The Future of Education
Daniel Horst Zeiss
Institution: Nord University
Address: Finn Christiansens vei 1
Postal Code: N- 7804
Country: Norway
Daniel Zeiss is currently working as an associate professor at the faculty for nursing and health sciences at Nord university, Norway, where he is a permanent staff member in the research group “Drugs and drug management”.
Daniel has his professional background in the field of pharmacy, with a master degree from the University of Freiburg, Germany, followed by a doctorate work within Pharmaceutics at the University of Tromsø, Norway. He received his doctorate with his thesis “Ion Exchangers in Drug Delivery: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Drug/Resin – Interaction”, where he studied binding properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients to ion exchange materials.
During his career, Daniel has been passionately interested in promoting student activity in teaching situations, especially within topics in natural sciences and technology, which are often taught in more traditional, lecture-based manner. He has been engaged in developing several student-active teaching methods, both on digital platforms, and in the classroom.
Daniel is part of the project group, receiving funding from the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (Direktoratet for internasjonalisering og kvalitetsutvikling i høgare utdanning; DIKU) in 2022, for developing a student-active study program in pharmacy, mainly based on peer learning and peer assessment, with the goal of a) strengthening generic skills and b) emphasizing the progression of the study program by a stronger interdisciplinary relation between basic and advanced courses.
Areas of expertise: Pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, student-active learning activities
Daniel has his professional background in the field of pharmacy, with a master degree from the University of Freiburg, Germany, followed by a doctorate work within Pharmaceutics at the University of Tromsø, Norway. He received his doctorate with his thesis “Ion Exchangers in Drug Delivery: Thermodynamic and Kinetic Aspects of the Drug/Resin – Interaction”, where he studied binding properties of active pharmaceutical ingredients to ion exchange materials.
During his career, Daniel has been passionately interested in promoting student activity in teaching situations, especially within topics in natural sciences and technology, which are often taught in more traditional, lecture-based manner. He has been engaged in developing several student-active teaching methods, both on digital platforms, and in the classroom.
Daniel is part of the project group, receiving funding from the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (Direktoratet for internasjonalisering og kvalitetsutvikling i høgare utdanning; DIKU) in 2022, for developing a student-active study program in pharmacy, mainly based on peer learning and peer assessment, with the goal of a) strengthening generic skills and b) emphasizing the progression of the study program by a stronger interdisciplinary relation between basic and advanced courses.
Areas of expertise: Pharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics, student-active learning activities
