Location: Online

Start date: 04 October 2021

Duration:

13:30-17:00 (IDT) 04 October 2021 (Review of learning principles and how they apply to training and teaching)

13:30-17:00 (IDT) 05 October 2021 (Session, course, and material design)

13:30-17:00 (IDT) 06 October 2021 (Training techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation)

13:30-17:00 (IDT) 07 October 2021 (Assessment and feedback in training)

General context

The ELIXIR Train the Trainer program aims to build a network of trainers to allow them to benefit from reciprocal support and discussion. ELIXIR TtT courses aim to give new instructors tools and tips for providing an enriching learning experience to trainees, irrespective of the topic, and to include best-practice guidance on course and training material development.

An overview of the schedule is listed below, an extensive overview of the topics covered during this workshop is given here.

For any questions regarding this workshop, please contact: dan.ben-avraham@weizmann.ac.il

Objectives

• To get acquainted with Learning principles and how they apply them to training

• To be able to select and utilize 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

Event intended for

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 does 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.

Trainers

Patricia Palagi

ELIXIR-CH Training Coordinator, SIB, CH

Patricia Palagi has a BSc in Biology and an MSc in Computer Sciences from the University of Brasilia, Brazil, and a PhD in Cognitive Sciences from the INPG, Grenoble, France. She joined the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in 1997, and since 2014 she leads the SIB Training group. Among others, she is also Editor for the Education track of the PLOS Computational Biology journal and the ELIXIR Training Coordinator for Switzerland. She used to teach programming and bioinformatics years ago, and today she's a proud ELIXIR Train the Trainer instructor.

Allegra Via

IBPM-CNR, ELIXIR-IT

Allegra Via is a scientific researcher at IBPM-CNR in Italy. She has a MSc degree in Physics and a PhD in Cellular and Molecular Biology. Her main areas of research are bioinformatics and computational biology.

She is the Training Coordinator of ELIXIR Italy and the co-lead of the Capacity Building tasks for the ELIXIR Training Platform. As such, she also works in the field of the Science of Learning and Teaching, and is constantly involved in the design, organisation, and delivery of bioinformatics training courses, in Train the Trainer activities, in projects related to data and software management, and research software development.