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. Andri Vrioni, PSU Director and Dr. Christos Anagiotos, e-PSU Director
Week 1: Developing Learners’ 21st century skills Facilitator: Dr. Andri Vrioni, PSU Director
Week 2: Cognitive and neuroscience research: Implications for education and learning Facilitator: Dr. Andri Vrioni, PSU Director
Week 3: Project and Problem Based Learning Facilitator: Dr. Andri Vrioni, P SU 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. Andri Vrioni, 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