Topic outline

• Materials
  • Course text books:
    

    • Karjalainen, A., Alha, K., Jutila, S. (2006). Give me time to think - determining student workload in higher education. Oulu, Finland: Oulu University Press. https://www.oulu.fi/koulutuspalvelut/julkaisut_ja_materiaalit/erillisjulkaisut/give_me_time_to_think.pdf

    • Fry, Heather. ; Ketteridge, Steve. ; Marshall, Stephanie. A handbook for teaching and learning in higher education : enhancing academic practice / edited by Heather Fry, Steve Ketteridge, Stephanie Marshall. New York ; Routledge, 2009. ISBN 9780203891414., ISBN 0203891414. https://teemu-tomcat.linneanet.fi/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=674841

    
    

    Learning outcomes

    Declan Kennedy, Áine Hyland, Norma Ryan: Writing and Using Learning Outcomes: a Practical Guide. 
    

    
    

    
    

    Other books and materials:

    General handbook on higher education pedagogy

    • Biggs, J. and Tang, C. (2011) Teaching for Quality Learning at University 4th edition: Link to e-book: Biggs, J. and Tang, C. (2011): Teaching for Quality Learning at University 4th edition
      

    
    

    Revised Bloom's Taxonomy

    • Krathwohl, D.R. (2002) A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy: An Overview https://www.depauw.edu/files/resources/krathwohl.pdf
      

    Teaching Methods

    • Hyppönen, O. & Lindén, S. Handbook for teachers - course structures, Teaching methods and assessment. Click https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/bitstream/handle/123456789/4755/isbn9789526030357.pdf?sequence=1 link to open resource.
    • Peer Instruction (one method for teaching large classes): Several publications available, just google "Peer Instruction" or see, e.g. Mazur, E. 1997. Peer Instruction. A User's Manual. Harvard University.

    
    

    The Importance of Teachers’ Knowledge

    • The original paper:  Philip M. Sadler, Gerhard Sonnert, Harold P. Coyle, Nancy Cook-Smith, and Jaimie L. Miller. The Influence of Teachers’ Knowledge on Student Learning in Middle School Physical Science Classrooms. American Educational Research Journal October 2013 50: 1020-1049, first published on March 6, 2013 doi:10.3102/0002831213477680

    • A blog post that summarizes Sadler et al. paper: https://academiccomputing.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/the-importance-of-teachers-knowledge/
      

    
    

    Check the publication lists for interesting topics like blended learning; massive open online courses; flipped classroom: educational technology; technology-enhanced learning; threshold concepts; problem solving; authentic learning environments

    • Dr. Christian Stöhr, http://ait.gu.se/kontaktaoss/personal/Christian_Stohr
      
    • Prof. Dr. Tom Adawi, http://ait.gu.se/kontaktaoss/personal/tom_adawi
      

    
    

    Aalto Course Feedback system

    Link to Aalto wiki page regarding Course feedback system. Wiki pages are partly in Finnish, Swedish and English. 

    
    

    Quality frameworks

    Descriptors defining levels in the European Qualifications Framework (EQF)
    

    NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER LEARNING. Reports of the Ministry of Education 2009:24. 

    
    

    Workload

    Eva Kyndt, Inneke Berghmans, Filip Dochy & Lydwin Bulckens (2014) ‘Time is not enough.’ Workload in higher education: a student perspective, Higher Education Research & Development, 33:4, 684-698, DOI: 10.1080/07294360.2013.863839 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07294360.2013.863839

    
    

    Games in teaching

    Seppanen 2012 - A Production Control Game for Teaching of Location-Based Management System's Controlling Methods
    

    Descriptors de

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