• We offer professional university didactics advice on individual concerns regarding the design of teaching and learning.
• The advisory sessions can be supplemented with teaching observations with professional feedback or qualitative evaluations of courses (the "Teaching Analysis Poll" method).

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• Advice on university didactics publications concerning your teaching (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
• Advice on applications for university didactics projects (further information can be found here)

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We offer:

• teaching observation of individual or multiple lessons
• observation carried out by university didactics specialists on topics selected by you
• professional, individualised feedback.

In our template for an observation report, you can find suggestions for the focus of the observation.

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• Qualitative (intermediate) evaluation of courses
• Students are polled by university didactics specialists in the absence of the lecturer
• In a reflection session and a group discussion, students will be asked about how the series of events promotes learning
• Professional, individual feedback is provided for evaluation purposes

Further information can be found in theTAP info leaflet.

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• A form of counselling and support in which professional concerns are addressed by considering the interaction between personality, role/function and organisation in a systematic, multi-perspective, individual and process-related way.
• Possible as an individual, group or team.
• The knowledge gained can promote the ability to act and make decisions.

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• Counselling interviews are conducted systematically in which concrete questions or key topics of everyday professional life are discussed and approaches to solutions are drawn from the group of participants.
• Collegial consultation provides all participants with a variety of suggestions for their own teaching activities.
• Would you like to have a moderated collegial consultation on teaching topics or course design?

You can find further information here: collegial consultation flyer

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• Customised workshops focused on your topics related to teaching and learning
• Formats include keynote talks / contributions by in-house and outside speakers, discussions and group work to support transfer.

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• We design seminars according to your proposed topics concerning teaching and learning.
• Relevant materials (texts, checklists, handouts, examples) will be chosen and made available.
• Participants work independently on their concepts or joint documents. Our university didactics specialists or external experts supplement materials and provide support through moderation, collegial and university didactics advice.
• Other experts can be consulted to contribute their input or advice.

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• In 2-4 hour short workshops, experienced and committed lecturers share their tried and tested teaching concepts.
• The LiT.Shortcuts offer participants the opportunity to apply these ideas to their own courses and are carried out by the LiTplus Team.
• For further information and registration, see the Continuing Education Catalogue.
• Share your teaching concepts with us. Participate as a lecturer. You can find initial information here Infosheet_Shortcut.docx

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With this format, you can meet with other lecturers from Saxon universities on a self-organised basis in a cycle that suits you and exchange views on a specific topic of university didactics either together or in conversation with experts.

The LiTplus team can support you on an organisational, didactic and financial level:

• Inviting experts on topics related to university didactics
• Refunding travel expenses
• Moderation and organisational support

An overview of existing working groups can be found here.

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• Includes a jointly developed programme which can include one or more group workshops, moderated group consultations and supervision as well as individual consultations on all aspects of structuring teaching and learning.
• For workshops, moderation and teaching consultations, the university didactics specialists of the Centre for Continuing Education are available to share their expertise. Additional experts can also be invited.
• Upon request, the external experts can be financed via the LiTplus project funding so that the offer is free of charge.

You can find further information in our teaching ideas workshop flyer.

Please do not hesitate to contact our staff to design your own teaching ideas workshop.

Leaders of exercise and internship groups at your faculty are given the opportunity to attend a two day programme, visiting sessions on topics such as:

• Planning an exercise unit or internship unit
• Difficult situations encountered in exercises and internships
• Practical examples of exercises and internships: designing exercises and internships in a motivating way
• Appearance and presentation in exercises
• Encouraging students and enhancing student motivation
• Teaching workshops

The sessions are offered in parallel and are sometimes repeated to enable participants to complete the training in steps and with a total time commitment of 8-16 work units (1 unit = 45 min).

You can take a look at our schedule and the detailed handout on the training sessions offered since 2014 at the Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering.

Please do not hesitate to contact our staff to design your own training session.

After such a workshop, you will be able to:

• distinguish between content and the learning objective or learning outcome,
• formulate learning results in a competence-oriented way.
• differentiate between qualifications in terms of progression in the course of studies.

We work in close coordination with, for example, Unit 8.4 Study Programme Affairs, the Center for Quality Analysis (ZQA), the study offices and deans of studies.

A sample of such a workshop in the Faculty of Business and Economics can be found here.

Please do not hesitate to contact our staff to design your own workshop tailored to your needs: