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Experts in Teamwork - for village supervisors

Here you can find an overview of tasks, seminars, and important dates for village supervisors in Experts in Teamwork (EiT).

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What is my responsibility as a village supervisor?

As a village supervisor you support the students in an EiT village, so that they develop teamwork skills, and practice communicating and applying their academic expertise.

You are responsible for planning and executing the village, in accordance with the formal framework, including the course description, assessment criteria and quality assurance of teaching. See the Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork (EiT) – a guide for students and teaching staff (PDF).

The teaching activities in the village are planned and executed in cooperation with the learning assistants. You should also ensure that you use EiT’s experience-based teaching method.

The village supervisor's tasks span the autumn semester (preparations) and the spring semester (in the village).

What are my tasks as a village supervisor?

Autumn 2024

familiarize yourself with the course description and Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork (EiT) – a guide for students and teaching staff (PDF)
develop a village theme and a web presentation that appeals to students from across disciplines (read more about the village theme and see how to create a web presentation)
participate in courses and seminars
organize cooperation with the industry and public sector
familiarize yourself with the attendance rules for students
plan the village in cooperation with the learning assistants
inform the students about the learning materials

Spring 2025

be a discussion partner for the learning assistants in their effort in facilitating the group processes
lead and be present in the village, arrange for and guide the student groups
provide feedback on submitted work during the period
keep attendance
support the implementation of the student survey
conduct obligatory activities: cooperation agreement, oral project presentations and perspective dialogue
carrying out a course evaluation and writing a course report
grading with another village supervisor

In sum, the village supervisor's most important task is to support the students in an EiT village, so that they can develop teamwork skills, and practice communicating and applying their academic expertise. This entails planning and carrying out the village in cooperation with the learning assistants and using EiT’s experience-based teaching method.

What is the estimated workload?

The total workload is 240 hours. Village supervisors spend approximately 80 hours on preparations in the autumn, and approximately 160 hours in the village and grading in spring.

Activities and deadlines for village supervisors - autumn 2024

August

Q&A: Online presentation of the village
Aug 15, 12:00-13:00 (Norwegian) and 14:00-15:00 (English)
Digital workshop for all village supervisors, where you can ask questions and discuss challenges related to the online presentation with persons in the EiT Academic section.

September

Deadline Sept 1: Web presentation of your village must be submitted to the faculty contact person.

October

Online course on learning design and group dynamics Invitation by email. Date of publication: TBA.
For village supervisors and learning assistants. Content: theory on learning, group dynamics, facilitation, student projects and project development.
Information meeting: What is EiT? Oct 1, 13:00-14:00 (Norwegian) and 14:15-15:15 (English)
Online meeting for new village supervisors and all learning assistants. Basic information about the course Experts in Teamwork.
Kick-off meeting for Gjøvik and Ålesund.
Oct 1, 14:30-15:30. Invitation by email.
Get-together for LL and LA in Gjøvik and Ålesund and onboarding for the learning assistants.

November

EiT in practice - obligatory for new village supervisors.
One day during the period Nov 5-7.The English seminar is held on Nov 7.
Digital seminar (09:00-13:30) about the practical implementation of EiT.
The Village 2025 - obligatory for all village supervisors.
One day during the period Nov 12-18 (08:30-16:00). There is an English virtual seminar on Nov 12 and an English physical seminar, for physical villages in Trondheim, on Nov 13.
Meet your learning assistants, discuss and share experiences and with other village supervisors, start planning your village.
Project Design in Practice - voluntarily for all village supervisors
Nov 21 12:00-15:00 (Norwegian) and Nov 22 12:00-15:00 (English). Digital seminar.
Content: Project design, societal benefit and value creation, collaboration with external partners.
Assessment workshop - recommended for all village supervisors
Nov 27, 09:15-11:00 (Norwegian) and 12:15-14:00 (English).
Digital workshop for all village supervisors about what constitutes the content of the process report in EiT and the assessment of the report. The aim is that it will become clearer what this report consists of, how it is created and what the requirements are. This clarification might contribute to the preparation for and conduction of the teaching and grading at the end of the course.

December

Workshop on virtual learning environment in EiT
Dec 10, 14:00-15:30.
Workshop for village supervisors who will conduct their village in whole or in part virtually. Main focus: Digital relation building, how to make students work as a team and share experiences.
Deadline Dec 13: You send an invitation/welcome message in Blackboard to the students in your village.

