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Archive Autumn 2018 | Course Teams, Educational Coordinators, Resources, Guidelines and Work Process | In-depth elective sessions | Amanuensguiden // Course Coordinator Guide | Open events at CEMUS

Deadlines and time table

The meetings and material listed below will be explained further by instructions sent out by email and at actual meetings. The meetings and material are fundamental aspects of the work with your course and everyone is expected to participate – when it says EVERYBODY that means everybody working with an autumn 2019 course. In other words – not being at a meeting/session is the same as not showing up for work. Everybody takes part in the Course Report Conference and Course Assembly 1-4, then you select 3 specific, in-depth sessions, see list to select from at the bottom. CEMUS Fika every Wednesday at 15.15. Happy course coordination!

MARCH 2019

week 12
NEW COURSE COORDINATORS
Monday March 18 at 9.15-12.00 Start-up new course coordinators at CEMUS, welcome to Lisa, Anna, Arturo, Rianne, Nick, Charlotte and Franklin!

EVERYBODY – WORK, PROJECT AND TIME PLANNING START-UP – EDUCATIONAL COORDINATORS BOOKS MEETING
Wednesday March 20-Friday March 29 Educational coordinators will book meetings to start the work planning, time budget and collaborative process. Work, project and time plan start-up – with your coordinator colleague work through and discuss the different documents, then meet up with educational coordinator and decide on time plan/budget in work description and project plan.

Purpose: Introduce the course coordinator work at CEMUS, discuss parallel starting-points for that work and connect in-class hours to work hours in time budget/planning. Get a clear understanding of the work description and how the total hours is best spent to create the best course possible, agree on how to collaborate, and formulate a project plan that enables a clear and concrete work process.
Key documents: Course coordinators autumn 2019 | Educational coordinators per course and theme | Course Coordinator Guide autumn 2019 | CEMUS book – Transcending Boundaries (print) click to download: English Swedish | Work description & project plan (download) | Time budget (download) | Collaborative agreement (download)

EVERYBODY – COURSE THEMATIC START-UP MEETINGS – EDUCATIONAL COORDINATORS BOOKS MEETING
Wednesday March 20-Friday March 29 Course thematic start-up – connect with your fellow coordinator, read course reports, meet last semesters coordinator/s, and meet with educational coordinators.

Purpose: Start the process of understanding what the course thematically is focused on, different pedagogic methods used in the course, and start the fun process of creating the best possible course autumn 2019.
Key documents: Course syllabus/kursplan | Course report (email and print)

EVERYBODY
Thursday March 21 at 13.15-16.00 CEMUS Course Report Conference – best practices from autumn 2018 courses in an interactive workshop, discussion format with Andrew Gallagher (see email) in Kollaboratiet Uppsala, Östra Ågatan 19.

SOCIAL
Thursday March 21 from 16.00 Post-conference, CEMUS social – welcome to new course coordinators! And goodbye to autumn 2018 coordinators leaving in Kollaboariet.

week 13
TEAM HÅLLBAR UTVECKLING A (HUA, GMH, KE)
Date, time to be decided Start-up cooperating courses within the HUA-framework. More meetings will be booked at or after this session.

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday March 27 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) in Norrland II, Geocentrum.

APRIL 2019

week 14
DEADLINE
Monday April 1 at 12.00 Upload to CEMUS-Edu-Box (see email with invitation/link):

• Work description & time budget autumn 2019
• Project plan
• Collaborative agreement

DEADLINE
Monday April 1 at 12.00 Email or talk to Alexis about suggested work group members, decide together with Alexis. After this deadline you then contact new and returning work group members.

Week 14 time for elective thematic specialization (you pick 3 sessions minimum in total), see list at the end of this page.

week 15
EVERYBODY
Week 15-16 Work Group Meeting 1 with summary of last semesters course, creative input, course outline and some general decisions. Email course reports and other relevant material for the meeting one week in advance.

DEADLINE
Before April 9 Produce idea map and thematic structure for schedule to CEMUS Course Assembly 1. The idea map, thematic outline should be discussed with you Educational Coordinator before April 9.

EVERYBODY
Tuesday April 9 at 09.15-12.00 CEMUS Course Assembly 1: workshop focused on course concept(s), outline and structure, with Sara Andersson and Sanna Gunnarsson in Kollaboratoriet.

Instruction: Prepare course idea map covering central content and themes. Bring a physical version to session.
Purpose: To explore central themes in CEMUS education, and how these are covered in courses in the fall.
Key documents: Idea map and course syllabus.

