Develop your teaching skills @ FSW
Develop your teaching skills with a range of workshops and trainings. Or challenge yourself as a lecturer at the Honours Academy.
Honours education
Are you a lecturer at Leiden University? Are you interested in working with motivated honours students, experimenting with innovative educational methods, and developing your own skill set? If so, you can apply as a lecturer for the Honours education. The minimum requirement is that the BKO modules Teaching in practice and How to design a course have been followed. If interested, please contact teacher-professionalization@fsw.leidenuniv.nl.
Workshops and trainings
The FSW organises plenty of workshops and trainings for lecturers. Check out the offerings for the next academic year!
Get started with Brightspace | 27 and 29 August, 3 September | 10:00-10.30h This online training covers the most important functions, such as the link with uSis, accessing the course, adding content and working with sections and release conditions. |
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How to set up your Brightspace Gradebook | 5 September | 10:00-10:30h In the Brightspace gradebook, you can keep track of your students' grades, calculate final grades and show them to students. In this online training we explain how to set up your gradebook and create grade items. |
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Using the Thesis Assessment Tool |12 September | 10:00-10:30h In this online training you will learn how to make an assessment of a master's or bachelor's thesis using the thesis assessment tool. You will acquire skills to use the tool effectively and understand the relevant processes involved. |
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Ans Basics: working with our new testing systeem | several dates in September |
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'Start to teach' meeting for new teachers | 19 or 24 September | 12:00-13:00h Have you just started teaching at the FSW, and would you like to know more about creating an inspiring learning environment for, and together with your students? Then come to this meeting (lunch included), where you will also get the chance to get to know your fellow teachers. |
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Inclusive Classroom: Difficult Conversations and Situations | 8 October | 09:00-13:00h |
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GenAI for teachers | 15 October | 12:00-13:00h ChatGPT and its likes have a lot of consequences for the way we teach and assess, but they also offer opportunities, both pedagogically and professionally. Join SOLO’s Mieneke van der Salm to explore the possibilities that GenAI (ChatGPT) offers teachers to both reduce workload and to improve the quality of their teaching. |
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How to write a Grassroots/Grass shoots proposal | 14 November | 12:00-13:00h |
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How to improve your (exam) questions with psychometric data | 26 November | 12:00-13:00h Have you ever noticed the P’-score, Rir, Rit, Rat, Rar, and Cronbach’s alfa in Remindo? Have you ever wondered what they meant or what you should do about them? In this workshop you will explore the significance of these psychometric indicators, learn how they can help you to enhance both your exams and question banks and increase the quality of your assessments. |
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Boost your blended techniques: Creating podcasts and knowledge clips for education | 4 December | 11:00-13:00h |
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Harness the power of peer feedback met Feedback Fruits | 14 January 2025 | 11:00-13:00h
In this workshop you will gain more insight into the didactic power of peer feedback and the preconditions for using it effectively. We will work with FeedbackFruits, a digital tool for peer feedback. |
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