UP Workshops - March 27th 2025

This workshop will decode innovation and entrepreneurship (I&E) education, making it accessible and relevant even for disciplines where these topics may not traditionally be a focus. Participants will explore why I&E education has gained prominence, how to design curricula that balance depth and breadth, and how to equip students with essential problem-solving skills. Emphasizing the need for a pedagogical shift in teaching methodologies, the workshop will introduce practical tools such as design thinking—useful frameworks for tackling complex challenges across all fields, including the natural and health sciences. Through interactive discussions and hands-on activities, educators and researchers will discover how to integrate innovation and entrepreneurship in a way that enhances students’ ability to untangle complicated problems, think critically, and develop adaptable skill sets for diverse professional paths.

Workshop organizer
Gergana Romanova is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Faculty of Science, at the University of Copenhagen. She has been teaching innovation and entrepreneurship to students since 2017, focusing on making these subjects relevant and practical across different disciplines. Gergana has been involved in several capacity-building projects, helping universities across Europe and Africa integrate entrepreneurship into their programs. She also runs an innovation and entrepreneurship program, PATHWAYS, for early career researchers at the University of Copenhagen.

In this workshop, we will discuss ten guidelines for developing laboratory teaching and learning in higher science education. The guidelines have been developed in and is informed by a large research project about laboratory learning conducted at SUND and SCIENCE. The guidelines concern, among other things, how to support student learning by designing relevant pre- and postlab activities, and how the time in the lab is spent well. We will have you relate to the guidelines that are most pertinent to your specific laboratory teaching practices. Focus will mainly be on laboratory activities in courses – less on supervison of BSc and MSc students in the lab.

Workshop organizers
Hendra Agustian is an assistant professor of higher science education, holding degrees in chemistry, education, and chemistry education. His research has been focused on laboratory education in university chemistry for the past decade, investigating student learning from both cognitive and noncognitive perspectives. Hendra has been teaching and leading workshops, drawing on insights from recent advances in the field.

In this workshop, we’ll explore the potential of generative AI in education. Participants will gain insights into how AI works and how it can be applied to design engaging learning activities that support student learning.

The workshop will focus on:
• Understanding the basics of generative AI in teaching, including the guidelines at UCPH.
• Gaining hands-on experience with generative AI to create engaging learning elements for students.

The workshop includes a blend of short presentations, group discussions, and hands-on activities designed to help you integrate generative AI into your teaching.

Bring your laptop and join us to explore, discuss, and practice ways to make AI a valuable ally in your educational toolkit.

Who can participate?
This workshop is ideal for teachers with little or some experience in AI who want to learn more about integrating generative AI in teaching and learning.

Workshop organizers
Ulla Blomhøj and Martin Rykov Ibsen, Digital Learning Specialist, COBL

This workshop focuses on the complex challenges of assessing competencies in educational settings. Participants will explore the nuanced concept of competency, defined as "insightful readiness to act in response to challenges in a given situation.

The workshop aims to help educators understand and address key issues in competency assessment, including:
- Describing competency goals effectively
- Understanding the difficulty of tracking progression towards competency
- Designing teaching approaches based on authentic situations
- Developing valid and reliable assessment methods
- Creating continuous assessment strategies across different contexts

Participants will get the opportunity to analyse course descriptions to extract competency goals that can be made accessible to formative assessment in the course. We will also examine different methods of collecting data on student competency.

The highlight of the workshop is a hands-on design exercise where participants will individually create an authentic assessment task for a specific course, focusing on demonstrating student competencies. By the end of the workshop, educators will have practical tools and strategies to more effectively assess and support student competency development in their own educational contexts.

Workshop organizers
Jan Sølberg is an Associate Professor at the Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, with extensive research experience in educational change and science competencies. Sølberg has been instrumental in developing national science education strategies, serving on curriculum revision boards and evaluation committees, and has published numerous research papers on science education competencies and curriculum development. His research spans multiple domains, including capacity building in schools, assessment, and innovative approaches to science teaching, with projects implemented across Denmark and internationally.