By Louise Hartmann, Institute for Advanced Study in PBL
Graphics: Søren Emil Søe Degn, AAU Communication and Public Affairs

Supervision, AI, digital education, and student well-being. Those are just some of the themes you can explore when the Institute for Advanced Study in PBL (IAS PBL) invites you to a series of exciting workshops with PBL as the common denominator.

This will take place in week 47, when AAU INNOVATE in Aalborg serves as the venue for AAU’s PBL Week.

PBL – A part of everyday life at AAU

PBL is an integral part of everyday life at Aalborg University. As a lecturer or staff member at Aalborg University, you will undoubtedly have encountered PBL. It’s something we do—a way in which we teach our students, a way in which students approach their learning. But how often do you, as a lecturer, pause and reflect on this practice? Did you know, for example, that AAU has research groups within all main areas focusing on PBL, whose teaching and research are either fully or partly dedicated to PBL?

In week 47, from 18 to 22 November 2024, you are invited to participate in a series of exciting events organised by both AAU’s PBL researchers and international partners. These events cover a wide range of topics, allowing you to gain insights into current PBL research and provide input from your own teaching practice.

AAU’s Pro-Rector Anne Marie Kanstrup encourages AAU teaching staff to engage in workshops relevant to their own teaching practices.

“Teaching, is one of our most fundamental tasks,” says Anne Marie Kanstrup, “and PBL is an integral part of our teaching practice.”

“As the framework around us continuously changes, it is essential that we keep in mind that our pedagogical practice is adapted to these changes and that our research in pedagogy and PBL also reaches into subject-specific teaching practice.”

Several of the offered workshops specifically invite dialogue and co-creation, thereby seeking to explore how we can strengthen the connection between subject-specific and pedagogical practices at the university.

If you wish to participate in PBL Week, registration for all workshops is open until 8 November 2024. Please select the workshops you are interested in via the following link:  

Register for PBL Week 2024