DEVELOPING A DIDACTIC FOUNDATION FOR THE TECH FACULTY AT AARHUS UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In January 2022 the Faculty of Technical Sciences (TECH) at Aarhus University (AU) appointed a working group to develop a didactic foundation for teaching at TECH. The background was a need to develop a joint platform for teaching, pedagogical competence development, and other educational activities at the faculty, after a recent history of organizational mergers and changes, and subsequent development of a new joint strategy. The working group was to identify important factors that should characterize future teaching at TECH and propose a commonly recommended foundation upon which TECH teachers can collectively build, reflect, and improve their teaching. This paper will justify and describe the work process, present and reflect upon the outcome, relate the outcome to the CDIO Standards and Syllabus, discuss lessons learnt, and provide advice for others engaging in similar work.

Affiliations

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway

Aarhus University, Denmark

Authors

Geir Egil Dahle Øien, Jens Bennedsen

Authors (new)

Geir Egil Dahle Øien

Jens Bennedsen

Document

CDIO 2023 Proceedings (4).pdf (256.19 KB)

Document type

Technical report