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