Soft-Skills Workshop Public Speaking is one of the 21st century skills. As PhDs and researchers giving presentations is one very important aspect of our careers that is usually overlooked. In this workshop, participants will learn and practice some principles that will make their presentations more engaging and interesting.
Thematic Workshop Icebreaker games help participants in any kind of learning scenario getting to know each other better. This helps creating a better teamwork atmosphere in the class and thus enabling more productive teamwork or work in general. While icebreaking games are sometimes used in in-class scenarios, they are seldom used in e-learning scenarios. However, […]
Career Workshop Learning technologists and researchers are closely involved with innovations, teams and projects. Yet, often these endeavours do not go beyond academic remits and research grant projects. In a world where professional researchers pursue mixed careers, balancing between research, teaching, part-time employment, consulting and partnering for a business, it is important for them to […]
Informal Learning Session How to Fail Your Research Degree was created to deliver knowledge and understanding of research processes and techniques, within the context of a postgraduate training program at Glasgow School of Art. Development was in relation to the concepts of encouraging creativity and risk-taking within a safe game environment and of learning by […]
Informal Learning Session At this session, all PhD students will have an opportunity to present their research and discuss it with both experts and with other PhD students. All PhD students are invited to bring a poster and prepare a 30-seconds pitch. All instructors are encouraged to participate and give feedback. The participants will be […]
Methodology Workshop The workshop introduces participants to hybrid content analysis which is a combination of qualitative and quantitative content analyses. This method is mainly used for analysing online communications in different contexts such as in online and blended courses or social media. The workshop will cover ethical considerations, types of hybrid analysis, data preparation, analysis […]
Thematic Workshop The Open Educational Resources (OERs) movement is growing rapidly over the last 20 years, as many institutions adopt the idea of openness and universal access to educational content. Indeed, this movement was originally inspired by the open-source community, with a focus on broadening access to information through the use of free, open content. […]
Thematic Workshop Digitalization and digital competencies are going to play an increasingly important role in pedagogical practice. Immersive technologies, such as Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality, are becoming an important part of the technological toolkit of teachers and trainers. The interest in the teacher community for applying these technologies is very high. However, […]
