Tag: teaching-learning process

  • ConnectU: A Questionnaire to Improve Teaching

    The European project InnovaLab aims to provide tools for university professors to foster self-regulated learning (SRL) in their students and apply the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDI). As part of this goal, one of the first essential steps was to develop a self-assessment tool that would allow teachers to identify areas for improvement…

  • How Active Learning at Groningen is Revolutionizing Education

    Education constantly evolves, fueled by technological advancements and pedagogical insights. At the University of Groningen (RUG), Active Learning plays a key role in reshaping how students engage with knowledge. Why Active Learning? Traditional teaching often centers on the lecturer as the main source of knowledge, leaving students to listen passively. However, in today’s fast-paced world,…

  • Kahoot: the game changer in the higher education classrooms

    Kahoot is an interactive platform that has gained significant traction in university teaching, making lessons more dynamic and engaging. Designed to create quizzes, polls, and interactive games, Kahoot transforms learning into a playful experience that encourages active student participation, even in large classroom settings. One of Kahoot’s main advantages is its ability to assess real-time…

  • Role-Playing Games: A Powerful Tool for Transformative Education

    The introduction of role-playing games (RPGs) in higher education contributes to enrich the strategies for approaching the contents, inviting students to adopt an active position and apply the concepts through practical cases in which interaction plays an important role. By having to “put themselves in someone else’s shoes” and act accordingly, students increase their capacity…

  • 5th International Congress on Leadership and Improvement in Education

    The Innovalab project was presented at the 5th International Congress on Leadership and Improvement in Education – School, Democracy and Change, held in Porto (Portugal) during during May 27, 28 and 29 (https://www.fpce.up.pt/cilme2024/). This international forum was an opportunity to share the project and discuss opportunities to improve teacher training at the university. The aim…

  • Design for All and Universal Design: two ways to Accessibility.

    A little bit of history* Design for All and Universal design started to consider accessibility from the design and architectural point of view giving an important contribution to the reflection on the meaning of accessibility. These two currents developed almost at the same time in Europe and the USA. The Design for All (DfA) developed…

  • Self-regulated learning: why is important for students?

    The teaching-learning process has been considered the domain of the teacher, who plans and implements strategies to engage students. Self-regulated learning shifts this emphasis to the learners and makes them responsible for managing learning outcomes, approaches and strategies to achieve those outcomes.