13 October 2025
They receive the 2025 Teaching Award
This year's peer-nominated teaching award goes to Inger Jacobson, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy and Health Promotion, and Hamam Mokayed, Associate Professor in Machine Learning.
The nominations highlight Inger Jacobson for her work in creating an interdisciplinary and inclusive learning environment where pedagogy and subject knowledge interact, and Hamam Mokayed as a pioneer in using AI as pedagogical support.
The purpose of the award is to highlight inspiring pedagogical efforts in the university’s first-cycle and second-cycle programmes. New for 2025 is that the award has changed its name from 'University Pedagogical Award' to 'Peer-nominated Teaching Award', it is awarded based on an annual theme and it is colleagues who nominate each other. The first theme is innovative education.
“With an annual theme, we can shine a light on different aspects of good pedagogy. The theme of innovative education feels particularly important as it is a central part of Vision 2030,” says Sara Thorgren, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Education and Quality, who is part of the assessment group.
The award winners are both happy and proud.
“For me, it is a great honor to receive this teaching award. It is a great recognition of my pedagogical efforts towards both students and teaching colleagues. It is a great way to end a long teaching career at LTU,” says Inger Jacobson.
“I am delighted and grateful to receive the teaching award at LTU. This recognition from my colleagues means a lot to me and is a wonderful reminder of the value of collaboration and passion in teaching,” says Hamam Mokayed.
The motivation for Inger Jacobson
Inger Jacobson is awarded the Peer-nominated Teaching Award for her innovative work with the Health Science Foundation Year. By creating an interdisciplinary and inclusive learning environment where pedagogy and subject knowledge interact, students' understanding of both subject content and learning processes is promoted. Through this, she has laid the foundation for a holistic approach to learning. Inger's efforts show how education can be developed with the future in mind, where students' needs, collaboration and real-life learning are at the center.
The motivation for Hamam Mokayed
Hamam Mokayed is awarded the Peer-nominated Teaching Award for his development of flexible micro-modules in AI teaching. With research-based pedagogy and innovative use of digital tools, he creates varied learning environments that are scalable, inclusive and adapted to the needs of both students and industry. Hamam is a pioneer in using AI as a pedagogical support, and his work shows how technology can enhance student learning.
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