Training for teaching staff
Staff Training Portfolio
About
The T4EU innovative teaching training programm, is a professional development initiative designed to enhance the teaching competencies of teaching staff across the T4EU Alliance. The professional development needs of the T4EU teaching staff were identified by conducting an inventory of innovative teaching methods across T4EU academic staff members. These needs were further refined through active discussions and the search for synergies best suited to all partners. Based on the data obtained from benchmarking activities, the most beneficial training topics for the teaching staff were identified:
- The use of AI in higher education teaching
- Active teaching methods in higher education
- Innovative teaching methods in higher education
- Teaching and learning methods for student engagement, motivation, and activation
- Teaching strategies: design-based, project-based, problem-based learning, etc.
- Assessment: strategies, methods, feedback
- Innovative teaching and learning methods in multicultural and multilingual environments
- Gamification and game-based learning in higher education
- The use of digital technologies and tools for various educational purposes
Based on these identified training needs, the following online training sessions and webinars were developed and carried out:
AI-driven Innovations in ICT-based Education
- Organizer: Vytautas Magnus University
- Instructor: Vigilija Žiūraitė
- Instructor: Vigilija Žiūraitė – Lecturer of Spanish language and PhD student in Political Science at Vytautas Magnus University with interdisciplinary education in sociology, journalism, communication and language studies.
- Description of the webinar: This webinar explores the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and information and communication technologies (ICT) in education. Participants will gain insights into how AI can generate personalised learning content and how ICT tools can be effectively integrated to enhance teaching and learning across various subjects. The seminar will cover practical strategies for creating interactive, adaptive learning environments and improving student engagement and outcomes through the innovative use of AI and ICT.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykxCSYa5qPQ
Artificial Intelligence Tools for Innovative Teaching
- Organizer: Vytautas Magnus University
- Instructor: Augustinas Balaišis
- Instructor: Augustinas Balaišis – Lecturer Augustinas Balaišis is the expert in visual communication and marketing with more than 10 years of experience in creative and marketing fields.
- Description of the webinar: This webinar will introduce key artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can be applied in innovative teaching methods. Participants will learn how to effectively integrate these tools into their teaching practices. Lecturer will demonstrate how AI tools can be used to create interactive and personalized learning experiences.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip0piNRp_ZU
Anatomy of a Higher-Education Teacher and Active Learning Methods
- Organizer: University of Primorska
- Instructor: Associate Professor Dr. Silva Bratož, Assistant Professor Dr. Anja Pirih
- Instructors: Associate Professor Dr. Silva Bratož, Assistant Professor Dr. Anja Pirih at the University of Primorska.
- Description of the webinar: The webinar topics: Teacher identity, Student-centred vs. teacher-centred teaching, Active learning methods, The importance of asking the right questions. Participants will be able to: recognise different dimensions of the role of the teacher in higher education; reflect on their own role as teachers in higher education using metaphors as reflective tools and drawing on the social constructivist paradigm of learning; discuss the advantages of a student-centred approach to learning and studying at the university level; identify various active learning methods used in higher education teaching and evaluate their advantages and effectiveness; design questions aimed at promoting higher-order thinking skills based on Bloom’s taxonomy.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHFO9CePP5Y
Students participation in learner-centered curriculum design – principles and applications
- Organizer: University of Primorska
- Instructor: Associate Professor Dr. Sonja Rutar
- Instructor: Associate Professor Sonja Rutar at the University of Primorska.
- Description of the webinar: Although higher education is planned and structured process, only student-centred education can allow realization of personalisation of the curriculum. The training will introduce principles of student participation in a student-centred learning process, the didactic structure of student-centred learning (evocation, realisation, reflection) and principles of involving students in planning, monitoring and documenting their own studies.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD1s2OIsG30
Digital technology As An Enhancement Tool in Student-Centered Collaborative Learning
- Organizer: University of Primorska
- Instructor: Dr. Andreja Klančar
- Instructor: Andreja Klančar
- Description of the webinar: The webinar will present how digital tools can be used to promote students’ collaboration and active learning. It will highlight the process of planning activities and selecting appropriate digital tools to achieve learning objectives that support teamwork, increase student engagement and promote self-regulated learning.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCucmJtaZZM
A step by step in project-based learning
- Organizer: Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Instructor: Diana Mesquita, Rui M. Lima
- Instructors: Diana Mesquita – Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Rui M. Lima – Associate Professor at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho, Portugal.
- Description of the webinar: In this webinar, participants will have the opportunity to explore Project-Based Learning (PBL) from a conceptual clarification to its practical implementation. They will also be challenged to analyze and discuss how PBL can be applied in the context of their teaching practice. The participants will: Identify the fundamentals of PBL; Apply how to implement PBL; Analyze and discuss examples of PBL.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPGj4TM7xvk
Why active learning?
- Organizer: Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Instructor: Joana Mata Pereira
- Instructor: Joana Mata Pereira is Director of Learning Innovation at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, and a Mathematics Assistant Professor.
- Description of the webinar: Whereas active learning is recognized as promising instruction method, faculty often relies on traditional teaching methods. Also, students’ perception might be that they learn less in active learning classes. So, should we invest in active learning? The answer is yes, and in this workshop, we will have the opportunity to discuss how and why we might include some active learning practices into our teaching. The main aim and objectives: Understand the benefits of active learning; Discuss students’ perceptions of active learning and strategies to address these perceptions; Identify and discuss active learning practices that can be incorporated into class.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM8YyBrefKI&t=2s
Could lecturing be innovative?
- Organizer: Universidade Católica Portuguesa
- Instructor: Diana Soares
- Instructor: Diana Soares – is PhD in Education Sciences, is an Assistant Professor and vice-dean of the Faculty of Education and Psychology, Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She leads a Pedagogical Innovation Laboratory – CLIL (Católica Learning Innovation Lab) and coordenates several initiatives on faculty professional development.
- Description of the webinar: This webinar aims to promote discussion around the lecture method, dissociating it from a purely passive approach. Various pedagogical strategies are presented and experimented with, which, when combined with the lecture method, enhance the engagement and participation of higher education students. Participants will: Discuss the concept of active lecturing; Demonstrate how to effectively combine the lecture method with active learning strategies; Apply how to implement active lecturing.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4TGC2ymhzU
The significance of integrating the SDGs into curricula: A practical example through a service-learning project methodology
- Organizer: : University of Alicante
- Instructor: Asunción Menargues Marcilla
- Instructor: Asunción Menargues Marcilla is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of General and Specific Didactics at the University of Alicante, in the area of Didactics of Experimental Sciences.
- Description of the webinar: The economic development model based on the massive exploitation of natural resources to satisfy our consumption habits has led to an unsustainable model that is not aligned with the 2030 Agenda. Under this scenario, we propose a webinar that shows an example of integrating the SDGs using a service-learning project methodology. This webinar aims to raise awareness of how our consumption habits have direct consequences on social inequalities and the environment and how we can address those problems through a service-learning project that integrates the SDGs.
- Link to the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsDUb12gvyU
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