Program 16-17 August

16 August

Pre-conference for PSR

15:00-17:00

Hall O1 in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

Pre-conference for Program Directors of Study (PSR) and Deputy Program Directors of Study (biträdande PSR)

Hosts: Educational development unit

Conference Dinner

19:00-22:00

Dinner for conference participants in Loftet banquet hall (Loftets bankettsal)

17 August

07:45-8:30 Registration with coffee and sandwich. Loftet

08:30-8:40

WELCOME, Pär Forslund, Vice Chancellor, SLU. Loftet Lecture hall

08:40-09:45

PANEL: On Course and Across SLU's courses

The panellists are authors of the report Systems perspective and interdisciplinary studies in SLU's educationsand will problematize and discuss around topic of interdisciplinarity.

Panellists from SLU:           

• Harry Blokhuis, professor of Ethology, Dept of animal environment and health,
• Helena Hansson, professor of economics in the agricultural sector, Dept of economics,
• Maria Kylin, senior lecturer in Landscape planning, Dept of landscape architecture, planning and management 

Moderator:

Annsofie Wahlström, Program Director, SLU Future Food.

09:45-10:00

PAUSE

10:00-11:15

Digitalisation and digital work environment for higher education before, during and after the pandemic. Jan Gulliksen, professor, KTH. (IN SWEDISH)

Jan Gulliksen, better known as "Gulan" is a professor of Human-Computer Interaction and vice-rector for digitalisation from KTH. He previously led the government's digitization commission and now is a member of the Digitalisation Council. His research is focussing on usability and accessibility, digitalisation and digital work environment and user-centered system design. Photo: Kari Kohvakka

11:15

CONCLUSION, Pär Forslund, Vice Chancellor, SLU

11:30-13:00

LUNCH with the opportunity to exchange experiences. Loftet banquet hall (Loftets bankettsal)

In the afternoon, there will be four parallel workshops/seminars (where you can choose to attend a longer workshop or two shorter workshops/seminars). In addition, you can visit the OPEN HOUSE in the new recording studio!

Longer workshop

13:00-14:50

Sustainable studies. From roll call to graduation and beyond: how can we integrate relevant support for our students in the curriculum? (IN ENGLISH)

Hall Skara in Ulls hus at floor 3

In both a national and international context, we see how mental ill health is increasing amongst university students. A constantly changing job market also requires the students to, apart from learning their chosen subject/field, learn career management skills. In local SLU student surveys, we see how the students are worried about not having sufficient study techniques as well as expressing issues about stress. In this workshop we invite you to discuss and share ideas on how SLU can move towards a more holistic university approach.

Workshop leaders:

• Katarina Böhme Evengård, 1st librarian, SLU Library
• Cecilia Esbjörnsson, study councellor, Division of Educational Affairs, SLU
• Jonas Petersson, librarian, SLU Library
• Maria Wiklund, language coordinator, SLU Library

Shorter workshops/seminars with three parallel tracks

13:00-13:50

Track 1. How the education systems talk to each other (IN SWEDISH)

Hall K in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

A common purpose of making systems talk to each other is to minimize administration and double registration and thereby reduce the risk of errors. An equally important purpose is to improve the user experience. An example of an improved user experience could be to gather access to different functions in places that are logical for the purpose. With the help of the content in Canvas templates, the ambition is to collect access to other resources and thereby contribute to an improved user experience.

Presenters:

• Helen Alstergren, head of unit, Unit for educational systems and media, Division of learning and digitalisation, SLU
• Claes Hellberg, system specialist, Unit for educational systems and media, Division of learning and digitalisation, SLU

Track 2. It's hard not to criss-cross! (IN SWEDISH)

Hall N in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

A workshop based on the morning's panel discussion and the workshop participants' own experiences and questions.

Presenters:

• Annsofie Wahlström, Program Director, SLU Future Food
• Harry Blokhuis, professor of Ethology, Dept of animal environment and health,
• Helena Hansson, professor of economics in the agricultural sector, Dept of economics,
• Maria Kylin, senior lecturer in Landscape planning, Dept of landscape architecture, planning and management 

Workshop leaders:

• Jan Stockfors, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU
• Åsa Bensch, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU

Track 3. An inclusive curriculum design (IN ENGLISH)

Hall O1 in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

What do we mean when we say that higher education should be inclusive - what does that mean, more concretely, for us as teachers? Welcome to a session where we will discuss ways to answer this question based upon our experiences developing and teaching the pilot higher education pedagogy course ”An inclusive university”.

• Malin Ekström, Equal Opportunities Officer, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU
• Alexandra D'Urso, Educational Developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU

Shorter workshops/seminars with three parallel tracks

14:00-14:50

Track 1. Pedagogical digital competence: presentation of the results from a survey at SLU (IN SWEDISH)

What are the results from the survey of pedagogical digital competence that was distributed to SLU teaching staff in September 2022? The main findings will be presented. This will be an opportunity to exchange experiences about teachers’ needs further support on the development of their pedagogical digital competences. Further, current challenges and benefits with AI will be discussed.

Hall K in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

Presenters:

• Roger Pettersson, Head of division, Division of learning and digitalisation, SLU
• Alexandra D'Urso, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU
• Minha Park, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU

Track 2. Compulsory elements in teaching: learning activity and/or examination? (IN SWEDISH)

Hall O1 in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

After a short presentation around different types of obligations, we gather in smaller groups to share our own good examples and challenges. Some questions that may come up for discussion: What type of knowledge do I want to train/assess? When does a learning activity become an examination? What will be the consequences for the student? The workshop ends with a review of the good examples.

Workshop leaders:

• Cecilia Almlöv, educational developer/ head of unit, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU
• Anna Hartman, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU

Track 3. Increased number of students in Bachelor and Master thesis courses – an opportunity to learn more and decrease workload (IN ENGLISH)

Hall N in Teaching building (Undervisningshuset)

Welcome to exchange experiences on how to design bachelor thesis courses. We will discuss ways to use peer learning, group supervision, working in pairs, assessment groups and other ways to support student writing and equal assessment. Different approaches may be beneficial for students, supervisors and examinators.

Workshop leaders:

• Henrik Viberg, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU
• Ann Grubbström, educational developer, Unit for Educational Development (EPU), Division of Learning and Digitalisation, SLU
• Anna Bergh, Dept of Clinical Sciences, SLU

OPEN HOUSE

12.30-16.00

Open house in the STUDIO

During the afternoon, there is also an open house in SLU's new recording studio, where studio coordinator Markus Miljand shares inspiring tips on the theme of pedagogy and digitalization. We are learning how we can increase accessibility and raise the quality of educational material in video films. The studio is open with drop-in for those who want inspiration and open dialogue about the digitalization and teaching. Studio (Room J) Undervisningshuset (Teaching building), floor 1

15:00-15:30

FINAL COFFEE with mingle. Ulls hus, floor 1