Welcome to the first course assembly for the semester – covering central themes and content in our courses! The purpose of the session is to explore central themes in CEMUS education, and how these are covered in courses in the fall. You need to prepare your course idea map covering central content and themes beforehand, and bring a physical version to session. Also, you need access to your course syllabus. / Sara Andersson and Sanna Gunnarsson

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday April 10 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) in Norrland II, Geocentrum.

CHARLY, FRANKLIN, LAILA & NILS
Friday April 12 at 09.15-12.00 Combined elective session: Sustainability and Climate Change Education – starting points and ways forward and The Course Coordinator Role and Mission – navigating balmy and choppy waters at CEMUS, Villavägen 16, meeting room to be found at the start of session.

Purpose: Explore and discuss different ways and starting points for sustainability and climate change education, in combination with outlining and discussing the course coordinator role at CEMUS.

Key documents:

• The Five Axioms of Sustainability
• Education for Sustainable Development is a Generational Issue 2011
• Learning “betwixt and between”: Opportunities and challenges for student-driven partnership

week 16
EVERYBODY
Week 15-16 Work Group Meeting 1 with summary of last semesters course, creative input, course outline and some general decisions. Email course reports and other relevant material for the meeting one week in advance.

week 17
ELECTIVE SESSION
Tuesday April 23 at 13.15-16.00 Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary Methods and Processes at CEMUS – transcending boundaries and breaking down walls with Andrew Gallagher, at CEMUS, Villavägen 16, meeting room to be found at the start of session.

Purpose:
Key documents:

• Crossing Boundaries. An Analytical Look at Cemus’ Educational Model

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday April 24 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) in Norrland II, Geocentrum.

MAY 2019

week 18
Week 18 time for elective thematic specialization (you pick 3 sessions minimum in total), see list at the end of this page.

week 19
ELECTIVE SESSION
Wednesday May 8 at 10.15-12.00 Gender, Intersectionality and Normcritical Education – part 1 – concepts, theories and practices in class, at CEMUS, Villavägen 16, meeting room to be found at the start of session.

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday May 8 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) in Norrland II, Geocentrum.

DEADLINE
Before May 9 Prepare according to instructions emailed a week in advance for CEMUS Course Assembly 2 on literature and supporting non-text material. The material should be discussed with your Educational Coordinator before May 9.

EVERYBODY
Thursday May 9 at 9.15-12.00 CEMUS Course Assembly 2 on literature and supporting non-text material in CEMUS Library with Daniel Mossberg.

Instructions:
1. Download and watch the powerpoint >with instructions and background here:
Pre-Course Assembly 2 presentation …open, present and click next.
2. Possible books on the short list for autumn 2019: find at least 4 books per MSD-course; 4 books per 7.5 credit course; 6 books per 15 credit course; 8 books for CCLIP 30 credits that could be selected for the coming semester – talk to Daniel and/or your educational coordinator if get stuck. This could off course include books for last semester/previous years. Make sure the books are physically here at CEMUS/Villavägen 16 for the Course Assembly and email Daniel if you need to order.
3. Fill out one form per book and discuss: you can find the form with questions to fill in and discuss here: Form CCA 2
4. Discuss and rank the books: make a list individually that puts the books in the order from most important for learning/need to be part of the course to less important and then discuss and make joint list together for your course.
5. Meet with Educational Coordinator and discuss.
6. Bring the forms, the joint list and at least one physical copy of the book to the Course Assembly: at the session we will discuss the books, their purpose/function in the courses and more in smaller groups, trying to build a visual overview of books at CEMUS autumn 2019 and try to figure out why we select certain books/topics/methods.

Purpose: to process and discuss course books that fits with and enables learning in the different courses; to better understand why certain books with certain topics and perspectives are selected, and why some are not selected; to get an overview of the number of books and the actual course books the coming semester to enable the same amount of reading per similar courses and avoid using the same or too similar books on CEMUS courses.

Key documents: Padlet with possible book autumn 2019

week 20
ELECTIVE SESSION – STARTING IN IHRESALEN kl. 13.15
Monday May 13 at 13.15-16.00 Exciting changes/news – we meet at Ihresalen/lecture hall well before kl. 13.15 Monday May 13 – and join the lecture by Christina Sharpe “Afterlife of Soil”.

In this talk, The Afterlife of Soil, Sharpe will think about wakes, slavery museums and memorials, about soil and dust. In order to do this she will turn to The Whitney Plantation in Wallace, Louisiana, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, and the Legacy Museum from Slavery to Mass Incarceration in Montgomery, Alabama, among other sites. Sharpe will explore what soil might allow for in thinking about Black life and diaspora. She will also look to the work of Black women visual artists Torkwase Dyson and Courtney Desiree Morris.

