The FH Salzburg Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching skills, dedication to students' success, and innovative teaching methods. Students are invited to nominate their favourite courses.
The award has been presented annually since 2023, with a prize money totalling per call over € 5,000, and honours outstanding teaching skills at the FH Salzburg. The winners of the Teaching Award.
The call for submission for the Teaching Award 2025 will follow shortly.
Nominate your favourite course now!
Students of FH Salzburg can select "Nominate this course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award” (item no. 9) on the course evaluation form (online) during the evaluation period.
Evaluation periode academic year 2024/25: The evaluation for each course will be open as soon as the course is about to start its last quarter and will end on 07 February 2025 (winter semester) or 06 July 2025 (summer semester).
For any questions, suggestions and comments, please contact rektorat@fh-salzburg.ac.at.
Call for submission
The call for submission for the Teaching Award 2025 will follow shortly. (The call may differ from the previous calls.)
FH Salzburg also awards the Teaching Award for the academic year 2023/24.
Courses held in winter semester 2023/24 and/or summer semester 2024 can be submitted by lecturers.
Lecturers who have received at least five student nominations AND have been nominated by at least 20 % of the enrolled students are eligible to submit.
Who is eligible for the award?
Internal and external lecturers of the FH Salzburg, who have shown outstanding teaching skills, dedication to students' success, and innovative teaching methods in a course held in winter semester 2023/24 or summer semester 2024 can be awarded.
Courses that have more than one lecturer and are divided in parts, can also be awarded as a whole or in parts.
Who can nominate and how (does it work)? (Nomination)
Students of FH Salzburg can select “Nominate this course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award” (item no. 9) on the course evaluation form (online) during the evaluation period.
Evaluation periode academic year 2023/24: - winter semester 2023/24: 15.10.2023-12.02.2024; - summer semester 2024: 30.04.-08.07.2024.
Who can submit? (Submission)
All lecturers of FH Salzburg are eligible to submit a course
- held in winter semester 2023/24 and/or summer semester 2024,
- that has received at least five student nominations AND has been nominated by at least 20 % of the enrolled students and
- must have a minimum volume of 1 SWS, regardless of the course type,
for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
In case that a course is shared with other lecturers (e.g. if a large course is held in parts by several lecturers), any of the lecturers can submit the course as a group or individuals may only submit their part of the course.
Lecturers may resubmit submitted courses to the Teaching Award, provided that the submission has been revised, whereby award winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd place, as well as the Honour Award) from previous years may not resubmit the award-winning course.
Submitting a course for the Teaching Award is at the discretion of the respective lecturer. Students and colleagues can actively encourage lecturers to submit. There is no obligation to submit.
How are evaluation and selection conducted?
The submissions will be reviewed by a jury. The jury consists of students, fellow colleagues from the areas of teaching and research, quality management, Didactics and Learning Technologies as well as the rectorate and an external expert.
The evaluation and selection by the jury will take place in October 2024 and will be based on the following criteria: student-centeredness, course structure, innovative teaching and learning formats, research-led teaching and an overall impression.
The course evaluation will also be reviewed by the jury in terms of content.
The jury's decision will be announced in due course. The winners of the FH Salzburg Teaching Awards 2024 will be announced at the award ceremony. The jury's shortlist will be published in advance.
Awards and ceremony
The FH Salzburg Teaching Award 2024 is awarded as follows, totalling over € 5,000:
- 1st Place € 2,000
- 2nd Place € 1,500
- 3rd Place € 1,000
- Honour Award* € 500
*A teaching concept that particularly stands out in one of the criteria or if it is an out-of-the-box teaching concept is honoured with the appreciation award.
Shortlisted lecturers will receive € 200.
The prize money will be disbursed by FH Salzburg to the winners. (Please note that this payment is taxable.)
In the case of group submissions, the award will be divided equally.
The award ceremony will take place on 19 November 2024.
Submission
Submission will be open from 2 September 2024 until 30 September 2024.
The submission is processed via an MS Forms form. For this, it is necessary to be logged in with the FHS-Office-Account.
Here you will find a preview of the submission form [PDF] as well as instructions and notes on the submission documents.
Submission documents:
- General data about the person and course
- Proof of at least five students nominations AND nominations from at least 20 % of the enrolled students by means of evaluation of the course evaluation form.
(You will receive the results of the course evaluation via Evasys or via your Head of Academic Area/Head of Degree Programme) - Presentation of your teaching concept in a short video (max. 3 minutes)
- Conect: Explanation of the teaching concept, comment on the criteria using the guiding questions, optional: sample of the teaching.
- Length: max. 3 minutes (Please note: Submissions that exceed the specified video length will be eliminated from the selection process.)
- Support: the Didactics and Learning Technologies team has provided comprehensive information about the production steps involved in creating a video on myFHS (Intranet). You are also welcome to use the DLT Studio of FH Salzburg.
- Statement on the criteria by means of guiding questions (max. 800 characters per criterion):
- What distinguishes the structure of your course? (course structure)
- What would your students say contributes to the student-centeredness of your course? (student-centeredness)
- How do innovative teaching and learning formats manifest themselves in your course? (innovative teaching and learning formats)
- What is the extent to which research-led teaching is practised in this course? (research-led teaching)
Lecturers also have the option of submitting several courses.
