Agenda of the APUI mission

27 February 2017 - 12:30-14:00, city centre:
Pedagogical workshop: The impact of digital technology on pedagogy

  • The networking of humanity has profoundly changed the access and sharing of knowledge, what is the impact on university education?
  • Faced with an audience of digital natives, what is the best teaching approach?
  • How can digital tools improve my teaching practice?

20 March 2017 - 12:30 -14:00, city centre / 24 March 13:00-14:30, agroparc :
Pedagogical workshop: I teach but (what) do they learn?

  • Why don't they understand what I've just repeated 10 times!?
  • Why don't they all have the average?
  • It makes sense though, why don't they understand?
  • Why have they forgotten everything we saw last semester?  
  • But what is the difference between teaching and learning?

3 April 2017 - 1pm-2.30pm, CERI
Teaching workshop: NODE chairs, my class as if on wheels!

  • What is the best teaching approach to this changing class?
  • Is it suitable for any type of course?
  • Isn't it too much fun to do a serious course?

7 April 2017 - 12:30-14:00, city centre:
Pedagogical workshop: learning space and pedagogical approach

  • How can I organise the space to enhance my teaching practice?
  • How can the constraints of unmarked rooms be overcome?
  • Is the lecture hall dedicated to transmissive lecturing?

28 April 2017 - 12:30-14:00, city centre:
Pedagogical workshop: Group management

  • How to create and maintain the coherence of a group?
  • What to do about student distraction?
  • How to maintain attention?
  • And what are these CRTs?

15 May 2017 - 12:30 - 14:00, city centre:
Express'Pédagogique: MCQs

  • The basic principles of a good MCQ.
  • 10 tips to avoid MCQ traps.
  • Assessing analysis and reasoning with an MCQ.

9 June 2017 - 1pm-2.30pm, agroparc :
Pedagogical workshop: Peer review

  • What is peer review for?
  • Is this a real note?
  • Is this an honest assessment?
  • In practice, how can it be implemented?
  • What are the key points of attention for proper functioning?