Continuous Professional Development for Academic Staff

The WSB University has launched the Program for the Development of Teaching Competencies of research and teaching staff.  The program consists of internal and external trainings, including those taken at  the best foreign educational centres, e.g. at Aalborg University in Denmark  - one of the best European technical universities, specializing in the Problem Based learning method.

Demand for a specific training or thematic and general development courses can also be reported to the WSB University methodologist

Roman Gardeła, MA

e-mail: rgardela@wsb.edu.pl

tel. 32 295-93-79

Topics of CPD sessions conducted so far:

INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGY

• Modern Teaching Techniques - Problem Based Learning (University of Aalborg - Denmark)
• PBL in Modern Didactics
• How to Teach Using  " The Case Study Method"  (case study)
• A Course  in Neurodidactics 
• Problem Solving in Modern Didactics
• MS Teams for Education
• Design Thinking moderator
• Design Thinking process management
• A Course in Academic Tutoring
• Methodological training for foreign language teachers

PRACTICAL TEACHER TRAINING WORKSHOPS

• Active Methods of Working with a Group
• How to Prepare a Presentation in Prezi?
• How to Prepare a Presentation in Power Point?
• IMTA - International Management Teachers Academy - Ceeman Slovenia
• Communication and Forms of Support for Students with Mental Disorders
• Information and Communication Technologies in Teaching Foreign Languages
• Advanced Acquisition of Scientific Information
• Universal Design

SPECIALIST TRAININGS FOR TEACHERS

• A certified drone flight instructor course
• Catia V5
• Ansys - MEN for practitioners
• Diagnosis and Development of Mental Resilience based on the MTQ48 tool

HOW TO USE THE MOODLE AWSB PLATFORM

The Centre of Modern Educational Methods and Technologies AWSB has developed and prepared a series of online training courses on education standards in force at the University.

These trainings concern, among others:

• Designing e-learning classes
• Principles of Conducting Lectures and Online Classes
• Rules for Preparing and Conducting Exams using the Examination Platform
• Rules of Using "Click Meeting" Webinar Rooms. 

.....and many more.

THE SCHOOL OF GAMIFICATION AT AWSB

The Gamification School is a series of workshops preparing teachers to use the gamification mechanism in their classes, which allows to increase student involvement and increase the effectiveness of classes. As part of the school, teachers learn about the types of games and active forms of classes in practice, the principles of game design and their implementation into classes.