====== Information on Didactics for Higher Education ======

This page offers links to external websites where information about didactics for higher education is provided in the ASTONRail project partner countries and further (European) countries. Please, help us to extend this page with further links for all other countries in Europe and beyond.

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  * [[links-didactics#Croatia|Croatia]]
  * [[links-didactics#Germany|Germany]]
  * [[links-didactics#Italy|Italy]]
  * [[links-didactics#Slovakia|Slovakia]]
  * [[links-didactics#Spain|Spain]]
  * [[links-didactics#Sweden|Sweden]]
  * [[links-didactics#United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
  * [[links-didactics#Further Countries|Further (European) Countries]]

===== Croatia =====

  * The Faculty of Teacher Education [[https://www.ufzg.unizg.hr/]]

===== Germany =====

Many universities and universities of applied sciences in Germany offer qualification opportunities in higher education didactics to improve the quality of higher education teaching.
This is a selection of higher education didactics networks and competence centres in different Federal states of Germany:

  * German Association for Educational and Academic Staff Development in Higher Education (dghd) [[https://www.dghd.de/]]
  * Netzwerk Studienqualität Brandenburg sqb [[https://www.faszination-lehre.de/]]
  * Berliner Zentrum für Hochschullehre [[https://www.tu.berlin/bzhl]] 
  * Hamburg Center for University Teaching and Learning (HUL) [[https://www.hul.uni-hamburg.de/ueber-uns.html]]
  * Hochschuldidaktisches Netzwerk Mittelhessen [[https://www.hd-mittelhessen.de/wp/hdm/]] 
  * Center of Excellence in Lower Saxon Higher Education [[https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/khn]]
  * Netzwerk Hochschuldidaktik NRW [[https://hd-nrw.de/]]
  * Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum Sachsen [[https://www.hd-sachsen.de/]]
  * Network for University Didactics Schleswig-Holstein [[https://www.fh-kiel.de/index.php?id=16537&id=16537]]
  * ProfiLehrePlus [[https://profilehreplus.de/]]
  * BayZiel - Bayerisches Zentrum für Innovative Lehre Didaktikzentrum [[https://www.didaktikzentrum.de/]]
  * Centre for Key Competencies and University Didactics [[https://www.uni-saarland.de/einrichtung/zesh.html]] 
  * Hochschuldidaktikzentrum Baden-Württemberg (HDZ) [[https://www.hdz-bawue.de/]] 

===== Italy =====

Links related to websites of different universities related to the information on the enhancement and development of the skills and professionalism of the teaching staff through interventions that aim to encourage careful planning of teaching, to introduce innovative teaching methodologies, to solicit reflection on evaluation processes, in a student-centered perspective:

  * [[https://work.unimi.it/formazione/123668.htm]]
  * [[https://www.uniroma1.it/it/pagina/progetto-di-ateneo-la-formazione-iniziale-dei-docenti-sapienza]]

===== Slovakia =====

  * engineering pedagogy [[https://ucv.uniza.sk/vzdelavanie-zamestnancov-uniza/adaptacne-vzdelavanie/]]
  * university pedagogy course [[https://cdv.tuzvo.sk/sk/kurz-vysokoskolskej-pedagogiky]] 
  * university pedagogy [[https://osv-ip.tuke.sk/kurz-vsp/]]

===== Spain =====

  * Andalucia´s online education website [[https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/educacion/permanente/materiales/]] 
  * Online biggest university in Spain [[https://www.uned.es/universidad/inicio.html]] 
  * Online courses for teachers and professors certified by the Generalitat of Catalonia or by the San Jorge University [[https://www.doquaformacion.com/]] 
  * Promote training for teachers and management teams [[https://educaixa.org/es/landing-formacion]]
  * Offers continuous training for teachers [[https://www.grao.com/es/formacio-grao-irif]]
  * Online courses for teachers and professors [[https://www.rededuca.net/]] 

===== Sweden =====

Every single university has their own pages in Sweden. In KTH case there are internal web pages with these resources, not public for all. 

The Learning Scientist: scientific research on learning, accessible to students, teachers, and other educators [[https://www.learningscientists.org/]]

===== United Kingdom =====

These websites provide information about didactics for higher education in railway engineering and management and career guidance for those interested in pursuing a career in the railway industry.
  * Railtalent [[https://railtalent.org/]]
  * Chartered Institution of Railway Operators [[https://www.ciro.org/]]
  * The UK Professional Standards Framework website provides information about the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning in higher education [[https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/uk-professional-standards-framework-ukpsf]]

===== Further Countries =====

=== Austria ====

  * Zentrum für Hochschuldidaktik der CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft Graz: [[https://www.campus02.at/hochschuldidaktik/lehre/lehrmethoden]] (Helpful for different methods in didactics for higher education)