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Jan 03, 2016
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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
Finance
Nominates
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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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
Contact information:
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GSM+358 50 348 6143 http://www.dipoli.tkk.fi/ok