Uniser Teacher Week 2024
International Skills in the Digital Era
8-10 May 2024 – Bologna, Italy
Uniser Teacher Week is a three-day training course about International Skills in the Digital Era, conceived by Uniser.
Uniser Teacher Week 2024
International Skills in the Digital Era
8-10 May 2024
Bologna, Italy
Uniser Teacher Week is a three-day training course about International Skills in the Digital Era, conceived by Uniser.
TEACHER WEEK OFF
Tuesday, 7th May
Uniser Headquarters – Mura di Porta Galliera 1/2a
Link to the project’s website here.
- Di-struct! e-learning course and digital Content Creation workshop
- Paperless and easy: managing international mobilities through Moving Generation
DAY 1
Wednesday, 8th May
Fondazione Golinelli – Via Paolo Nanni Costa 14
Francesca Borgonovi – Head of Skills Analysis OECD Centre for Skills
Workshop 1: Professional development through internationalisation.
Hester Zeeman / Jette Thonissen (Nuffic)What kind of international (and digital) competences do you need as a teacher to develop international learning outcomes for your students? And/or: how can you professionalise yourself through internationalisation? We will work together in a practical workshop where you will acquire tools on how to work on the international competences for your students but also find out what possibilities there are for you as a professional.
Workshop 2: How to integrate virtual and blended mobility in education, tools and inputs from the Build@Home project
Ed Clevers (ROC Nijmegen, Netherlands)
We expect our teachers to train their VET students to become resilient global citizens who can manifest themselves in an increasingly international working environment. The reality is that less than 10% of the students attend education regarding internationalisation. The BUILD@HOME project aimed to meet this need by developing an easy to use toolbox that enables teachers and students to create or follow education that closely matches the curriculum/learning objectives, learning needs, talents and core qualities of the student in the context of the required international competences and Agenda 2030.
Workshop 3: AI for Educators: Enhancing Teaching Practices.
Jeroen Heijjer (Da Vinci College)This workshop focuses on introducing and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) tools to enhance teaching practices. The primary aim is to demonstrate how AI can assist educators in creating more engaging and effective teaching environments.
Participants will learn about various AI tools and strategies that can be implemented in their teaching, focusing on enhancing student engagement and streamlining educational processes. The workshop will emphasise practical applications and how AI can be used to support educators in their professional development.
Additionally, a significant part of the workshop will be dedicated to discussing the ethical dimensions of AI in education. We will explore topics such as data privacy, the potential for bias in AI algorithms, and the broader implications of AI on student learning and autonomy. This discussion aims to equip educators with the knowledge to ethically implement AI tools in their teaching practice- Workshop 4: Pedagogical guideline on how to utilise digital tools in modern educational transnational activities.
Jenni Kuhta (Stadin AO, Helsinki vocational college and adult institute)New technologies are rapidly and constantly changing the way we communicate, work and relate with others. In other words, technology affects the way we co-operate and co-develop with partnership schools as well as operate as knowledge workers. Ultimately this will also affect the way we teach as we harness the possibilities of modern technologies and familiarise ourselves and our students to the possibilities.
How can technology help teachers in conceiving and dealing with the internationalisation process? More specifically, co-operate and co-develop with partnership schools, create materials and ultimately provide teaching that is up-to-date and meets the demands of modern society and the labour market.
The workshop aims to raise awareness and generate further discussion on the theme and to provide all participants with a digital checklist on how to utilise digital tools to plan, facilitate, store and share material between international project partnership schools, or in a digital mobility project, or even in an online, e- teaching.
- Key Action 1 – Designing unconventional adventures – learn more about shaping staff mobility projects.
Dorota Pawelska (Uniser) - Key Action 2 – The theory of project design: methodologies and approaches to start planning a KA2 project.
Nicola Catellani (Sweden Emilia Romagna Network) - Centralised projects – Defining the future role of teachers: towards Policy Experimentation in the new Erasmus+ call.
Antonio Gennarelli (EVBB)
INTRO:
Four workshops to experiment educational applications of extended reality and artificial intelligence and reflect on the impact that these technologies have on our lives and on the teaching and learning processes. By the Golinelli Foundation.
The activities include a guided tour of Opificio Golinelli and the visit of the” Art and Science exhibition” to present the Foundation’s STEAM vision and approach.
- WORKHOP 1: AI – Illustrate the Text
With generative AI applications, images are generated that illustrate a scene or an emotion connected to an author’s story or poem. Participants work by first developing a project idea on paper, then interacting with the AI application and iteratively modifying the textual prompts provided to the AI application. The activity takes place in small groups in order to encourage reflection on the ways of interacting with the AI application and on the most effective strategies to achieve the best result.
