Aalto University Teacher's Handbook
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Enhance your teaching skills - register now for autumn 2026 pedagogical courses
Explore the course selection in autumn 2026 and register!
MyCourses maintenance break Mon 15 June, 2026 at 9.00-17.00
MyCourses maintenance break on 15 June 2026 starting at 9.00. During this break, the service is not in use.
Learning Spaces Plan 2026–2030 focuses on the everyday experiences of teachers and students
Learning Spaces Plan 2026–2030 sets four goals for developing Aalto University’s common learning spaces in 2026–2030.
Creative Teaching in the Age of AI: What Changes – and What Stays the Same?
Nearly a hundred Aalto teachers and education professionals gathered at Marsio Presents: Creative Teaching in the Age of AI to explore how rapidly evolving AI tools are changing teaching practices, while core goals like critical thinking, motivation, real-world problem solving and human interaction remain essential. Keynotes, teacher examples, and thematic dialogue sessions highlighted concrete ways to use AI as a responsible partner in teaching, and showed a strong appetite for ongoing, peer-based pedagogical dialogue and sharing of good practices.Upcoming pedagogical trainings and teaching-related events
More teaching-related staff training events at Workday Learning: Teaching competence development
MyCourses Basics Self-study Online Course for teachers
Start anytime! Learn the basics of MyCourses as a teacher in 3-4 hours.
AI Hour for Teachers, 20 May
Monthly, drop‑in AI Hour for Teachers: two one‑hour windows with no registration or fixed agenda—ask anything about AI, try tools, and swap ideas.
12th Science Factory: TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop
The Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering at Aalto University School of Science will organize the 12th Science Factory: TMS–EEG Summer School and Workshop, on May 23th – 28th, 2026. The main venue this year is Hotel Nuuksio at the beautiful Nuuksio National Park in rural Espoo, Finland. Science Factory gives researchers starting out in the field of TMS–EEG an opportunity to deepen their understanding and network with top researchers within the international TMS–EEG community.