Colloquial Talks in Modern Teaching and Trends
Every Wednesday (Starting on the 14th of April) at 1600 CET in Zoom
“I find that teaching and the students keep life going, and I would never accept any position in which somebody has invented a happy situation for me where I don't have to teach. Never."
Richard P. Feynman, Professor of Theoretical Physics
California Institute of Technology, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics in 1965
The EU considers the continuous advancement of education and training to be of profound importance. Widespread access to quality education and training is a driver of economic growth, social cohesion, research, and innovation - and dramatically increases citizens' prospects for personal development.
Educators are arguably the most important members of our society. They give children purpose, set them up for success as citizens of our world, and inspire in them a drive to do well and succeed in life. Our students are the leaders of tomorrow, and teachers/educators are the coaches to prepare a child to be ready for their future.
The ATHENA pedagogical model promotes student-centered curricula. This pedagogical model supports excellence in teaching and supports actions to innovate within the consortium our pedagogy based on the most recent research outcomes. ATHENA envisions creating a learning & teaching environment that promotes the development of soft skills and boosts students’ employability. We will permanently seek innovative approaches to ensure that our pedagogical model is a living piece of ATHENA, always tuned to society's needs in a smooth yet cautious movement towards modern trends.
This series of lectures which will take place every Wednesday at 1600 CET, aims to inform the ATHENA (and beyond ATHENA)ecosystem (scholars, students, administrative staff) about modern teaching & learning approaches that make teaching & learning processes more efficient, innovative, and engaging. Moreover, modern trends in Education and following the press releases and the announcements of the European Commission will be presented by the experts during this online event.
The 1st cycle of colloquial talks in teaching science will start on the 14th of April and will have completed by the 30th of June 2021. All the lectures will happen through the Zoom Platform and the majority of our speakers come from Institutions beyond the ATHENA. All the talks will be in English. Topics that will be presented in this 1st cycle will be:
- Problem & Project-Based Learning
- The Flipped Classroom Approach
- Scrum in Higher Education
- How to Teach Mathematics in the 21st Century
- The Open Science Initiative
- Digital Tools for Online Learning & Engagement
- The European Student Card
- Microcredentials in Higher Education
Follow the Colloquial Talks in:
Organizing Commitee
Dr. Konstantinos Petridis
Academic Coordinator
International Relations Office
Hellenic Mediterranean University, Greece
Dr. Nuno Escudeiro
Coordinator of the European University ATHENA
School of Engineering, Instituto Politecnico do Porto, Portugal
Ms Aleksandra Sokolova
Vice-Director of International Relations Office, Vilnius Tech, Lithuania
Our Speakers
Their affiliation and their talks are presented below
Dr. Evangelia Triantafylou
Aalborg University - Denmark
Essentials of Problem Based Learning for Teachers
14th of April
&
The Flipped Classroom Combined with game-based learning
12th of May
Watch it again
Aurelija Valeikiene
European Commission expert group on micro-credentials and the Bologna Process - Lithuania
Demystifying micro-credentials: between opportunities, threats, and everyday life
21st of April
Watch it again
Dr. Elena Mizrahi
Technion Israel Institute of Technology - Israel
Digital Tools for Active Online Learning and Engagement
28th of April
Watch it again
Dr. Monica Broido
Tel Aviv University - Israel
Writing More and Better: the Tel Aviv University Academic Writing Initiatives
19th of May
Watch it Again
Joao Bacelar
Executive Manager of the European University Foundation (EUF)
The European Student Card Initiative
26th of May
Watch it again
Iris Buunk
LIBER (European network of research libraries)
Open Research Europe platform: what it means for European scholars and researchers; open science perspectives in Europe
16th of June
Watch it again
Dr. Katerina Zourou
W2L - Greece
Citizen science and the role of Higher Education
16th of June
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Dr. Nissim Harrel
Holon Institute of Technology - Israel
Teaching Mathematics in the 21st Century
23rd of June
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Dr. Emine Celik
York College in Pennsylvania - USA
Project-Based Learning
30th of June
Watch it again
Scientific Commitee
Dr. Elif Bengu
Abdullah Gul University - Turkey
Dr. Carla Pinto
ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto - Portugal
Katerina Zourou
Web2Learn - Greece
Evangelia Triantafyllou
Aalborg University - Denmark
Supported by
HMU International Relations Office
The webinar will be streamed through Zoom. An invitation will be sent to all the registered participants. For any information please contact Dr. Konstantinos Petridis (cpetridis@hmu.gr)
