In June 2020, the vice-chancellor announced a call for SEK 2 million for the pedagogical development of digitised teaching. Funding for the call came from an increased appropriation designated to support the development of distance education and online teaching. The decision to increase the appropriation was made against the background of the shift to digitised teaching as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

The call has been implemented in two stages, with eight of twenty applications granted project funding in the first round. The deadline for applications to the second round was 12 October, with a decision expected by 17 November.

The following projects will share a total of just over SEK 1 million (the project “Internet-based Laboratory Control of a Nuclear Reactor” is described in more detail in another article):

  • Meeting the Needs of Students through Recorded Teaching Sessions in Combination with Formative Evaluations and Self-correcting Study Questions. Project manager: Anna Frost, Department of Electrical Engineering.
  • Teaching Through Podcasts: Finding a Better Connection Between Teachers and Students. Project manager: Dominik Döllinger, Department of Sociology.
  • Collaborative “Whiteboarding” in Distance Learning. Project manager: Bor Gregorcic, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
  • Biological Design In Silico: Digital Learning Environments for Course-wide Laboratory Sessions with Biopharmaceuticals. Project manager: Greta Hultqvist, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences.
  • Digital Clinical Examinations for the Course Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Medicine Programme. Project manager: Inger Sundström Poromaa, Department of Women's and Children's Health.
  • Avatars in the Pharmaceutical Classroom. Project manager: Per Larsson, Department of Pharmacy.
  • Internet-based Laboratory Control of a Nuclear Reactor. Project manager: Ali Al-Adili, Department of Physics and Astronomy.
  • Digitising Laboratory Sessions in Molecular Biology and Genetics During and After the Pandemic. Project manager: Andrea Hinas and Fredrik Söderbom, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.