Higher Education Didactics Workshops in English

Instructor: Katharina Bonyhádi

The workshop provides an introduction to teaching and learning in higher education and is aimed at non-german-speaking teachings staff members with little to no teaching experience. The basics of higher education pedagogy include an introduction to different learning theories as well as some central findings of research in higher education learning. Furthermore, we will talk about course design and the importance of active learning, including the discussion of use cases of different learning methods and tools in the classroom. We will touch concepts such as student-centred teaching and constructive alignment and we will have a look at the role of learning outcomes and competences. 

The main focus of this course is on reflecting upon your role as university teacher, discussing your teaching philosophy and transferring the course content to your own teaching situations. Therefore, this will be a very interactive workshop with many learning activities in addition to input. So please be prepared to participate actively during the whole workshop (synchronous and asynchronous parts). 

There will be a small task in the run-up to the workshop (max. 20 mins) and there will also be a time-slot during the workshop time for your individual questions.

Topics: 

• basics of teaching and learning in higher education (research, theories, background)
• Student-centred teaching & active learning
• Your role as teacher / instructor / lecturer at university & your teaching philosophy
• course & session design (first steps)

Participants...

• are able to describe some of the factors that influence the success of teaching and learning in higher education
• have started on designing their own courses or sessions
• have reflected their role as educators and have started to develop their own teaching philosophy
• are ready to / have started to apply some of the experienced and discussed methods and tools to their own teaching

Time and location:
Thursday, March 10, 2026 - 9 to 4:30 pm - online
Thursday, March 19, 2026 - 9 to 4:30 pm - online
During the workshop days an asynchronous phase will break up screen time.

Certificate in Higher Education Didactics Module 1 with 16 work units.

Registration via Stud.IP: Basics of teaching and learning in higher education