Our teaching team continues with the preparations for the launch of academic programs. Thus, during the second half of 2021 we have participated in four innovative courses, always keeping our sights set on excellence in teaching. The first one, which was called “The honor and the responsibility of being…

28 February 2022 17:26

Our teaching staff continues with the preparations for the launch of academic programs. Thus, during the second half of 2021 we participated in four innovative courses, always keeping our sights set on excellence in teaching.

"ricardo.castillo1-300x300" Miguel Angel Sanz (Professor of .h and facilitator at Madavi) and with the idea of channeling energy and talent, the session allowed us to know how authenticity and trust allow establishing long-lasting and beneficial relationships for all parties in an educational setting.

Team-Based Learning (TBL), an effective and evidence-based educational approach that includes individual work and group work, was the focus of the following quote. This methodology creates a learning environment in which students are responsible for being well-prepared to class and able to contribute to discussions and apply theory. Julie Estis (University of South Alabama), these three sessions online Allowed us to know the essential elements of TBL and evaluate the benefits of putting it into practice.

Last October, the professor of Olin College (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) Jonathan Stolk He had charge of the session "Understanding Students' Motivations in the Classroom" ("Comprender las motivaciones de los estudiantes en el aula"), focused on analyzing how motivations provide a critical link between what we do and the results we achieve. Teachers had the opportunity to explore how motivation generated by personal values and interests, enjoying an activity, leads to deeper learning, better performance and retention, as well as greater critical thinking and creativity, than motivation generated by external pressures and rewards.

Already in December, it was time to learn how the use of the Canvas platform contributes to designing the academic course. The workshop "Canvas as a Tool to Design your Course", hosted in December by David Williams (Innovation in Learning Center, University of South Alabama) for the faculty team at the University of the Hesperides, led us to experience firsthand the use of this Software from both the student's perspective and from that of the teacher