Kognitionspsychologische Erkenntnisse für die (Hochschul-)Lehre Am 30. April 2016 findet eine Tagung zu Lernforschung und Hochschullehre unter diesem Motto an der Uni Bern statt. Im Fokus der Veranstaltung stehen folgende…
Kurztagung Prüfungen auf dem Prüfstand am 14. Januar 2016 in Zürich
Mit einer Keynote von Roland Tormey Prüfungen und Assessments sinnvoll gestalten und platzieren, damit Studierende so viel und so intensiv wie möglich lernen – das ist nach wie vor eine…
Job vacancy @ ETH Zurich: Specialist in Faculty Development (80 – 100%)
The ETH Zurich unit Educational Development and Technology (Lehrentwicklung und -technologie – LET), which reports to the ETH Rector, provides support to ETH faculty in their teaching activities. It offers high-quality courses,…
Job announcement: Head of Faculty Development, University of Zurich
The University of Zurich is looking for a new head for its faculty development unit. Please find the announcement here (in German only): Leiter/in Fachstelle Hochschuldidaktik, UZH.
Impressions from today’s workshop on academic writing
The discussions and exercises in today’s workshop on academic writing were very inspiring. Working with Helen is special because her insights directly stem from her own research. If you want…
Call for Papers Jahrbuch für Allg. Didaktik: Fokus 2016 Allgemeine Didaktik und Hochschule
Redaktionsteam: Gabi Reinmann, Michaela Gläser-Zikuda & Manuela Keller-Schneider Die Geschichte der Hochschuldidaktik ist eng mit der Geschichte der Universität, dem Stellenwert von Bildung, speziell von Bildung durch Wissenschaft, und ihrem…
Online Courses: The University of Basel Cooperates With British Platform FutureLearn
The University of Basel has entered into a partnership with FutureLearn, a British platform for massive open online courses (MOOCs). It aims to offer online courses via the platform –…
Designing Environments for Learning
During the last 2 years, the Educational Technologies Unit at the University of Basel conducted a study and subsequent project on Campus Development, exploring and discussing questions like: How…
Public Lecture @ ETH: Eric Mazur, Harvard
Eric Mazur: "Assessment - The Silent Killer of Learning" Thursday, Nov. 27th 2014, 3pm – 5.30 pm, HG F 30 (Main Building, Audimax) According to ETH Zurich’s Gender Action Plan…
University of Basel Launches MBA in Academic Management
The University of Basel offers a new innovative international degree programme that aims at professionalising higher education management at the interface of science and administration on all hierarchy levels of…
A Collection of Hints
The "Hochschuldidaktik" of the University of Berne regularly publishes tips related to university didactics. Find out about it: www.didaktipps.ch