Managing the Course

Content and outcomes

The course is intended for beginners in a university teaching, but also for more experienced educators that want to enhance the educational experience for the students. The course is applying management principles for managing the course design, planning, communication, delivery, with purpose of creating predictable and consistent course environment for all parties involved. The topics like developing the course/class delivery, course management system and learning management systems will be addressed, as well as different measures of course quality, and how communication and personal branding can contribute to enhancing the course experience.

Well managed course, according to literature and course evaluations, enhances students’ satisfaction with the course, as well as has a potential to improve commitment and engagement.

Using management analogy this course has intention to build knowledge and practical skills useful for:

1. Designing the new course
2. Planning the course delivery
3. Delivering (organize) the course
4. Evaluating (control) the experience as an input to the next course delivery

Horizontal aims for Educate courses

The horizontal aims are to empower and enable teachers to solve problems in pedagogical environments, promote and participate in peer learning and co-creation, and expand their pedagogical repertoire to facilitate lifelong learning.