Academic staff with teaching responsibilities: Apply now for Educational IT funding in 2019

In connection with Aarhus University’s major Educational IT (EDU IT) initiative, academic staff are invited to apply for funding for projects on integrating digital learning technologies in their teaching in 2019. The deadline for applications is 11 February 2019.

 

One central aspect of the EDU IT initiative at Aarhus University is earmarking funding for EDU IT projects that academic staff with teaching responsibilities can apply for. This funding is aimed at support your efforts to rethink your teaching practice – and to enable experimentation with the inclusion of different digital learning technologies in teaching.

“We have previously seen some really good examples of how this type of funding has helped launch some exciting projects that have raised these standard for digital learning projects at AU. So I’m very much looking forward to finding the projects we will be supporting in 2019,” says Pro-rector Berit Eika.

Staff can apply for funds for EDU IT projects until 11 February 2019.

Facts about EDU IT at AU

The Aarhus University Board has earmarked DKK 60 million for the period 2018-2023 for work on learning technology.

The investment applies to redesigning courses, prioritising and adapting digital learning tools and a focus on teaching competency development and acknowledging excellence in teaching.

A new coordinating development centre,the EDU IT Hub, will support and collaborate with the university’s teaching development centres in order to promote the integration of more technology in teaching. Activities will include:

  • Development, testing and implementation of learning technologies
  • Improving the user-friendliness of Aarhus University's joint learning management platform Blackboard
  • Collaboration on teaching development
  • Establishment of experimental teaching facility
  • Help with video production

Allocation of project funding, for example for teaching development at the departments and centres

For more information about EDU IT and applying for this funding, contact Anders Hyldig, head of Educational IT at AU.