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    Educational Encounter

    10 educational encounters, 5 perspectives of the Zurich universities, 1 box
    Expand your didactic horizons with digital skills!

    The online course consists of 10 educational encounters from the 5 different perspectives of the Zurich universities.

    Together with the participants, we explore, discover and research digital teaching and learning methods and possibilities of didactic approaches. We also acquire new skills and competences, develop and consolidate our analogue and digital skills, gain confidence in using them, and expand our didactic horizons.

    The Educational Encounter online course focuses on activating the participating teachers/lecturers. Over a period of 10 weeks, participants each receive a weekly task from an expert at one of the participating LeLa universities for a didactic method and/or a creative didactic experiment – ranging from providing feedback, to exploring the basics of online/hybrid teaching, to using free learning and teaching materials (OER), through to reflection processes. In the process, participants receive an insight into the respective university and discipline, improve their creative teaching and confidence, expand their didactic and digital skills, and put what they have learned into practice.

    The tasks/topics are designed in such a way that participants can incorporate them directly into their own teaching or university/school day where possible. The workload is 2 to 6 hours divided over the respective working week.

    "What is... Educational Encounter?" Highschool Magazine Zett, September 2022

    • Course structure

      The ten-week course consists of 10 modules. The technical basis is PAUL, ZHdK’s own E-learning platform, to which participants receive access. A new chapter with a video is posted on there in the morning at the beginning of every week. In these videos, the participating experts explain a task from their field of study and provide instructions and other related information. Participants dedicate themselves to the task over the course of the week, and then share their findings. They receive online mentoring from the experts and course providers, and support each other in the PAUL forum. 

      The weekly workload is between 2 to 6 hours (divided over the week)

      Participants receive feedback in the form of comments and in video conference encounters with the experts, their fellow course participants and the course providers. The dates of the video conferences are announced before the course starts.

      Material: Only common household/office items are used for the course. Participants receive additional documents in the Educational Encounter Box before the course starts.

    • Target Audience

      The Educational Encounter online course is aimed at all teachers/lecturers who would like to explore their own teaching for private or personal reasons. It covers different fields and subject areas of the five Zurich universities (ETH, PHZH, UZH, ZHAW, ZHdK) and the related didactic and digital teaching strategies. Prospective course participants must be curious and willing to try something new.

      The online course is particularly aimed at:

      teaching staff at universities, higher education colleges and continuing education institutions, secondary schools and vocational schools.

      The language of instruction is German.

    • Learning Objectives

      The online course aims to explore digital teaching/learning methods and didactic approaches, teach participants new competences (digital skills), and help them to gain confidence in using them. 

      Participants

      • learn about and gain confidence in using (digital) teaching and learning methods
      • learn how to apply different methods in the digital environment and gain inspiration from the analogue environment as well
      • expand their didactic horizons
      • actively reflect on their own “good” teaching by taking a playful approach
      • have an opportunity to interact with other universities and lecturers/teachers 
      • gain an insight into the 5 Zurich university cultures
      • get to know the disciplines of the universities in a playful manner
      • improve their creative and digital confidence
    • Next course

      Monday, 25 September to Friday, 1 December 2023 (incl. networking apero at two Zurich universities).

      Online exchange about the weekly task every Tuesday and Thursday from 6.30 pm. The exchange on Tuesday is about community building and to clarify questions about the weekly assignment. On Thursday, we will focus on your results and experiences, which you will share with the respective weekly task experts and the participants.

      Registration closes on Friday, 8 September 2023.

    • Costs and application

      Costs
      The costs include feedback on the tasks and participants’ work from the experts and course instructors:

      • For participating lecturers of the LeLa universities (ETH, PHZH, UZH, ZHAW, ZHdK): CHF 100 contribution towards expenses, incl. the Educational Encounter Box.
      • For external teachers/lecturers: CHF 320, incl. the Educational Encounter Box.

      Application
      Register now to secure one of 30 places. First come, first serve. The application deadline is Friday, 8 September 2023.

      Register now

      Would you like to receive advance information about future Educational Encounter courses?
      If so, please register your e-mail address here.

      Regulations
      The general regulations of the ZHdK Continuing Education Centre apply to registration.

    • Contact and persons

      Questions
      Dana Blume (for questions regarding the course content)
      Mehmet Özcan (for administrative questions)
       

      Course Instructor
      Dana Blume
       

      Experts
      David Schmocker (UZH)
      Claude Müller (ZHAW)
      Carina Klein (UZH)
      Svenja Kaduk (UZH)
      Marion Lehner (ETH)
      Nicole Krüger (ZHAW)
      Mela Kocher (ZHdK)
      Benno Volk (ETH)
      Dominic Hassler (PHZH)
      Gabriel Flepp (PHZH)
      Mònica Feixas (PHZH)
      Dana Blume (ZHdK)
      Charlotte Axelsson (ZHdK)
       

      Educational Encounter is a course offered by LeLa – Lernlabor Hochschuldidaktik für Digital Skills, funded by swissuniversities P8. The format was jointly developed in the LeLa Arbeitsgruppe Educational Design entwickelt.

      The online course is supported by the E-Learnings subject area and the ZHDK Continuing Education Centre.