Solving Diversity Issues in University Staff Training with UNIPS Pedagogical Online Courses
Henna Vilppu; Neea Heinonen; Mari Murtonen; Emilia Lipponen; Heidi Salmento; Samuli Laato; Henna Virtanen
Solving Diversity Issues in University Staff Training with UNIPS Pedagogical Online Courses
Henna Vilppu
Neea Heinonen
Mari Murtonen
Emilia Lipponen
Heidi Salmento
Samuli Laato
Henna Virtanen
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on:
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042827226
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021042827226
Tiivistelmä
In Finland and globally, many university teachers are teaching without
pedagogical training. Employee training courses on pedagogy are offered
via contact teaching, thus excluding potential students who are too busy
to attend sessions at a specific time and place. In addition, majority
of teaching is in Finnish, even though, for example, in the University
of Turku, 10% of all employees are international. Due to limited
teaching resources, university pedagogical studies used to be only
available for university staff members who have teaching duties,
excluding the majority of doctoral students from the courses. The UNIPS
learning platform, developed by eight Finnish universities, was created
to solve these problems. The current study investigates the impact UNIPS
solution has on the above mentioned issues by looking quantitatively
(N=590) at (1) which departments participants come from? (2) Are
participants’ doctoral students or university employees and (3) what are
the age and gender distributions of participants? In addition,
participants’ perceptions of UNIPS studies are analyzed qualitatively.
Based on the findings, UNIPS courses and similar MOOCs seem a promising
way to support teachers’ pedagogical training. They can not only
increase the diversity of offered studies, but also help create a more
inclusive environment at universities.
pedagogical training. Employee training courses on pedagogy are offered
via contact teaching, thus excluding potential students who are too busy
to attend sessions at a specific time and place. In addition, majority
of teaching is in Finnish, even though, for example, in the University
of Turku, 10% of all employees are international. Due to limited
teaching resources, university pedagogical studies used to be only
available for university staff members who have teaching duties,
excluding the majority of doctoral students from the courses. The UNIPS
learning platform, developed by eight Finnish universities, was created
to solve these problems. The current study investigates the impact UNIPS
solution has on the above mentioned issues by looking quantitatively
(N=590) at (1) which departments participants come from? (2) Are
participants’ doctoral students or university employees and (3) what are
the age and gender distributions of participants? In addition,
participants’ perceptions of UNIPS studies are analyzed qualitatively.
Based on the findings, UNIPS courses and similar MOOCs seem a promising
way to support teachers’ pedagogical training. They can not only
increase the diversity of offered studies, but also help create a more
inclusive environment at universities.
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