Dates
- Publication of the call: 02 August 2024
- Submission opens: 02 September 2024
- Submission deadline: 30 September 2024
- Evaluation and selection by jury: October 2024
- Announcement of the selection/shortlist: by 05 November 2024 at the latest
- Award Ceremony: 19 November 2024
The FH Salzburg Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching skills, dedication to students' success, and innovative teaching methods. Students are invited to nominate their favourite courses.
This year marks the premiere of the award, with prize money totalling € 5,000.
Submission for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award 2022/23 is open from 01 September 2023 until 29 September 2023, 12 pm. Courses held in winter semester 2022/23 and/or summer semester 2023 can be submitted by lecturers.
Students of FH Salzburg were able to nominate courses via the course evaluation form. Lecturers who have received at least three student nominations are eligible to submit their course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
Who can nominate and how (does it work)? (Nomination)
- Starting with summer semester 2023, students of FH Salzburg select “Nominate this course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award” (Item No. 9) on the course evaluation form online.
- Lecturers who receive three student nominations are eligible to submit their courses for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
In winter semester 2022/23, item no. 9 was not yet implemented in the course evaluation form. Outstandingly evaluated courses of winter semester 2022/23 can still be submitted by lecturers. After submission, it is the responsibility of the jury to assess whether there is sufficient positive feedback from students using the course evaluation form of the time.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
Internal and external lecturers of the FH Salzburg, who have shown outstanding teaching skills, dedication to students' success, and innovative teaching methods in a course held in winter semester 2022/23 or summer semester 2023.
Courses that have more than one lecturer and are divided in parts, can also be awarded as a whole or in parts.
The course or the part of the course must have a minimum volume of 1 SWS, regardless of the course type (e.g. IL, VO or ÜB).
Who can submit? (Submission)
All lecturers of FH Salzburg who fulfil the formal criteria listed above can submit a course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
In case that a course is shared with other lecturers (e.g. if a large course is held in parts by several lecturers), any of the lecturers can submit the course as a group or individuals may only submit their part of the course. In the case of a group submission, a total of three nominations must be submitted.
Submitting a course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award is at the discretion of the respective lecturer. Students and colleagues can actively encourage lecturers to submit. There is no obligation to submit.
Award
The FH Salzburg Teaching Award will be awarded as follows:
- 1st Place € 2,000
- 2nd Place € 1,500
- 3rd Place € 1,000
- Honour Award € 500
The prize money will be disbursed by FH Salzburg to the winners. (Please note that this payment is taxable.)
In the case of group submissions, the award will be divided.
The award ceremony will take place on 21 November 2023.
Jury and criteria
The submissions will be reviewed by a jury. The jury consists of students, fellow colleagues from the areas of teaching and research, quality management, eLearning & didactics as well as the rectorate, the management, and an external expert.
The evaluation and selection by the jury will take place in October 2023 and will be based on the following criteria: student-centeredness, course structure, innovative and digital teaching and research-led teaching.
The course evaluation will also be reviewed by the jury in terms of content.
The jury's decision will be announced in due course.
Submission
Submission will be open from 1 September 2023. The deadline for submission is 29 September 2023, 12 pm.
The submission is processed via an MS Forms form. For this, it is necessary to be logged in with the FHS-Office-Account.
Here you will find a preview of the submission form as well as instructions and notes on the submission documents.
Submission documents:
- General data about the person and courseProof of at least three nominations by students by means of evaluation of the course evaluation form. (You will receive the results of the course evaluation via Evasys or via your Head of Academic Area/Head of Degree Programme.)
- Presentation of your teaching concept in a short video (max. 3 minutes)
- Statement on the criteria by means of guiding questions (max. 1,200 characters per criterion:
- What distinguishes the structure of your course? (course structure)
- What contributes to the student-centeredness of your course? (student-centeredness)
- How do innovation and digitalisation manifest themselves in your course? (innovative and digital teaching)
- What would your students say is the extent to which research-led teaching is practised in this course? (research-led teaching)
Lecturers also have the option of submitting several courses.
Winners of the FH Salzburg Teaching Award
Teaching Award 2024
The jury reviewed 15 submissions in detail and shortlisted six, three of which were honoured on 19 November 2024:
- The winner (First place) of the Teaching Award 2024 is Jakob Christensen from the Department of Creative Technologies, for his particularly student-centred teaching concept in the subject ‘3D Introduction’.
- Second place went to external lecturer - and graduate - Sofie Suntinger from the Department of Health Sciences for the subject ‘English in the Professional Field of Orthoptics’.
- Third place in this year's Teaching Award went to Andreas Bilke from the Department of Creative Technologies. He competed with an overall concept for two courses, ‘Algorithms and Data Structures’ and ‘Introduction to Programming’, for which he pursued a similar didactic approach, that of the so-called ‘inverted’ or ‘flipped classroom’.
Teaching Award 2023
A total of 8 teaching concepts made it onto the shortlist. At the award ceremony, three winning projects (1st to 3rd place) and a Honour Award were awarded. The award recognises outstanding teaching by allowing lecturers to present their didactic concepts and share their way of teaching with the jury as well as with all other lecturers, which enables mutual learning. And, of course, the students also benefit from the innovative teaching.
- 1st place: Thomas Michael Haug, course „Modelle der Salutogenese in der Gesundheitsbildung“
- 2nd place: Stefan Wegenkittl, Martin Uray, Maximilian Jakob Schirl and Clemens Havas, course „Machine Learning“
- 3rd place: Maria Siller, course „Grundlagen der Logistik“ AND Ulrike Pichler, course „Neuroorthoptik“
- Honour Award: Günter Berger, "Nachhaltigen Exkursion“
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