ELIXIR-EXCELERATE in collaboration with ELIXIR-IIB is pleased to announce a Train the Trainer (TtT) event.

Important dates

Course date: 30-31 May, 2019

Selection

We will accept a maximum of 20 participants. Priority will be given to candidates from Elixir-IIB institutes (see below) and ELIXIR nodes. Notifications of acceptance will be sent shortly after the application, which will remain open until we reach 20 participants.

Application form - Registration

Venue

University of Padua,
Campus of Biology and Biomedicine “Fiore di Botta”,
Aula Studio 2, floor -1
via del Pescarotto 8,
35131, Padova, IT

Accommodation

Suggested hotels are Hotel NH Padova (ca. 80-90€ per night) and Hotel Galileo (ca. 70-80€ per night), which are both very near to the course venue.

Fee

There is no course attendance fee. The participants will need to bear their travel and accommodation costs. Candidates from ELIXIR nodes might apply for an ELIXIR Staff Exchange Programme Travel Grant when they fill their application form.

Instructors

Allegra Via (ELIXIR-IIB Training Coordinator, IBPM-CNR, IT)
Jessica Lindvall (ELIXIR-SE Training Coordinator, NBIS, SE)

Organisers

Ivan Mičetić, University of Padua, ELIXIR-IIB, IT (Local Organiser)
Silvio Tosatto, University of Padua, ELIXIR-IIB, IT
Allegra Via, IBPM-CNR, ELIXIR-IIB, IT
Loredana Le Pera, IBIOM/IBPM-CNR, ELIXIR-IIB, IT

Contact

For all kinds of queries, please contact us at elixir.ita.training@gmail.com.

Description - Course materials

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
• Lesson, course, and materials design
• Assessment and feedback in training and teaching
  
  

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
  
  

Programme

ELIXIR-IIB member institutes

1. CNR, National Research Council (Lead Institute)
2. CRS4
3. CINECA
4. Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento
5. ENEA
6. Fondazione Telethon
7. INFN
8. Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS)
9. GARR
10. Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli
11. University of Roma "Sapienza"
12. University of Bari
13. University of Bologna
14. University of Firenze
15. University of Milano
16. University of Milano Bicocca
17. University of Napoli
18. University of Padova
19. University of Parma
20. University of Roma "Tor Vergata"
21. University of Salerno
22. University of Torino
23. University of Tuscia