- WORKSHOP 2: AI – The Impossible Interview
An activity to test AI applications capable of generating credible texts in natural language, such as ChatGPT. Participants will carry out a virtual interview with a historical or current figure simulated by artificial intelligence. The activity is divided into the phases of preparation for the interview and processing of possible questions, virtual interview, processing of the most interesting questions and answers to produce an article inspired by the style of the journalistic interview.
- WORKSHOP 3: Metaverso – Virtual Science Laboratory for Schools
Thanks to Spatial.io, a platform that allows you to create virtual environments and to host other users via avatar. Participants take their first steps in the concept of “metaverse”, experimenting its narrative potential and discussing its critical issues. Each work group creates its own world, shaping it with its own personal perspective, and then connecting it to that of the others.
- WORKSHOP 4: Metaverso – Virtual Science Laboratory for Schools
Using the Golinelli VR laboratory simulator, by wearing the viewers, participants will be able to carry out an introductory science activity as in the single-seat laboratory. After an introductory moment to familiarize ourselves with the technologies and the extended reality environment, it will be possible to carry out the laboratory. In conclusion participants will exchange impressions on the experiences and reflect on the potential and limits of using these technologies in our schools.
DAY 2
Thursday, 9th May
Fondazione Golinelli – Via Paolo Nanni Costa 14
- Teng Leng Lim – Director International Relations Temasek Polytechnics Singapore
- Marco Berardinelli – Head of Education Google Italy
Workshop 1: The role of CoVEs in digital transition.
Stefan Thomas (ETF)
This session aims to present the paper “The role of Centres of Vocational Excellence in the Digital Transition”, funded by the European Union and produced by the European Training Foundation (ETF). The report presents four case studies of Centres of Vocational Excellence and their approaches to digital transition. The case studies were carried out in China, Finland, France and Singapore.
Workshop 2: Beta and Tech Mentality Model.
Steven Siblesz (Katapult)During this interactive workshop, learn more about the drivers, triggers and barriers that students encounter or perceive as they make important choices for their future career in science and technology. At the end of this session, you will have a clear understanding of the Beta&TechMentality model, and how it can help you recruit and engage students in the tight sector of science and technology.
(more info)Workshop 3: Microcredentials in Transnational Learning Mobility.
Stefano Tirati (Learning Digital)Microcredentials are gaining momentum in Europe due to their focus on defining learning outcomes and certifying key competences acquired by learners during mobility experiences. This workshop by Learningdigital (IT) analyses what they are and how they work with a practical approach.
Workshop 4: Organise, transfer and recognise the learning process and learning outcomes in real time using the digital tool LoopMe for Erasmus VET mobility.
Pernilla Öhberg (NTI Gymnasiet Sweden)The workshop focuses on sharing a best practice example of how to organise high quality mobility using the digital app LoopMe. The app is providing a structured way to document and transfer the achieved learning outcomes during a mobility period abroad.
The three groups will keep working on the action selected : Learning Mobility, Partnerships for Cooperation or centralised projects.
- Key Action 1 – The other side of mobility, the challenges of hosting learners.
Ryan Barbara (Easy Job Bridge) - Key Action 2 – Talking about how to coordinate KA2 initiatives with the case of the project “Virtual Mobility in the VET system”.
Francesca Drago (Scuola Centrale Formazione, Italy) - Centralised projects – Working in VET beyond the EU borders, setting up capacity building projects.
(Asociacion Mundus)
The participants will have the opportunity to visit a local IT company or a VET school.
- GROUP 1: Bologna’s secrets
- GROUP 2: Museo Marconi
- GROUP 3: tbc
- GROUP 4: tbc
DAY 3
Friday, 10th May
Fondazione Golinelli – Via Paolo Nanni Costa 14
The three groups on Project Design will finalise the work on the action selected and get ready to pitch their ideas to collect feedback and get new partners.
- Key Action 1 – International mobility: organising work based learning experiences outside the Erasmus+ programme countries.
Cinzia Spogli (ITET Capitini) - Key Action 2 – Communication and valorisation of results in KA2 projects.
(EVTA) TBC
- Centralised projects – Teacher Academy – Fighting climate change with innovative education guided by the use of IT tools.
Giorgia Bellentani (Fondazione Golinelli)
This will be a space open to all participants to present their project ideas, collect inputs and search for project partners.
Networking Lounge and Moving Generation Corner open every day from 10.00 to 14.00
During the event there will be a space at disposal for networking meetings . Participants will also find a desk dedicated to view, try and provide feedback about Moving Generation, software dedicated to KA1 project management.
