Format: Online-Workshop

Target group: Teaching staff

 

Please note: this course is tailored to and reserved for non-German speaking international teaching staff at Baden-Wuerttemberg state universities and PHs (universities of education). If in doubt, please contact us at asd-veranstaltungen@uni-konstanz.de.

 

Anyone who starts teaching university courses will have spent thousands of hours as a student. This experience will shape their actions as a teacher, as we all draw upon our personal experiences and preferences while teaching. However, in order to teach well – to structure courses fairly and efficiently, to support the various types of students we encounter, to prevent and handle difficult situations – we benefit from adding professional skills and knowledge about teaching.

 

In this course, you will learn the basics of teaching at university, gaining both evidence-based theoretical knowledge and practical tools. You will learn, for instance, how to plan a course and present information, how to engage and motivate students and also how to build good relationships with students and simultaneously protect your own boundaries as an instructor.

 

This variant of "Fit for Teaching" offered at the University of Konstanz is a blended-learning course, which consists of six live class sessions (all online) as well as self-study phases flexible in time. The class sessions will be highly interactive and offer opportunities to discuss the course contents with your peers and the instructors (dates and topics see below). In the self-study phases you will be guided through reflecting upon the navigation of roles and boundaries and you will learn how to craft a compelling syllabus.

 

The course is part of module “Teaching and Learning I” of the Baden-Württemberg Certificate for Teaching and Learning at University Level. Both the class sessions and the self-study phases are mandatory for a certificate of attendance.

 

Dates and topics of the live/synchronous online classes:

 

February 26th 2026, 1.30–5.00 pm	The Basics of Learning Psychology
March 19th 2026, 1.30–5.00 pm	How to Plan Your Course with Ease
April 23th 2026, 1.30–5.00 pm	How to Engage Your Students
May 21st 2026, 1.30–5.00 pm	Dynamic Activities for Classroom and Self-Guided Learning
June 18th 2026, 1.30–5.00 pm	Teaching in a Digital and Artificially Intelligent Environment
July 9th 2026, 1.30–5.00 pm	Final Frameworks

 

 

Registration at Hochschuldidaktikzentrum (Log-In required!)

 

Important note for all doctoral researchers of the University of Konstanz: The costs for your participation will be covered by the Konstanz Research School. It is therefore essential that you state your status as "Doktorand*in" when registering at the HDZ/University Didactics Centre!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faculty development professional und educational scientist; instructional designer for Hanke Teachertraining, adjunct instructor at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. Work areas: (online) courses and self-study material about planning instruction and instructional methods, designing virtual meetings, digital instruction, self-care for instructors, relationships in teaching, mindful teaching and learning.

 

Anke Waldau 

Literary scholar, linguist; change manager, educational developer. Consultant for university didactics in the Academic Staff Development unit at the University of Konstanz. Work areas: advising researchers who are involved in an appointment process on the topic of teaching, providing advice on structural and process aspects of teaching, Head of the Konstanz office of the Centre for Educational Development (HDZ) Baden-Württemberg.