Start date: October 24, 2023

 

The aim of this programme is to welcome new teachers to UPF and initiate them in planning activities, developing teaching methodologies and evaluation so that they are able to integrate them into their teaching. 

It is free of charge and is recognized with a certificate of aptitude eligible for submission in AQU and ANECA accreditation processes.

 

 25 hours - face-to-face - in Catalan - from October 24, 2023 to January 30, 2024 
Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, from 2 pm to 5 pm on the Ciutadella campus 

Recipients:

  • All teaching staff who have recently joined UPF
  • Compulsory for junior lecturers 
  • Recommended for other teaching staff such as tenure-track, trainee research staff, researchers who teach, adjunct lecturers, predoctoral and postdoctoral students, etc. 
     

Aims:

  • To welcome new teachers to UPF, informing them of the services, units and resources that the University provides them with as teaching and research staff members. 
  • To acquire and implement the knowledge, skills and basic attitudes linked to the teaching competences of university teaching staff within the educational framework of UPF, for the development of their teaching career.
  • To initiate the teaching staff in planning activities, developing teaching methodologies and evaluation so that they are able to integrate them into their teaching.
  • To become aware of the need for educational innovation in the university context.

Contents and calendar:

 

 Face-to-face sessions from October 2023 to January 2024, on the Ciutadella campus. Online sessions from March to June 2024 

 

Institutional module Online, asynchronous
Aula Global  Online, asynchronous
Teaching and learning at the University Tuesday 24/10 and wednesday 25/10 from 14.00 to 16.00 h
Teaching methods for teaching large groups Tuesday 31/10, from 14.00 to 17.00 h
Teaching methods for teaching in seminars, tutorials and practicals Tuesday 14/11 and 28/11, from 15.30 to 17.00 h
Classroom communication Wednesday, 22/11, from 14.00 to 17.00 h
Assessment of learning: types and techniques of evaluation. The portfolio Tuesday 16/01 and thursday 18/01, from 15.00 to 16.30 h
Teaching planning: learning plan Tuesday, 30/01, from 15.30 to 17.00 h

 

Evaluation:

  • Attendance and participation in the sessions will be taken into account.
  • To be granted the course certificate, participants must attend at least 80% of the sessions.