Workshops & courses
At Teaching and Learning, we've got workshops and courses, all tailored to your needs and interests. So, if you and your colleagues are up for it, just send us an email at laering-science@adm.ku.dk, and we'll get back to you real quick.
The language is taken care of - we offer workshops in both English and Danish, with all course materials provided in English.
Workshops and courses
Who should attend?
This course is designed for teachers at the University of Copenhagen’s Faculty of Science who are planning on using Absalon as a pedagogical tool. The workshop will be a combination of instruction, discussions and hands-on exercises where you will work on your own teaching course. Participants will get time to explore ways structure your Absalon course room, engage students learning and facilitate good digital teaching practices.
When are where?
13th August 2026, 9.00 - 12.00 at Dyrlægevej 10, 1870 Frederiksberg C, room: Bib-stuen-H60. Registration
or;
9th November 2026, 13.00-16.00 at Dyrlægevej 10, 1870 Frederiksberg C, room: Bib-stuen-H60. Registration
Course Structure and Format
The course is designed with the intention that you will design and plan for facilitating your upcoming teaching with the use of Absalon as a digital space for teaching. There will be a combination of instruction and hands-on exercises where you will work on your own course, along with a space for discussion and sparing for your online course design.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
After the course the participants will be able to:
- How to navigate in Absalon – we will show you how to find your way around in the platform
- How to organize your learning materials with a clear structure
- Communication with students – we provide examples on how to communicate with students (announcements, messages, pages, discussion)
- Online learning materials – how to insert a video in your course materials
- Activities for students – how to make an assignment and a discussion
- Lift the design in your course – make a visual frontpage to the course
Facilitators: Dale James Foley & Christine Holm - laering-science@adm.ku.dk
The objective of the course:
To support you in your role as a teaching assistant by providing you with tools that increase your awareness of the options you have in teaching, so you feel better prepared for the task as a teaching assistant.
Learning outcomes
Through the course, participants will be provided with tools:
- Plan, carry out, and evaluate your own teaching with a focus on student-centered learning
- Identify challenges and possible actions in a given teaching situation
- Plan, carry out, and evaluate a small pedagogical intervention in your teaching
- Reflect on your role as a teaching assistant
Format
The course has a scope of approx 10 hours of teaching. The course starts with workshop activities (on site and online) and is concluded with an assignment. In the assignment each participant reflects on their teaching. The assignment is presented at a final meeting a few months after the first day of the course. Participants are expected to be active in in both plenary, group and virtual discussions. Each participant hands in small assignments during the course.
Target group
The TA course is aimed at students employed as Teaching Assistants (TAs / Instruktorer) at the Faculty of Science and Life Sciences. The course is primarily intended for new TA's SCIENCE, but more experienced TA's are also welcome.
PhD students and postdocs are recommended to follow the course "Introduction to University Pedagogy" (IUP) offered by Department of Science Education.
Course days E2026
- Friday 21 August 2026, 9:30 - 15:00: Workshop at the Library at Dyrlægevej 10, 1871 Frederiksberg, room I61
- Tuesday 25 August 2026, 10:00 - 11:00: Online meeting
- Final meeting either 12 November 2026 or 4 February 2027, depending on whether you teach block 1 or block 2.
Both days at 13:00 - 15:00 at Dyrlægevej 10, 1871 Frederiksberg, room I61
Email-service
Sign up for the email service and we will notify you directly when registration opens:
Email-service
Facilitators: Christine Holm (cholm@adm.ku.dk), Kasper Uldahl Bergstrøm, Anita Monty and Dorte Christiansen Elmeskov;
laering-science@adm.ku.dk)
Få de studerende godt fra start på deres første studieår og skab en aktiv og engageret læringskultur
Kurset henvender sig til ansatte på KU, som skal undervise førsteårsstuderende. Man kan deltage alene, men der kan være en fordel ved, at man tilmelder sig flere kolleger fra samme kursus/uddannelse.
Indhold
På dette kursus arbejder vi med at få de studerende godt fra start på deres første studieår og skabe en aktiv og engageret læringskultur. Du vil lære at tage højde for de studerendes faglige niveau, og hvordan du kan styrke de studerendes følelse af at høre til på universitetet. Du får konkrete eksempler på, hvordan du kan gribe undervisningen an: f.eks. brug af studiegrupper, god feedback-kultur og stilladsering af de studerendes deltagelse og forberedelse. Vi tager udgangspunkt i de forudsætninger, førsteårsstuderende kommer med, når de starter på KU. Du får desuden indblik i nogle af de typiske udfordringer, som nye studerende oplever i mødet med universitetet, og hvad du som underviser kan gøre for at skabe en bedre overgang.
Læringsmål
Efter kurset kan du:
- Beskrive de udfordringer, som førsteårsstuderende typisk oplever ved overgangen fra gymnasiet til universitetet
- Anvende denne indsigt i planlægning af undervisningen – både i valget af indhold, undervisningsformer og feedback
- Planlægge et undervisningsforløb, der tager hensyn til førsteårsstuderendes forudsætninger
- Designe og udføre mini-undersøgelse eller tiltag i egen praksis
Et vigtigt formål med kurset er at skabe en ramme for, at underviserne på førsteårskurserne konkret kan dele erfaringer om og udvikle deres egne kurser, så der kommer større sammenhæng og progression, både inden for det enkelte kursus og mellem de kurser, de studerende skal deltage i på første år.
Sprog: Kurset udbydes på dansk
Kursusdage: Kurset afholdes over 1+½ dag, i alt 9 timer. Der forventes ca 2 timers forberedelse mellem dag 1 og dag 2. Der er mulighed for at få kursusbevis ved gennemførsel af hele forløbet.
- Dag 1: 27. august 2026 kl. 9.00 - 15.00
- Dag 2: 8. oktober 2026 kl. 9.00 - 12.00
Kursussted: Københavns Universitet, Panum Mærsk (begge dage)
Tilmelding: Link til tilmelding Sidste frist for tilmelding er 20. august 2026
Deltagerantal: Maks. 30 deltagere. Kurset oprettes ikke ved færre end 10 deltagere
Facilitatorer: Christine Holm, Læringsenhed FRB+ og Helle Lottrup Halkjær Rhode, COBL/SUND
Kontaktperson: Spørgsmål angående kurset kan rettes til Christine Holm (cholm@adm.ku.dk)
Through University pedagogical workshops, you can gain new inspiration for and develop your teaching. The workshops are offered by the Department of Science Education and are aimed at everyone who teaches at SCIENCE.