As part of the DIGITEKA project, we are organising virtual short seminars for university Academic Staff in December, 2023
The project “Digitisation Initiatives for Student Engagement and Study Quality Improvement at the University of Latvia and Project Partner Universities” (Nr. 8.2.3.0/22/A/006) invites faculty members to attend free short seminars.
In December and January, both lecturers and students are preoccupied with questions about the evaluation of the study process and performance – how to assess, how to diversify tasks in exams, how to automate the assessment process, etc.
Within the project “Digitisation Initiatives for Student Involvement and Study Quality Improvement at the University of Latvia and Project Partner Universities” (Nr. 8.2.3.0/22/A/006) we invite lecturers of higher education institutions to online short seminars with the format of 25-30 minutes on the topic – use of digital tools in planning and assessment of the study process, knowledge construction, feedback, as well as for meaningful learning analytics:
Digital evaluation. 5 and/or 12 December from 14:00 to 14:30 University of Latvia, Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Arts (PPMF), assistant prof. Sanita Baranova will share her experience on how to use digital solutions (Padlet, Mentimeter, Google Form, Moodle forum) in student self-assessment/assessment. The content of the workshop will be similar on both days
In the workshop “Eduaide – a Teaching Assistant”, Daiga Kalniņa, assistant professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Arts (PPMF), will explain how to use the Eduaide tool for defining learning outcomes, lesson planning and differentiating teaching methods. The short workshop will take place on 5 December 16:00 – 16:30.
Grading in Moodle. On 11 December from 12:00 – 12:30 Daiga Kalniņa will share her experience on how to assess learning outcomes in the Moodle environment – how to create questions of different difficulty levels with automated assessment, how to build test questions for situational analysis?
Knowledge construction. On 13 December from 16:00-16:30 and/or on 15 December from 14:00-14:30, you will have the opportunity to hear the insights of Edmunds Vanags, assistant professor at the University of Latvia, Faculty of Pedagogy, Psychology and Arts (PPMF), on how students construct knowledge, what are the limiting and facilitating factors of knowledge construction, and how can we support students in the learning process?
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The University of Latvia, in cooperation with the Latvian University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences, RISEBA University of Applied Scineces, Transport and Communications Institute and three industry partners – SIA “Tilde”, SIA “Baltic Computer Academy” and SIA “Computer Science Centre”, is implementing the project “Digitisation Initiatives for Student Engagement and Study Quality Improvement at the University of Latvia and Project Partner Universities” (Nr. 8.2.3.0/22/A/006). The aim of the project is to prepare digital course materials to facilitate the development of students’ digital skills.
Co-funded by REACT-EU pandemic crisis mitigation funding