Presentation

This course is organised within the framework of the project "European University for Smart Urban Coastal Sustainability" to increase the knowledge of the alliance's teaching staff on teaching methodologies in English.

It is organised by the UCV as leader of the WP2 work package "Joint study programs and Educational Training Offers" and the University of La Rochelle (responsible for the support of teaching staff).

The training is addressed to teachers who teach or will teach, in EU-CONEXUS joint degrees (Bachelor, Master, Ph.D.). The training is part of the quality of studies procedures, where EU-CONEXUS and each individual university are committed to supporting teaching staff in teaching excellence and obtaining C1 level in English.

Outcomes

At the end of the workshops the teachers should be able:

• To implement a learning outcome approach to develop adequate teaching strategies.
• To compare and evaluate teaching strategies
• To develop a course using a lesson plan template
• To align assessments, learning objectives, and instructional strategies
• To identify the desired results of their course
• To Determine acceptable evidence of the success of their students
• To Plan adequate instructional strategies
• To reflect upon various assessment implementations in a multi-cultural environment
• Set up a Moodle course environment suitable for international students.
• Produce a digital overview of their course.
• Manipulate and customize their class material on the Moodle platform

Program

Tuesday 28th June 2022

9.00 – 9.30

• Arrival and coffee

9.30 – 12.30

• Welcome and Introductions
• Peer-to-peer working on joint-assessment (without the trainer)

12.30 – 14.00

• Lunch

14.0 – 15.30 WORKSHOP 1.1 LESSON PLAN

• Internationalization
• Language skill requirements
• Language mixing and code-switching
• Exams and Assessments
• Higher Education Glossary

15.30 – 15.45 Coffee Break

15.45 – 17.00 WORKSHOP 1.2 LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOs)

• Bloom Taxonomy levels
• uizlets (interactive)
• Sample objectives
• Writing the LOs

Wednesday 29th June 2022

9.00 – 12.30 WORKSHOP 2 LOs

• Teaching strategies
• Planning your course and your activities

12.30 – 14.00

• Lunch

14.00 – 15.45 WORKSHOP 3 ASSESSMENT

• Presentation of Teaching strategies
• Evaluation strategies
• Moodle course templates

15.45 – 16.00 Coffee Break

16.00 – 17.00 WORKSHOP 3 ASSESSMENT

• Assessment reflections (reading and debate)

Thursday 30th June 2022

9.00 – 12.30 WORKSHOP 4 Digital Skills

• Templates and tools
• Video presentations

12.30 – 14.00

• Lunch

14.00 – 17.00 PEER-TO-PEER WORKING (without the trainer)

• Joint assessment (or other relevant topics)