Agreeing on guidelines for inclusive interaction in the course
Inclusive teaching practices are inseparable from high quality teaching practices, so inclusive teaching affects all aspects of a course and learning experience.
Tools and tips for teaching
On this page we have gathered different teaching-related tools and guidelines on different themes to support the planning and implementing of teaching.
AI supported translation tools used in Aalto
Get to know how Aalto's tools can support document and message translation, as well as multilingual teaching through features like live captions and translated subtitles. Already now.
Design Kit
How to get started with experimenting and creating new forms of teaching and learning?
Digital platforms for teaching and learning in Aalto University
Every teacher's core digital platforms include the student information system Sisu and the digital learning environment MyCourses.
Here, you will also find digital platforms that facilitate everyday tasks in contact and online teaching.
Information regarding support for online teaching at opit.aalto.fi (external link)
Find instructions on how to teach online or hybrid, and how to use our digital learning platforms. Also, find general guidelines and policies concerning teaching.
Programme director's handbook
The programme director's handbook is a collection of guidelines, templates, and good practices. The handbook gathers together information about processes, schedules and tools and the aim is to support degree programme directors, heads of majors and others involved to succeed in implementing, evaluating and developing the degree programmes.
Study Skills
Study skills consist of a number of areas, such as the management of study methods, self-management, acting in a community and regulation of personal emotions. Study skills are something you can learn, and these pages include ideas for developing your skills as well as links for sources of additional information.
Sustainability in Teaching
On this page you can find tips, tools and good practices for integrating sustainability into your teaching.
Teaching practices
A checklist for teaching practices and steps that need to be taken over the entire lifespan of a course.
Teamwork First-Aid Kit
Teamwork First-Aid Kit gathers tools that have proved to be useful in supporting diverse teams tackling ill-defined problems and building the foundations for successful teamwork. It is a small step toward educating game-changers who can make a team more than a sum of its parts. Undeniably, teamwork skills are among the most pivotal work-life skills that younger generation entering the workforce are expected to master.
Tools and tips for multilingual teaching
Aalto University aims to deliver a multilingual and inclusive educational experience for students as well as for all who take care of teaching duties. Teaching at Aalto is organised in Finnish, Swedish and English. This page gives you ideas for implementing teaching multilingually, information about language-aware pedagogy, and guidelines for using the available digital services that support multilingual teaching.
Tools for action (external link)
Free-to-use tools and methods for introducing students to an entrepreneurial way of thinking and doing.
Sustainable wellbeing in teaching
Pedagogical wellbeing entails both teacher and student perspectives. These pages serve as a teachers' reference and study package for improving wellbeing in teaching and studies at Aalto.
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