Meeting Highlights Summary and Action Items 4 -7

Meeting Highlights, Summary and Action Items 4 -7 July 2016 @ JU, Krakow, PL

Highlights from our productive days • Thanks to the JU team for a nice environment, friendly and efficient hosting, and thoughtful input • PLEASE everyone who presented send me ALL PPT files • We are (finally) on the same sheet of music with a shared enthusiasm. Great to see. We are also on schedule! • Important to know who all partners are in each development project – JU, responsible for internationalization, absent a unique project, should provide input to all – Same for Glasgow regarding the generation gap – Please – each development leader is asked to send me a list of members • In Teach. Ex we are looking at teachers as students; the work of the CTE is life-long-learning (or continuous professional development) – As such our activities must have measurable learning outcomes

Looking ahead • Mid-term “conference” – With EURASHE; in Brussels/Israel; May-June 2017; tbd – Assessment; dissemination • For Glasgow meeting (27 -29 March 2017) – I request to learn in-depth about Professional Development Annual Review system; this could be the mandate of the CTE? – How does a (national) system move from quality assurance to quality enhancement • Please bring into discussion a national figure(s) – Generation gap – interaction between teacher and learner ; evolving relationships • Ask David for content idea – Student encounter – CHE – Scotland agency encounter – Assessment of development and train the trainers • Invite CHE (Varda / Michal / Rivka)

The BIG questions • We made significant progress in attempting to define teaching excellence, but open issues remain: • First of all, it cannot be defined 100% – – • • There is cultural variance There is institutional culture variance There is disciplinary variance Etc… We agree that it goes beyond achieving learning outcomes. Is good teaching about good learning? Is Teach. Ex mis-named? Is extraordinary teaching about singular brilliance; about an inspiring individual?

• Is a great teacher one who is reflective? • Is excellence a way of thinking? • Is there a difference between teacher, lecturer and instructor? • Is excellence the same as greatness? • Must a great teacher have charisma? Stage presence? Is it an act? • From kick off summary…. we are coming full circle

So, what the devil is it? A lot of Bologna; not just LOs q. An academic process by which students are motivated to learn in ways that make a sustained, substantial, and positive influence on how they think, act, and feel. q. A process that elevates students to a level where they learn deeply and remarkably because of certain teacher attributes. Teach. Ex kick-off meeting, IDC Herzliya

I know it when I see it… q. These teacher attributes are: üSubject matter expertise üPedagogical expertise üExcellent communication skills üStudent-centered mentoring üSystematic and continual assessment and improvement üAppreciation for local institutional culure o See http: //www. schreyerinstitute. psu. edu/Definition/ Teach. Ex kick-off meeting, IDC Herzliya

Timeline till next summer • Attempt to bring on-board non-consortium pilot institutions • Institutional decisions concerning pilot implementations – August 2016 – See next slide (from Noa) • Development modules completion – October 2016 • By partners for feedback – during November 2016 • Conclusion of development - @ Nicosia – 5 -7 December • Train the Trainers workshop @ Bet Berl – January tbd • Faculty training – 2 nd semester; Q 2 -Q 3 2017 • Initial project assessment @ Glasgow – Development – Training the trainers

The Pilot Implementation Plan Active teaching and learning: Learning from Art and Design • Inst 1 • Inst 2 • Inst 3 Diversity and Accessible Instruction • Inst 3 • Inst 4 • Inst 6 Mobile Learning (6 -9 activities) • • • Inst 1 Inst 4 Inst 5 The lecturer as a producer • • • IDC Inst 5 Inst 3 The corresponding five identified themes from proposal: 1. Active Teaching / Pedagogy 2. Internationalization of teaching 3. Technology 4. Diversity 5. Generation gap PBL – Promoting active learning and social involvement • • • Inst 6 Inst 2 Inst 5

Pilot Implementations • 2 per Israeli partner • Hopefully 3 sites per module • With European and external volunteers

Template to formulating the five development modules 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Subject: Developers: Rationale: Targets: The module theme/s (with relation to the 5 project domains): 6. Learning outcomes: 7. Target populations: 8. Recommended venue/s for training: workshop / on-line course / four meetings…. 9. Extent of training: one meeting of 4 hours / 28 hours / 4 X 2 = 8 hours 10. Training guide: 11. Training materials: 12. Materials evaluation methods and tools: 13. Training evaluation methods and tools: • (Including the evaluation of the learning outcomes)

Timeline Cont… • Assessment • Initial project assessment @ Brussels – Teacher training • Dissemination – ongoing; especially in Q 4 2017 and beyond

Nicosia Meeting • 5 -7 December 2016 • Plenary session to set a common baseline of understanding for all modules • Significant parallel sessions to finalize ALL development projects ESPECIALLY with assessment in mind • Significant work with QA team (BGU) to determine LOAssessment • Substantial NUIS / student input • Open day for Cyprus students/faculty • Work on the digital resource repository • Work on APP

Training Retreat • Sde Boker – Moshe to look into it – Eric Tel Hai option • Semester break • 2 -day retreat • (Mostly) in Hebrew

(Financial) Guidelines • All members are urged to familiarize themselves with the guidelines • Cost of stay – 120 per day even without travel costs • Purchase equipment BEFORE mid-term report • Keep inventory records handy of equipment • Keep all staff records handy, including contracts and proof of salary • Get PRIOR approval if travel to/from meeting is NOT city of home institution • Use new travel forms – Hila will verify

Budget • Development budget – Is there a need for professional literature? I have a budget. – Are there elements of licensing or development for the repository? I have a budget.

Dissemination • Oranim will have a plan in place by August • Much already is being done by all of us – See next slide • Make the Zeitgeist, news/events sections and Twitter hashtag known - #teachex • Make us aware of relevant events • Coordination with DARE; possible joint book production? To invite {them} to a meeting(s)? • Work with EURASHE to schedule dissemination lectures / presentations

Dissemination q Plan (forthcoming shortly) q Communication ü Yahoo Group(s) ü Drop. Box changed to Google Drive ü Newsletter ? q Dissemination ü Meetings ü ü ü o o o Public sessions Invited guests Invited speakers Logo Roll-Up (not yet) PPT and DOC templates Brochure (not yet) Twitter hashtag #teachex No Facebook; possibly Linked. In

Thinking towards the App • Do we all (in Israel) use Moodle? • Do any of us work with developers or students who we might bring into the development?

Zeitgeist • We will add one date field: resource category – Literature – Organization – Event – Project