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Becoming an Educational Developer: Strategies and Tools (11301)
Basic information
Charles University
Becoming an Educational Developer: Strategies and Tools
admission procedure in progress
Variant code (CID): 12571
Orientation: microcredentials
Faculty: Rectorate
 
combined
Blended
English
Becoming an Educational Developer: Strategies and Tools
The course is designed to prepare participants to perform educational development, work at a teaching and learning centre, with specific training in the tools, methods and strategies to use in providing faculty development to teachers; mechanisms to promote cultural competence and reflective practices in all community members; providing motivation to faculty for both themselves and their students; steps in designing studies on teaching and learning; and contributing to larger-scale changes at the faculty and university in focusing in quality teaching.
Module 1: Introduction to the Course / Opening Meeting
Mar 13th, 12:00 – 16:30 (in-person)

Module 2: Big Challenges
Mar 20th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 3: Structures to Build in a Teaching and Learning Centre
Apr 17th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 4: Quality of Teaching / Conducting Teaching Observations
Apr 24th, 12:00 – 15:30 (in-person)

Module 5: Reflective and Metacognitive Practices
May 15th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 6: Motivation
May 29th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 7: Supporting New Faculty
Jun 12th, 12:00 – 15:30 (in-person)

Module 8: Educational Technology
Sep 11th, 12:00 – 16:30 (in-person)

Module 9: Cultural Competence
Sep 25th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 10: Evaluating, Using and Conducting Educational Research
Oct 9th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 11: Creating Community and Institutional Change
Oct 23rd, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 12: Dealing with Complex and Difficult Situations as an Educational Developer
Nov 6th, 12:00 – 15:00 (online)

Module 13: Your Future as an Educational Developer
Nov 20th, 12:00 – 15:30 (in-person)

Completion Requirements
Participants must attend at least 75% of all synchronous sessions (10 out of 13).
The course is divided into thirteen modules, each consisting of one session (either in-person or online). Each module includes two separate assignments – one to be completed before the session and one after. These assignments are designed to prepare participants for the sessions and to deepen their understanding of the material afterward.
To successfully complete the course, participants are required to:
submit at least 7 out of 13 pre-session assignments,
submit at least 10 out of 13 post-session assignments.
Participants who meet these requirements will receive a microcredential confirming completion of the course.
min. B2 English level according to CEFR guidelines
Master's degree

Participants in the programme are selected by the programme coordinator based on an evaluation of their CV and motivation letter..
At the end of this course, participants should be able to:

describe the range of programming and support structures that a Teaching and Learning Centre can provide, including the specific value and limitations of each type of structure,
choose, design and implement a variety of these programming and support tools as appropriate to the faculty, goals and audience,
use established or tailored tools to provide classroom observations and effectively communicate to teachers the result of such observations,
assist teachers in choosing the proper educational technology tools for their goals.
develop their own cultural competence in pedagogy and implement specific techniques for assisting the development of such competence in the teachers in their faculty
find and use educational research studies to assist teachers in addressing pedagogical challenges
identify and provide specific, evidence-based strategies for individual faculty members to use in reaching a specific pedagogical goal or addressing a specific pedagogical challenge
describe and prepare specific mechanisms for assisting new faculty members to develop their pedagogical skills and reflectively improve their teaching practice
describe their individual professional goals within their role, including their long-term goals for the community of teachers at their faculty, and feel confident in many of the steps needed to achieve them.
Guarantor Phone number E-mail
Sarah M. Leupen, Ph.D. sarah.leupen@gmail.com
Accreditation
11000 - Univerzita Karlova
437/2024
27.11.2024
27.11.2034
Further detailed information
4
102 (total number of hours)
Education science (0111)
Level of attendance
Portfolio
Supervised without ID Verification
Level Knowledge Responsibility and autonomy Qualifications
Level 7 Highly specialised knowledge, some of which is at the forefront of knowledge in a field of work or study, as the basis for original thinking and/or research Specialised problem-solving skills required in research and/or innovation in order to develop new knowledge and procedures and to integrate knowledge from different fields Manage and transform work or study contexts that are complex, unpredictable and require new strategic approaches; take responsibility for contributing to professional knowledge and practice and/or for reviewing the strategic performance of teams
27.11.2024
27.11.2034
Institutional Quality Assurance
Ensured by CU’s IEB as a part of the internal quality assurance process
Ensured by CU’s IEB as a part of the internal quality assurance process
Project title: ESF+ at Charles University, registration number: CZ.02.02.XX/00/23_022/0008957
Project title: ESF+ at Charles University, registration number: CZ.02.02.XX/00/23_022/0008957
Date and venue of the programme
13.03.2026
20.11.2026
2025/2026
summer semester
Information for applicants
Lecturer Phone number E-mail
JUDr. Mgr. Michal Urban, Ph.D. +420775913302 urban@prf.cuni.cz
Mgr. Bartłomiej Wróblewski +420771277692 bartlomiej.wroblewski@ruk.cuni.cz
PhDr. Radka High, Ph.D. +420221900522 radka.high@matfyz.cuni.cz
Ing. Karolina Duschinská, Ph.D. +420776723845 karolina.duschinska@pedf.cuni.cz
Sarah M. Leupen, Ph.D. sarah.leupen@gmail.com
10
15
0 Kč / programme
15.01.2026
28.02.2026
Mgr. Bartłomiej Wróblewski
bartlomiej.wroblewski@ruk.cuni.cz
Participants in the programme are selected by the programme coordinator based on an evaluation of their CV and motivation letter.
Enrolment information
 
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