“Christina Sharpe is a Professor at York University, Toronto in the Department of Humanities. She is the author of two books: In the Wake: On Blackness and Being(2016) (named by the Guardian and The Walrus as one of the best books of 2016 and a nonfiction finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award) and Monstrous Intimacies: Making Post-Slavery Subjects (2010), both published by Duke University Press. She is currently completing the critical introduction to the Collected Poems of Dionne Brand (1982-2010) to be published by Duke University Press. And she is working on a monograph: Black. Still. Life.“

From the lecture ending at kl. 15 we will find a space near Ihresalen and go into a discussion on the lecture and the combined themes of:

• Reading, Writing, Revolution (Jensen) – honest education, reckless talk and challenging students (book handed out)
• Deep Adaptation (Bendell) https://www.lifeworth.com/deepadaptation.pdf
• Education for Survival – between hope and a hard place https://www.terry.ubc.ca/2006/01/27/the-end-of-educationdr-david-orr-jan-12th-13th-2006/
• Extinction Education – the myth of human supremacy (Jensen) https://www.sevenstories.com/books/3918-the-myth-of-human-supremacy and the love of nature https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2019/05/nature-decline-unprecedented-report/

You don’t need to/shouldn’t read, watch all of the above – it is rather threads to follow after the session.

ELECTIVE SESSION
Tuesday May 14 at 13.15-16.00 Active Student Participation at CEMUS – ways of involving, engaging and enraging students with Alexis Engström, at CEMUS, Villavägen 16, meeting room to be found at the start of session.

Purpose: coming.

Key documents: coming.

CEMUS LUNCH
Wednesday May 15 at 12.15-13.00 “Reporting back from Bergen International Student Conference 2019” with Izzie Baudish and André Dutra, at CEMUS, Villavägen 16

Purpose: In late March, Izzie and André went to Bergen to host a workshop at the Bergen International Student Conference*. We are now hosting a joint lunch where we will get to hear about their experiences and discuss what we can learn from Bergen and maybe possible ways to take this collaboration further.

*BISC is organized by students through the UiB Collaboratory, inspired by the CEMUS-model and initiated by CEMUS alumn Jakob Grandin.

Key material: Bring your own lunch!

ELECTIVE SESSION
Wednesday May 15 at 13.15-16.00 Fact-Based Education and Calculating The End Of The World – carbon budgets, footprints of giants and the changing nature of facts, at CEMUS, Villavägen 16, meeting room to be found at the start of session.

Purpose: coming.

Key documents: coming.

ELECTIVE SESSION
Thursday May 16 at 09.15-12.00 CEMUS and Sustainability Myth Busters – put your ideas, beliefs about sustainability, student-led education and the future of humanity to the test in this workshop that aims to improve your course through a fun and critical review with Daniel Mossberg, at CEMUS, Villavägen 16, meeting room to be found at the start of session.

Purpose: coming.

Key documents: coming.

week 21
EVERYBODY
Week 21-22 Work Group Meeting 2 with decision on schedule, literature and examination. Email creative documents that opens up for input and other relevant material for the meeting one week in advance.

DEADLINE
Before May 22 Prepare according to instructions emailed a week in advance for CEMUS Course Assembly 3 on examination. The material should be discussed with you Educational Coordinator before May 22.

EVERYBODY
Wednesday May 22 at 9.15-12.00 CEMUS Course Assembly 3 on examination in CEMUS Library with Alexis Engström.

Instructions: coming.
Purpose: coming.
Key documents: coming.

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday May 22 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) in Norrland II, Geocentrum.

week 22
EVERYBODY
Week 21-22 Work Group Meeting 2 with decision on schedule, literature and examination. Email creative documents that opens up for input and other relevant material for the meeting one week in advance.

CEMUS SOCIAL
Tuesday May 28 at 16.00 Join for a little adios/hej då/tack så mycket for those who will be leaving Cemus this semester. We’ll probably do a picnic and beers outside, more info to come from Andy.

JUNE 2019

week 23
DEADLINE
Monday June 3 no later than kl. 12.00 upload to the EduBox:

• Welcome greeting with course basics and contact info
• A preliminary schedule with mandatory sessions clearly stated and outline of examination and deadlines
• List of literature – books, course readers and other material

Schedule with times and dates and guest and your own sessions (not all guests have to be booked but decided on), literature (books and outline for course reader) and examination model need to be finished. Book meeting with Educational Coordinator and meet before June 3, print and post schedule on bulletin board in corridor, and upload to the EduBox. Remember to sync joint guests with other courses already in April-May.

