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 e-Learning Pedagogical and Support Unit (e-PSU), the Department of Education, the AI Learning Centre (AI-LC), 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 AI-LC |
| 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, AI-LC 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 |


