Training courses 2018: ELIXIR-EXCELERATE Train the Trainer
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ELIXIR-FR in collaboration with ELIXIR-IT and Swiss Institute of Bionformatics (SIB) are pleased to announce a Train the Trainer (TtT) event.
Important dates
Course date: 26-27 March, 2018
We will accept a maximum of 25 participants. Priority will be given to candidates from Elixir- France and ELIXIR nodes. Notifications of acceptance will be sent shortly after the application, which will remain open until we reach 25 participants.
Venue
Institut Pasteur, 25-28 Rue du Dr Roux, 75015 Paris
Fee
There is no course attendance fee. The participants will need to bear their travel, hotel (if any) and lunches costs. ELIXIR-FR will cover coffee breaks.
Instructors
Allegra Via (TrC Elixir-Italy, IBPM-CNR)
Patricia Palagi (TrC Elixir-Switzerland, SIB)
Local organisers
Victoria Dominguez Del Angel, TrC Elixir-France, French Insitute of Bioinformatics UMS3601-CNRS, Campus Universitaire d’Orsay, France
Hervé Ménager, Pasteur Institute, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Hub – C3BI, USR 3756 IP CNRS – Paris, France
Description
The course is made up of four sessions, covering:
- Learning principles and how they apply to training and teaching
- Teaching techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation
- Assessment and feedback in training and teaching
- Lesson, course, and materials design
Application form
Target Audience
Whoever is interested in becoming a teacher or a better one. If you have questions like the following ones, this course may be very helpful to you.
- How learning works?
- How can I use learning principles and theories to improve my teaching?
- How can I make my teaching more engaging and effective?
- How should I adjust my teaching to different types of learners?
- How can I help slow learners?
- How can I assess whether my students are actually understanding my lessons? Are they actually learning?
- What is the best balance between theory and practice?
- How can I best assess whether learning is occurring and/or has occurred?
- What works in a classroom and what doesn’t?
- How can I become a better teacher?
- Etc.
Learning Objectives:
- To get acquainted with Learning principles and how they apply to training
- To be able to select and utilise training techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation
- To learn how to use assessment and feedback in training
- To learn about session, course, and materials design
Learning Outcomes:
- Learners can name learning principles that a good teacher/instructor should have in mind
- Learners can describe at least three training techniques, drawing on learning principles
- Learners can design a training session and a course
- Learners can develop assessment questionnaires
- Learners can enumerate types of materials needed for each part of a training session or course
Preliminary Programme
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| DAY 1 | |
| 09.00 - 09.30 | Introductions, who is who and what we need to achieve |
| 09.30 - 12.30 | Session 1: Review of learning principles and how they apply to training and teaching |
| 14.00 - 18.00 | Session 2: Training techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation |
| DAY 2 | |
| 09.00 - 12.30 | Session 3: Session, course, and materials design |
| 14.00 - 18.00 | Session 4: Assessment and feedback in training |