In this months newsletter we invite you to some of the activities that we have arranged for the fall semester: Mentimeter webinars, Pedagogical café , and a possibility to discuss sustainability with your peers. We remind you of the summer hours for the Keeponteaching support. But also give some accessibility and reading tips.
We wish you an enjoyable summer!
p.s. If you don’t receive the UPE Newsletter, please contact UPE, and we will add you to the list.
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On Stiftelsen Funkas, Free Friday Webinar: No barriers, just bar charts, Peter Kemeny, Accessible Document Specialist, and Malin Hammarberg, UX Designer and Accessibility Specialist (both from Funka Foundation) presented how you can “make charts clearer, smarter, and more accessible for everyone, including users with visual or cognitive disabilities”.
N.B.! On the website you will also find recordings from earlier Free Friday Webinar
You can reach our support via the Zoom link “KeepOnTeaching“. Here we can help you with questions related to the pedagogical tools Canvas, Inspera, Survey&Report, SOLA, the course evaluation system, Padlet, Mentimeter and Zoom, etc. During summer we have adjusted our opening hours, see below.
If you need help when the support room is closed, or want to prepare us for your case you can email canvas@kau.se or sr-support@kau.se.
Questions about the course evaluation system can be sent directly to evaluate@kau.se.
June 13, 2025 | 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
BC campus offers the possibility to join a session on how to use rubrics to set clear expectations around generative AI (GenAI) in assignments. In the session you will learn how to reduce ambiguity about grading, reinforce human-centered values (voice, authenticity, and referencing), and explore a practical model for integrating GenAI, work with the AI Assessment Scale (AIAS), and collaborate in the development of rubric criteria that reflects AI in education.
Learn more: FLO Friday: Rubric Design for AI Transparency
In this newsletter we present our new co-workers, Carin Sjöö and Julia Lissel. We invite you to a good bye-fika for Lotta Svenneling, as well as an invitation to visit the recording studios at Kau. As usual you will find some courses for the fall semester, open for registration, tips about an easy way to transfer student results from Canvas to Ladok.
Hope you’ll enjoy the read!
p.s. If you don’t receive the Newsletter to your email, please contact UPE, and we will add you to the list.
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Friday 9 May, the Funka Foundation invites you to join a webinar about surveys. During the webinar you will get practical tips on how to create more accessible surveys online.
To join the event, register via the Zoom form
When: 9 May, 1.30-2pm
The Funka Foundation carries out research to support inclusion and accessibility for persons of all abilities.
In this newsletter we would like to invite you to a Pedagogical café where the authors of the book Don’t Feed Your Students (Mata inte dina studenter), will give us tips on how we can promote student engagement and creativity. You’ll also get tips on a podcast about accessibility and other activities.
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In this newsletter we present activities presented by UPE, and tips about activities from around the world. We hope you’ll get inspired.
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In the newsletter Curie, April 3, three researchers describe their work and how they use AI in their work.
Thomas Schön, Beijerprofessor in artificiell intelligens at Uppsala university and scientific leader of the five-year project AI4Research, means that an important piece of the puzzle in all AI-research is tho show what the technic do to us as people and society. He says:
– We must remember that this technology doesn’t think, it counts. Therefore we must make sure that the data is used in the right way, and that technology is built according to human values.
Elisabeth Epstein is professor/Senior Physician, Department of Clinical Science and Education, Södersjukhuset at Karolinska Institutet. Her research team have developed an AI model with which they can distinguish benign tumors from cancer. The team expresses that even if AI is more accurate in assessing cancer, we must not rely on it completely.
“Artificial Intelligence” by the University of Queensland (UQ), provides an overview of AI, including its types and applications. The module discusses the use of AI at UQ, including guidelines for students and staff, delves into the legal, ethical, and social implications of AI, and offers practical examples of AI applications. The module also guides readers on how to prompt AI tools, evaluate AI-generated content, and properly cite and publish with AI.
