We teachers convey information. We often use other people’s materials, articles, books, texts and pictures. Most of it is copyright protected and you need to know how you are allowed to use different types of material. The so-called Bonusavtalet (Bonus Agreement) allows teachers in teaching activities at universities to copy and share copyrighted material more freely than normal, but where are the boundaries?
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About feedback: Feed up, feed back och feed forward
The terms feed up, feed back and feed forward come from a classic article by John Hattie and Helen Timperly. What do they stand for?
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Recording a lecture film is not the same as lecturing in a physical classroom on campus. And now we are not talking about the technical aspects, with camera, microphone, handling video files, etc., but about how you need act in the lecture. Here are seven solid tips.
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Here are some concrete, practical tips on how to use the features of Canvas to disseminate instructions and other material in a structured way. You save time, make it easier to reuse course material, make it easier to collaborate with colleagues. And above all: You make life easier for the students!
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In less than 5 minutes, Åsa Kronkvist at Kristianstad University teach you the basics of recording in Zoom.
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It’s about books in audio format. Students with some form of reading impairment due to, for example, dyslexia, ADHD or visual impairment, have the right to borrow course literature in audio format.
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PCK and TPACK are two concepts to describe teachers’ professional competence. First PCK on the combination of subject competence and didactic competence. And then TPACK for PCK supplemented with ICT skills.
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Creative Commons is an international license system based on copyright. It declares how others can use my copyrighted material. And that makes it easy for me to see how I can use material from others.
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Karlstad University Library has access to books and journals in electronic format. How does it work? How can I link to e-resources?
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As teachers, we need to have access to and handle peoples’ personal information, especially related to our students. We do this in direct form with regard to students’ personal data and we are also responsible for how the students handle personal data when doing course assignments, e. g. when writing essays and doing surveys or interviews. GDPR regulates how we can and should do this.
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