R&D-based teaching and supervision, both individually and in collaboration with colleagues, in a way that promotes students’ learning and academic development. 
• can contribute to academic and pedagogical innovation through the choice of varied teaching methods that include the use of digital tools. 
• can analyse, prepare and further develop course and programme descriptions within their subject areas.
• can analyse and critically relate to various sources of information, and national and international steering documents related to teaching in higher education.
• can carry out an independent, defined research or development project under supervision and in accordance with applicable research ethics norms.

General competence

The candidate

• can analyse and assess relevant academic, professional and research ethics issues related to their own professional development
• can apply their knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out advanced tasks and projects
• can disseminate extensive independent work and master forms of expression used in university pedagogy
• can contribute to innovative thinking and innovation processes
• can further develop their university pedagogy competence both independently and in collaboration with colleagues 

No costs beyond syllabus literature. The semester fee is covered by North university. Costs in connection with travel/accommodation you must clarify with your Head of Division.