1. Teaching and learning in higher education in the Nordic countries
Teaching and Learning an New Technologies in Higher Education
February 26th 2016
Bjarne Wahlgren

2. The conditions Free access There is no tuition fee
The students are paid to study (study-support)
Half of a cohort takes a higher education
Higher education:
University colleges: bachelor degrees
Universities: master degrees

3. Main themes Flexibility as a goal and principle
Practical competence converted to academic knowledge
Leaning based on solution of problems and principles of transfer of knowledge

4. The flexible structure
Formal accept of what you have studiet
From professional education to academic grades
Flexible and differentiated teaching
Knowledge-sharing between students

5. Practical competence has a value
Two years of experiences from a (relevant) workplace equates one year of a university study
It requires a special and differentiated kind of teaching process
Practical experiences are the link between the academic world and the workplace and improve the transfer process
Valuing practical experiences have a lifelong perspective

6. Problem oriented teaching methods focusing on transfer of knowledge
The foremost purpose of education is to supply the students with the ability to act qualified in contexts
To act qualified means to find relevant solutions og problem
Accordingly the university must train students to identify and to solve relevant problems
And to train tranfer of the new knowledge to new situations

7. Frame of understanding
Flexibility in the total academic process
Academic grades could be based on practical experiences
Problem based learning processes focusing on training transfer of knowledge
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