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For teachers: Teaching and Learning with ”Blinks” - Promoting Deeper Learning with only 1000 characters

Pedagogical training

Blinks are short texts with max.1000 characters and can be read in approx. 1 minute. In this online workshop you will learn the didactic concept, the tools used and the potentials and added values for learning.

When

27.4.2022 16:00 – 17:30

Where

Online

Registration period:

26.1.2022 0:00 – 24.4.2022 23:30

Event language(s)

English

Unite! Teaching and Learning offers 14 pedagogical trainings taking place online in the spring 2022 for Aalto University teachers including PhDs and post-docs with teaching responsibility.

Unite! Teaching and Learning is a series of training activities aimed at teaching staff, lecturers and faculty in all Unite! partner institutions, who are interested in sharing and developing teaching and learning practices. We invite you to meet Unite! colleagues while learning how teaching and learning is promoted at different partner universities.

Teaching and Learning with ”Blinks”: Promoting Deeper Learning with only 1000 characters

Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 16-17.30 (3-4.30 pm CET)

In the lecture “Learning and Working Strategies” at the Department of Human Sciences, students formulate their weekly reflections on the contents of the lecture with the help of blinks. In this workshop, Prof. Seyfarth will present the didactic concept, the tools used and the potentials and added values.

Learning outcomes

You get ideas on how to use Blinks in higher education teaching
You will be introduced to tools with which you can implement the Blink methodology

Trainer: Prof. Dr. André Seyfarth Locomotion Laboratory, Institute of Sport Science

Contact person: Christian Hoppe, email [email protected]

Registration

Pre-registration is required and is done on the Unite! Metacampus platform. On the last page of the booklet below you can find a step-by-step guide for the registration. Registration deadline is April 24, 2022.

More information

The booklet has information on all the trainings offered during spring 2022 and on the last page you will find a step-by-step guide for the registration.

The activities – webinars, courses and training events – are run by pedagogical experts from the partner universities and are free of charge for the Unite! community. All “Unite! Teaching and Learning” activities are in English and take place online. Some of the activities will award credits.