CEMUS EDU LEADERSHIP GROUP
Tuesday June 4 at 9.15-12.00 review, discussion and decisions on documents submitted June 3. After the meeting we will email you if there’s any changes need or if you can go ahead and post the info.

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday June 5 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) in Norrland II, Geocentrum.

week 24
DEADLINE
No later than Monday June 10 Post at CEMUS course page and Studentportalen preliminary schedule and other course info that you have decided upon with the Course Work Group in May and CEMUS Education Leadership Group June 4.

The posts needs to include:

• Welcome greeting with course basics and contact info
• A preliminary schedule with mandatory sessions clearly stated and outline of examination and deadlines
• List of literature – books, course readers and other material

week 25-26 -no significant work – vacation and flex hours saved or used in March-May / August-January period.

JULY 2019

week 27-30 -no significant work – vacation and flex hours saved or used in March-May / August-January period.

week 31
DEADLINE
No later than Monday July 29 Send out welcome letters (via email) with preliminary schedule and other course info that you have decided upon with the Course Work Group in May and CEMUS Education Leadership Group June 4. You will get email addresses via email from Alexis.

The email needs to include:

• Welcome letter
• A preliminary schedule with mandatory sessions clearly stated and outline of examination and deadlines
• List of literature – books, course readers and other material

AUGUST 2019

week 32

Everybody back to Uppsala from vacation Monday August 5.

Vacation or travel during the rest of August needs to be communicated and approved in May at the latest, talk to your Educational Coordinator.

week 33
Work on your course – preparing for the autumn semester start.

week 34
CEMUS staff trip/pre-semester – CEMUS Course Assembly 4 dates and times to be decided. One night stay over.

Elective sessions:

• Course Cultures and Inclusive Pedagogy – how to create a constructive, creative and compassionate course culture without losing the critical edge
• E-Learning Tools and Practices – use the best online tools and create the best ever course page for your students
• Assignments Design, Syllabi and Grading Criteria – how to create great assignments for the best courses ever
• Presenting and Communicating – video presenting exercise
• International Classroom – international students and global sustainability issues

week 35
DEADLINE
No later than Monday August 26 email to students and post at course page and studentportalen a finalised schedule.

EVERYBODY/CEMUS STAFF
Wednesday August 28 at 12.15-13.00 Staff meeting (bring your own lunch) room to be announced.

Staff meetings odd weeks – Wednesdays at 12.15-13.00 room to be announced.

SEPTEMBER 2019

week 36
EVERYBODY
Monday September 2

The Autumn Semester 2019 starts!

JANUARY-MARCH 2020

week 3
January 19 last day of the autumn semester 2019.

EVERYBODY
Date and time to be decided Course Report Conference autumn 2019 courses.

Resources, Guidelines and Work Process

Themes, focus areas and titles of elective in-depth sessions

Select a minimum of 3 specific sessions here: https://forms.gle/mxfFmfDhj7BfmrUEA (where also have the chance to suggest your own theme)

• LEGO Build Your Work Process – hours turned into physical LEGO bricks, turned into the whole work cycle at CEMUS
• The Course Coordinator Role and Mission – navigating balmy and choppy waters
• CEMUS Course Work Groups 101 – create the best possible meetings for the best courses in the world
• Sustainability and Climate Change Education – starting points and ways forward
• Multi-Inter-Trans-Disciplinary Methods and Processes at CEMUS – transcending boundaries and breaking down walls
• Living After The Future – history, present and future in sustainability education
• Fact-Based Education and Calculating The End Of The World – carbon budgets, footprints of giants and the changing nature of facts
• International Classroom – international students and global sustainability issues
• Ethics in Syllabi, Planning and Sessions – concepts, theories and practices in class
• Gender, Intersectionality and Normcritical Education – part 1 – concepts, theories and practices in class
• Active Student Participation at CEMUS – ways of involving, engaging and enraging students
• Extinction Education – the myth of human supremacy (Jensen) and the love of nature
• Reading, Writing, Revolution (Jensen) – honest education, reckless talk and challenging students
• Deep Adaptation (Bendell) and Education for Survival – between hope and a hard place
• CEMUS and Sustainability Myth Busters – put your ideas, beliefs about sustainability, student-led education and the future of humanity to the test in this workshop that aims to improve your course through a fun and critical review.
• Presenting and Communicating – video presenting exercise
• E-Learning Tools and Practices – use the best online tools and create the best ever course page for your students
• Assignments Design, Syllabi and Grading Criteria – how to create great assignments for the best ever courses
• Course Cultures and Inclusive Pedagogy – how to create a constructive, creative and compassionate course culture without losing the critical edge

Course Coordinator Series theme song Neil Young – Rockin In The Free World