Master Training Network

To support the education of more master level graduates in digital technologies a DIREC Master training network is established to complement and create synergies among the education programs in digital technologies at the partner universities. Furthermore, the network will address gender diversity and strengthen researcher-student-industry collaboration to support exploitation of capacity.

Objectives and synergies

To evolve Danish master programs in digital technologies by:

Educational development projects that target relevant challenges and opportunities, e.g. diversity challenges and new learning technologies. Each projects will run for two years and the outcomes will continuously be embedded in the operation of the education programs at the participating universities. The training network will help promote successful initiatives to a national level to boost impact and speed of implementation.
Providing extras to master programs by the coordination of seminars among master students involved in DIREC projects in collaboration with researchers involved in the projects. E.g. based on visiting researchers from abroad and industry collaborators.
Inspiring and educating students in doing industry-based master thesis projects based on recent promising research from their home institution in collaboration with running DIREC projects. This includes training students by involving them as resources in research projects as basis for problem-based learning. Thereby, also inspiring master students to enroll in programs at the PhD schools.

Projects

Initiatives to improve recruitment and retention of IT students

Denmark needs more IT specialists. But how do we get more young people to study computer science and become IT specialist? This project, consisting of...

Software Infrastructures for Teaching at Scale

The aim is to improve onboarding and retention of students result in an ability to teach more students and lower dropout rates.

Learning Technology for Improving Teaching Quality at Scale

Teaching quality and student feedback is negatively impacted by lack of teachers and many students. There is a need to consider how learning technologies can...