Training and Development for faculty
The “Faculty Professional Development Seminar on Teaching and Learning Theory and Practice,” is a 36-hour professional development seminar that leads to a Certificate, in the areas of contemporary teaching methods, new technologies in learning and online education. The Seminar is the outcome of the collaboration between the Pedagogical Support Unit (PSU), the e-Learning Pedagogical Support Unit (e-PSU), the Department of Education, the Technology Enhanced Learning Centre (TELC) and the University of Nicosia Library.
The seminar is offered in the form of 12 online weekly workshops and each workshop (see specific topics below) will be 3 hours long. The language of instruction will be English.
Seminar Schedule
| Introductions: Overview of the Seminar and topics that will be addressed | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 1: Developing Learners’ 21st century skills | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 2: Cognitive and neuroscience research: Implications for education and learning | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 3: Project and Problem Based Learning | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 4: Developing a course with critical and creative focus | Facilitator: Dr. Agni Stylianou- Georgiou, School of Education |
| Week 5: Measuring learning outcomes using Authentic Assessment, assignments, quizzes, tests and rubrics in online and face-to-face courses | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 6: Developing effective learning environments | Facilitator: Dr. Marina Rodosthenous, School of Education |
| Week 7: Including students with diverse needs in a university classroom | Facilitator: Dr. Lefki Kourea, School of Education |
| Week 8: Online Learning and Adult Education | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 9: Using video and multimedia in an online course | Facilitator: Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director and TELC |
| Week 10: Using interactive and collaborative tools in online learning | Facilitator: Dr. Efi Nisiforou and Dr. Charalambos Vrasidas, School of Education |
| Week 11: e-Learning Authoring Software and the use of Moodle | Facilitator: Dr. Chris Alexander, TELC Head and Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
| Week 12: Library Resources & Open Educational Resources (OER) | Facilitator: Ms. Georgia Christodoulou Reference Librarian, UNIC Library & Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director |
