FEBS & SPB Education workshop
jointly organized by IUBMB & UAveiro & UMinho
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SYMPOSIUM ON PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION IN BIOSCIENCES
HOW TO ENGAGE STUDENTS IN OUR PRACTICES?
Aveiro, Portugal
October 12 - 13, 2023
Program
Day 1 | 12 October 2023
14h30
Opening Session
Sandra Soares, Vice-Rector of University of Aveiro
Manuel João Costa, Pro-Rector of University of Minho
14h45 - 18h00
Session I - Pedagogical Innovations for Better Learning
Chairs: Vitor Costa (President of SPB), Manuel A. Coimbra (Univ. Aveiro), Student (NECIB)
14h45 - 15h15
The wet signs of good teaching and learning: Curiosity & Creativity
Ferhan G. Sağın, Chair of FEBS Educational Committee
15h15 - 15h45
Coffee-break and Poster Session
15h45 - 16h15
Enriching Transversal Competence Development and Cultural Experience through Blended Mobility: Exploring Innovative Approaches in Biosciences
Asta DaunorienÄ—, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
16h15 - 16h45
Initiating and sustaining a culture of collaborative Learning Communities within a Faculty of Science
Jim O’Mahony, Munster Technological University, Ireland
16h45 - 17h15
How do I engage students in my classes?
Christian Neves. Paulo Claro and Susana Loureiro, University of Aveiro
17h15 - 17h30
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17h45 - 18h00
Selected short talk 1 - Redefining the traditional “lecture” to enhance the student experience - Emma Yhnell - Cardiff University - Wales, UK
Selected short talk 2 - Simulations as an assessment for learning - Nigel Francis - Cardiff University - Wales, UK
Selected short talk 3 - Project-based learning in Enzymology: A case study at University of Minho - João Marcos – Universidade do Minho - Portugal
19h30
Congress dinner
Day 2 | 13 October 2023
9h00 - 12h00
Session II - Students' Engagement in our Practices
Chairs: Manuel J. Costa (Univ. Minho), Rosário Domingues (Univ. Aveiro), Student (NEQ)
9h00 - 10h30
WS1: Students’ engagement through design thinking methodology
Teresa Franqueira, University of Aveiro, Portugal
WS2: Students as engaged readers of study materials with Perusall
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
WS3: Innovative Teaching with App-Free and Web-Based Augmented Reality
Nuno Osório, University of Minho, Portugal
10h30 - 10h50
Coffee-break
11h00 - 12h00
Promise and Peril of AI in Bioscience Education – using these tools for effective learning
David Smith, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
12h00 - 12h50
Academic Integrity and Student Engagement in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Learning in a Postplagiarism Era
Sarah E. Eaton, University of Calgary, Canada
12h50 - 14h30
Photo & Lunch
14h30 - 18h30
Session III - The 4C's skills for Biosciences students to Succeed in the Workplace (Critical thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, Communication)
Chairs: Pedro Domingues (Univ. Aveiro), Francisco Amado (Univ. Aveiro), Student (NEB)
14h30 - 15h00
Brewing science as a tool for the development of professional and academic skills
15h00 - 15h30
Expanding frontiers: COIL as a tool to foster international collaboration among biomedical students.
Erick Silva, São Paulo State University, Brazil
15h30 - 16h00
Problem-driven course design to engage students in active learning in Molecular Biology
Rui Oliveira, University of Minho, Portugal
16h00 - 16h30
Coffee-break and Poster Session
16h30 - 17h00
Learning in a competing environment – the relevance of complementary expertises
Manuel A. Coimbra, Adelaide Olim, Bárbara Vitoriano and Cláudia Albino, University of Aveiro, Portugal
17h00 - 17h15
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Selected short talk 4 - Solutions, enablers and barriers to digitally enhanced learning implemented in biochemistry and molecular biology education as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review in progress - Júlio André, CEDES - Brasil
Selected short talk 5 - How can we make dimensionality reduction engaging for biological science students? - Nuno Osório, University of Minho, Portugal
Selected short talk 6 - An integrative approach to scaffold employability enhancement in the biosciences - Graham Scott, University of Hull - England, UK
Selected short talk 7 - Teach different, teach better: The MacVet Projectg - Carmen Nobrega, IPViseu - Portugal
18h00 - 18h30
Awards and Closing session - Organizing Committee