News – education support
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Fresh thinking key in lifelong learning
Coordinator Anders Johansson urges KTH teachers to speak to their colleagues and managers about how to develop courses for lifelong learning. (Photo: Private) Published Oct 03, 2022The need for competence development is growing as society changes and technology progresses at a faster pace. More and more people need to develop their education throughout their working life. How ca...
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About examination period 1, autumn 2022
Published Sep 27, 2022Here is a summary of information with reminders and tips on skills development and online resources for the first exam period of the academic year 2022–2023.
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Flipped Lunch 'n' Learn about new updates in Canvas ahead of HT22
Published Sep 05, 2022This autumn's first Lunch 'n' Learn was about updates and new features in Canvas. It was in so-called reverse ("flipped") format. An open Q&A session followed a pre-recorded presentation.
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SoTL - Call for contributions opens the 1st September
Published Aug 29, 2022Get ready for KTH’s 5th Scholarship of Teaching and Learning conference: KTH SoTL 2023 - Future learning - Learning for the future.
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”Everyone at KTH should take the course”
Kalle Garme works with naval architecture at the SCI school and has taken the course "Gender Theory and Gender Equality in Technical Higher Education". Published Aug 23, 2022Kalle Garme took the "Gender Theory and Gender Equality in Technical Higher Education" course and explains why he thinks all KTH employees should attend it.
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Nominations for the KTH pedagogical prize 2022 is open!
Published Aug 19, 2022The quality of the education is crucial for KTH. For this reason, KTH's management wants to recognise and reward teachers who have made great efforts to improve the quality of the education. Therefore...
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August support from E-learning
Published Jul 22, 2022During the introductory weeks in August, E-learning has five planned activities that you as a teacher can participate in. These include two different workshops, a Lunch ‘n’ Learn and two drop-in oppor...
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Among the cornerstones of engineering education – CDIO
‘Solfar’ or ‘Sun Voyager.’ The artist Jon Gunnar Arnason created the striking landmark. Published Jun 21, 2022KTH (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) faculty and representatives from The Department of Learning in Engineering Sciences visited the Reykjavik University in Iceland for the 18th CDIO International Confer...
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Name change of role for registered students in course rooms in Canvas
Published Jun 17, 2022Soon, the description of registered students will change in the course room in Canvas. Registered students will be referred to as "Registered student" in course rooms, instead of being referred to as ...
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Collection of news about updated Canvas functions
Published Jun 17, 2022Since the autumn of 2021, several functions in Canvas have been updated. The features that have been updated include SpeedGrader and New Quizzes.
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Instructions for Abstract submission 2023
Published Jun 16, 2022The KTH SoTL conference welcomes contributions of several formats. You can find instructions about the abstract process including important dates and deadlines, guidelines for abstracts and session fo...
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Upcoming update of the names of course and examination rooms and their sections in Canvas
Published Jun 03, 2022Week 25, at the earliest, IT will make a minor name change on course and examination rooms in Canvas. Course rooms have the Ladok registration code in their names and examination rooms puts the course...
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Student stories: Experiences of pre-recorded video material in teaching
Published Jun 03, 2022A Lunch 'n' Learn with a student panel on experiences of pre-recorded video material in teaching. The team for web conferencing, video and streaming (WVS) presents the technical and pedagogical suppor...
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How you can implement cognitive psychology to promote student learning
Published May 30, 2022A Lunch ‘n’ Learn on how to implement research-based strategies from cognitive psychology. Learn more about retrieval practice and how it can be implemented in your course today. Marcus inspires thoug...
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About examination period 4 and re-examinations for P3 and P4, spring 2022
Published May 10, 2022Here is a summary of information and reminders for the rest of the spring semester's examination periods in 2022; the examination period for P4 in May-June and the re-examinations for P3 in June and P...
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Digital accessibility: Currently and in the future at KTH
Published May 09, 2022Documentation from Lunch ‘n’ Learn on digital accessibility with Jan Gulliksen and Stefan Johansson, PhD in Human-Computer Interaction. Why digital accessibility is important, what KTH has done so far...
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Panel discussion: How to plan the teaching session from your prerecorded video material?
Published Apr 21, 2022A panel discussion was given on recorded lectures and how scheduled time can be designed from this condition. We discussed arranging the time, tools for interaction, participation, and aspects of a fl...
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No general extra re-examinations for period 2, 2021
Published Mar 21, 2022The material KTH has analysed does not indicate that it will be necessary to offer extra examination opportunities for all courses that had exams on-campus during examination period 2. However, it may...
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How are you doing with your teaching and educational development, and how would you like it?
Word cloud for the question “What three teaching / pedagogical methods would you like see more of at KTH? In the years 2016 and 2019. Published Mar 17, 2022How good are we at KTH and what should we do more of, or less of? Soon it will be time for the Pedagogical Survey 2022. The recurring Pedagogical Survey focuses on the climate and thoughts of teaching...
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The next SoTL conference is March 7, 2023