Meeting Highlights, Summary and Action Items 4-7 July 2016 @ JU, Krakow, PL TeachEx Kick-Off Meeting, November 2015

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 TeachEx 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 – 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 TeachEx 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 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. A process that elevates students to a level where they learn deeply and remarkably because of certain teacher attributes. TeachEx kick-off meeting, IDC Herzliya

TeachEx kick-off meeting, IDC Herzliya I know it when I see it… These teacher attributes are: Subject matter expertise Pedagogical expertise Excellent communication skills Student-centered mentoring Systematic and continual assessment and improvement Appreciation for local institutional culure See http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Definition/ TeachEx 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 – 2nd semester; Q2-Q3 2017 Initial project assessment @ Glasgow Development Training the trainers

The Pilot Implementation Plan Active teaching and learning: Learning from Art and Design Diversity and Accessible Instruction Mobile Learning (6-9 activities) The lecturer as a producer PBL – Promoting active learning and social involvement Inst1 Inst2 Inst3 Inst4 Inst6 Inst5 IDC The corresponding five identified themes from proposal: Active Teaching / Pedagogy Internationalization of teaching Technology Diversity Generation gap

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

Template to formulating the five development modules Subject: Developers: Rationale: Targets: The module theme/s (with relation to the 5 project domains): Learning outcomes: Target populations: Recommended venue/s for training: workshop / on-line course / four meetings…. Extent of training: one meeting of 4 hours / 28 hours / 4X2 = 8 hours Training guide: Training materials: Materials evaluation methods and tools: 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 Q4 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 LO-Assessment Substantial NUIS / student input Open day for Cyprus students/faculty Work on the digital resource repository Work on APP

Training Retreat Sde Boker Semester break 2-day retreat 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 Communication Dissemination Plan (forthcoming shortly) Yahoo Group(s) DropBox changed to Google Drive Newsletter ? Dissemination Meetings Public sessions Invited guests Invited speakers Logo Roll-Up (not yet) PPT and DOC templates Brochure (not yet) Twitter hashtag #teachex No Facebook; possibly LinkedIn TeachEx Kick-Off Meeting, November 2015

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