What is a village theme?

Each EiT village has an overall theme, the village theme. Within this theme, each student group in the village defines an interdisciplinary project they want to pursue. The goal is for each student in the group to apply their expertise and for the project to create societal value. The village supervisor defines the village theme, which then provides a framework for the students’ project work.

The village theme should:

be open and interdisciplinary, appealing to students from different disciplines
relate to current problems and challenges faced by society and/or the industry and public sector
relate to stakeholders in society which students may engage with during the project

What is the online presentation of the village?

Each village is presented on the Experts in Teamwork web page in the autumn semester. This presentation is what helps the students choose their village. The online presentation is consequently one of the most important tools in recruiting students to the village, and it is your responsibility as village supervisor.

August 15, 2024, EiT is organizing an online session: Q&A on the web description of the village. Here you can ask questions and discuss challenges related to the presentation with people from the Academic section for EiT. You have received an email invitation.

How do I proceed?

Download and fill out the template for the online presentation of your village (.docx). Send the finished document to the EiT contact person at your faculty, who ensures that it is published online (see contact details here). The submission deadline for the presentation is September 1.

The presentations are published online October 1, and the students’ deadline for deciding which villages to apply for is November 1.

See the Online presentation of the EiT Village: What, Why and How? (PDF) for guidance on choosing a village title, the use of images, and what you should write in the presentation of the village.

Start date spring 2025

The intensive villages start on Monday January 6, and the semester-based villages start on Wednesday January 8.
See also the lists of important dates for intensive and semester based villages.

Resources for students, village supervisors and learning assistants

You will find digital resources for 2024 in Sharepoint.

Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork

The Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork - a guide for students and teaching staff contains the course description and an elaboration on EiT's learning outcomes and assessment criteria. The document describes the course framework, such as attendance and compulsory activities.

Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork (English version, pdf)
- Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork single pages (English version, pdf)
- EiT assessment criteria adapted for assistive technology (docx)
Formelle rammer i Eksperter i team (norsk versjon, pdf)
- Formelle rammer i Eksperter i team enkeltsider (norsk versjon, pdf)
- EiT vurderingskriterier tilpasset skjermlesere (docx)

The document also elaborates on expectations regarding the content of the process report and the project delivery.

Important materials for the students

In Sharepoint you will find important learning materials for the students. We request that village supervisors upload the following content to Blackboard:

Formal framework in Experts in Teamwork (pdf). This is also available directly on the website for EiT students.
Book of reflections for students (pdf).
Information about the online course for students.

The University Library publishes a digital bibliography in Blackboard using the tool Leganto.

Teaching materials for village supervisors and learning assistants

This is available for village supervisors and learning assistants in separate folders in Sharepoint:

Presentations for use in the village
Materials for exercises for use in the village
Materials from the EiT seminars
A digital version of The EiT book
A digital version of The Book of Reflection

Online course

With the learning assistants, you as the village supervisor will facilitate the students in gaining an increased understanding of, and skills in, interdisciplinary collaboration. This online course introduces key concepts that form the basis of EiT's pedagogical platform. The course includes the following topics:

Student active learning
Student project and project development
Facilitation as a pedagogical method
Group dynamics
Virtual collaboration

Information about the online course is found in the "For students" folder in Sharepoint.

Recommended platforms for digital teaching

NTNU has two approved tools for digital teaching: Blackboard Collaborate and Zoom. NTNU has published instructions for Blackboard Collaborate (in Norwegian) and for Zoom.

Reference group and course report

The village supervisor is responsible for carrying out a course evaluation and writing a course report in KASPER, NTNU’s quality assurance system. The Academic section for Experts in Teamwork recommends that the course evaluation is done with the help of reference groups. As a contribution to the course report, each village supervisor also receives feedback from the students in the village through selected questions in EiT's survey.

The village supervisor is responsible for establishing a reference group in the village, see: KASPER - Study programme management system. A representative of each student group and village supervisor must attend. Additionally, (one of) the learning assistants can be asked to participate.

For semester-based villages the Academic section for Experts in Teamwork recommends three reference group meetings: one at the start, one midway through and one at the end of the course. For intensive villages two meetings may be sufficient.

The reference group must submit proposals for measures to improve the students' learning outcomes in EiT. The minutes from the reference group meetings form the basis for the course report that is written at the end of the semester.

For more information on creating reference groups and evaluation of courses: Methods for student evaluation of courses.