UDTU
Welcome to UDTU
UDTU is your University teacher training programme at DTU. The overall objective of UDTU is that you acquire knowledge, methods, and tools that enable you to teach with proficiency at university level with a focus on how to educate engineers. UDTU also provides you with tools to continually develop your teaching practice and to enhance your understanding of student learning and its prerequisites.
Prerequisites
It is necessary that the following elements are in place when you start the course:
Completion of Teaching Lab (introductory course)
- You must be booked to teach at least 3 sessions during the second half of the course
- You must be approved by your pedagogical supervisor
Practical Information
The full UDTU-programme is 25.500 Dkr. Furthermore you must be approved by your Pedagogical Coordinator before you can register.
Contact
Ditte Strunge Sass Educational Developer (on maternity leave) disas@dtu.dk
Assistant Professors must complete UDTU in order to be course responsible, as well as to qualify for a position as an Associate Professor.
Exemptions may be given to staff who live up to all of the below:
- Has a sound grasp of theoretical models of teaching and learning, as well as a minimum of three years of experience implementing these in university teaching.
- Can plan, carry out, and evaluate student-centered teaching
- Can apply key concepts: E.g., constructive alignment, the didactical triangle, and Bloom’s revised taxonomy of learning objectives
Structure of UDTU
It takes one year to complete UDTU.
During the first semester you will be (re)designing a DTU course whilst attending a range of facilitated sessions, both shorter, longer and residential. When you sign up it is essential to check the dates to make sure that you are free to attend all planned sessions, as it is not possible to skip or swap around the facilitated sessions along the way.
During the second semester you will be producing a Teaching Portfolio and testing your Capstone Project, i.e. running the course you (re)designed during the first semester. You will be collecting and evaluating data on your course as you teach it and ultimately present your findings at a Poster Presentation.
Learning Objectives
After completion of the UDTU programme, you are able to:
- Plan, teach, evaluate and develop student-centred and learning outcome-based teaching at DTU
- Design a teaching sequence, preferably an entire DTU course, using innovative teaching methods and didactical design to promote student motivation and scaffold student learning and conceptual understanding.
- Design a DTU course using constructive alignment and formative feedback to support students as self-regulated learners.
- Reflect on and continue your development on becoming an excellent DTU Teacher
- Contribute to the development of courses and educational programmes at DTU
Assessment
The programme is assessed on the basis of two primary elements:
- Teaching Portfolio, to be submitted in writing and presented at a cluster defense
- Capstone Project, to be submitted as a poster and presented at a poster presentation
Dates & registration
UDTU starts twice a year. The programme takes a full year to complete.
Please note: It is very important that you participate fully in all
parts of the programme. Otherwise your completion will be delayed.
Dates in Spring 2024
- Introduction Meeting: 30 January, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Teaching Methods and Didactical Design: 27-28 February, 2024, Residential course, Hillerød
- Thematic day: 12 March, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Presentation day: 4 April, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Assessment and Feedback: 14-16 May, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Capstone Project: Individual project culminating in Poster Presentation
- Teaching Portfolio: To be presented and discussed at Teaching Portfolio Defence
Dates in Autumn 2024
- Introduction Meeting: 2 September, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Teaching Methods and Didactical Design: 2-4 October, 2024, Residential course, Hillerød
- Thematic day: 22 October, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Assessment and Feedback: 13-14.November, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Presentation day: 4 December, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Capstone Project: Individual project culminating in Poster Presentation
- Teaching Portfolio: To be presented and discussed at Teaching Portfolio Defence
New!!! 3 Week UDTU Summer school 6th June - 26th June 2024
The 3 week summer course has the same content as the regular UDTU programme. You will be (re)designing a DTU course during the facilitated sessions, which will all be held within the three week period. Therefore, you have to expect a large volume of engagement with activities and preparation between the facilitated sessions (the total workload for UDTU is assessed to be 250hours). All standard requirements for UDTU must be fulfilled - please check our FAQ if you have any questions in this regard.
- Introduction Meeting: 6 June, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Residential Stay: 10-12 June, 2024, Rungstedgaard
- Feedback Methods: 20-21 June, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Research Plan revisited: 24 June, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Presentation day: 26 June, 2024, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Capstone Project: Individual project culminating in Poster Presentation
- Teaching Portfolio: To be presented and discussed at Teaching Portfolio Defence
Closed for enrollment.
Please note that participants must still register for the thematic day during the Autumn 2024 or Spring 2025!
Dates in Spring 2025
- Introduction Meeting: 27 January, 2025, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Teaching Methods and Didactical Design: 4-6 March, 2025, Residential course, Hillerød
- Thematic day: 21 March, 2025, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Assessment and Feedback: 9-10. April, 2025, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Presentation day: 30 April, 2025, DTU, Lyngby Campus
- Capstone Project: Individual project culminating in Poster Presentation
- Teaching Portfolio: To be presented and discussed at Teaching Portfolio Defence
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