Topic: teaching

An overview of digital accessibility, explaining its importance, principles and requirements to ensure equal and barrier-free access to digital content and services for all users – including people with special needs.

When using non-university learning environments, it is essential to first assess whether the platform complies with personal data protection requirements and to ensure secure and controlled access for learners, preferably through university-created accounts.

This guide describes the activities taken by a lecturer, whether or not they are in charge of a course, when teaching at the university.

When using the university's e-learning environments, technical issues and questions can be addressed by contacting e-learning user support. Instructional designers and other e-learning specialists provide methodological and educational technology support to lecturers in developing e-courses and creating digital learning materials.

Definitions of seven digital learning concepts, agreed upon by representatives of the Ministry of Education and Research, the University of Tartu Estonian Terminology Committee, and other educational institutions, which are categorized as professional terms referring to forms of learning and learning methods.

The UT Centre for Learning and Teaching organizes digital learning training and seminars for lecturers. On the page you can see upcoming trainings that you can still register for and information about the trainings that have taken place since. Video recordings of the trainings that have taken place will open in a new window by clicking on their title.

The University of Tartu has established a teaching excellence ambassador system to recognise and support academic staff members who develop their teaching based on evidence, motivate colleagues, and foster a teaching culture that supports learning.

Staff and students of the University of Tartu are invited to apply for the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2025, which will be held in Uppsala from 8 to 10 October. The central theme of this year’s conference is Playfulness in the Future of Higher Education.

Next academic year, the professorship of liberal arts will be held by poet, children’s author and prosaist Viivi Luik.