Teaching for Innovation
Teaching for Innovation is a satellite meeting of the Iberian Plant Biology (IPB2023) for sharing experiences in teaching, in particular in student-centred active learning methodologies and technologies. This meeting is open to university lecturers and high school teachers.
Teaching for Innovation will be held in Braga (Portugal) on the 12th of July and shares the Seeds of Knowledge session with the IPB2023, which focus on the importance of communicating science to different publics. Workshops of the Teaching for Innovation meeting will focus on different strategies for teaching plant biology, involving innovative methodologies and technologies. Hands-on workshops, aimed for lecturers and/or high school teachers, will run in parallel. Each participant can attend three workshops of their choice.
The workshops that are currently available include:
WS1 ENG - Sharing botanical knowledge with Flora-On.pt
Flora-On.pt is an online platform that was conceived with the mission of sharing botanical knowledge to the widest audience possible, more specifically, on the distribution, ecology, phenology, morphology and threats of the plants occurring in a given geographical region. It is built upon curated crowd-sourced data of different types and sources such as distribution data from project collaborators and iNaturalist, free text contributions on species ecologies, species traits and bioclimatic data. A large effort has been put into providing a diverse array of data visualization and powerful querying tools to satisfy the different needs of various types of users, while offering an easy and intuitive interface. In this workshop, we will explore the more didactic side of the features offered, focusing on those useful for the transmission of botanical knowledge to high school and university students, and for encouraging the younger to discover the enthusiasm for plants.
Trainers:
Miguel Porto (CIBIO/InBIO/BIOPOLIS, Botanical Society of Portugal)
Sara Dias (Instituto Politécnico de Santarém)
WS1 PT - Divulgar conhecimento Botânico com Flora-On.pt
Flora-On.pt é uma plataforma online que foi idealizada com o intuito de divulgar o conhecimento das plantas para todo o tipo de público, mais concretamente, o conhecimento da distribuição, ecologia, fenologia, morfologia e ameaças da flora de uma dada região geográfica. É construído com base em dados de diferentes tipos e origens, como dados de distribuição cedidos por colaboradores ou provenientes de iniciativas de ciência cidadã (como o iNaturalist), conteúdos textuais sobre a ecologia das espécies, características morfológicas e dados bioclimáticos. Foi feito um importante esforço para providenciar diferentes formas de visualização e de consulta dos dados, para satisfazer as necessidades dos mais variados tipos de utilizadores, ao mesmo tempo que se manteve uma interface de utilizador intuitiva. Neste workshop, iremos explorar as funcionalidades de cariz mais didáctico, focando naquelas que são úteis para disseminar o conhecimento botânico para estudantes do ensino secundário e superior, encorajando-os a descobrir o entusiasmo pelas plantas.
Formadores:
Miguel Porto (CIBIO/InBIO/BIOPOLIS, Botanical Society of Portugal)
Sara Dias (Instituto Politécnico de Santarém)
WS2 ENG - Pedagogical Innovation with App-Free and Web-Based Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that superimposes digital information on a physical object or environment, enhancing how it's perceived. It has gained importance in education because of its ability to engage students' curiosity and interest. AR can be used to create dynamic and interactive learning experiences by adding digital elements while maintaining the interaction between students, teachers, and the real world. Cost and accessibility of AR devices and software has decreased significantly, and many students today carry advanced mobile devices with built-in AR functionality. This workshop will introduce participants to the possibilities of AR in education and share ideas for integrating it into classroom practice. Participants will learn how AR can be used to create dynamic and interactive learning experiences, as well as suggestions for methodological integration in an educational context.
Trainers:
Ana Gonçalves (Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave, Portugal)
Nuno S. Osório (School of Medicine, University of Minho, Portugal)
WS2 PT - Inovação Pedagógica com Realidade Aumentada Baseada na Web
A realidade aumentada (RA) permite sobrepor informação digital a objetos físicos ou ambientes, prosperando a perceção dos mesmos. Tratando-se de uma ferramenta que suscita indubitavelmente curiosidade e interesse por parte dos/as alunos/as, tem auferido relevo em contexto educacional, tanto mais que qualquer tablet ou smartphone consegue atualmente proporcionar experiências de RA. Os/as alunos/as podem visualizar as imagens do manual e/ou outras facultadas pelos/as professores/as, numa perspetiva dinâmica e interativa, aparentando que se destacaram do plano bidimensional, adquirindo vida. Este workshop irá apresentar aos participantes potencialidades da RA, bem como propostas de integração metodológica, em contexto educativo.
Ana Gonçalves (Agrupamento de Escolas Terras do Ave, Portugal)
Nuno S. Osório (Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
WS3 ENG - Students actively involved in classes with their mobile phones: strategies for using audience response systems (ARS)
Keeping students involved in classes is increasingly challenging, knowing that there are many distractions, such as cell phones. However, these devices can be integrated into classes for pedagogical purposes, associating them with internet-based applications (Audience Response Systems). The possibility of questioning students and getting their answers in real time in the classroom has a powerful effect on class dynamics, student attention and active learning. This training has the following objectives: i) explore the pedagogical potentialities and limitations of using Audience Response Systems; and ii) explore the different functionalities and applications of Audience Response Systems. At the end of the session, participants should be able to reflect on the advantages and risks associated with the use of Audience Response Systems in classes, to understand their suitability for pedagogical strategies, and to use Audience Response Systems functionalities.
Trainers:
Rui Oliveira (Escola de Ciências/Centro IDEA, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Cacilda Moura (Escola de Ciências/Centro IDEA, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Joaquim Silva (Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
WS3 PT - Estudantes ativamente envolvidos nas aulas com os seus telemóveis: estratégias de utilização de audience response systems (ARS)
Manter os estudantes envolvidos nas aulas é cada vez mais desafiante, sabendo-se que existem diversos elementos de distração, como os telemóveis. Porém, estes dispositivos podem ser integrados nas aulas para fins pedagógicos, associando-os a aplicações baseadas na internet (Audience Response Systems). A possibilidade de questionar os estudantes e de obter as suas respostas em tempo real em sala de aula tem um efeito poderoso na dinâmica das aulas, na atenção dos estudantes e na aprendizagem activa. Esta formação tem os seguintes objetivos: i) explorar as potencialidades e limitações pedagógicas do uso de Audience Response Systems; e ii) explorar as diversas funcionalidades e aplicações dos Audience Response Systems. No final da sessão, os participantes deverão ser capazes de refletir sobre as vantagens e riscos associados ao uso de Audience Response Systems nas aulas, de compreender a sua adequação a estratégias pedagógicas, e de usar as funcionalidades dos Audience Response Systems.
Formadores:
Rui Oliveira (Escola de Ciências/Centro IDEA, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Cacilda Moura (Escola de Ciências/Centro IDEA, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Joaquim Silva (Escola de Economia e Gestão, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
WS4 ENG - Reading as a Social Experience with Perusall
One of the challenges in teaching activity is to promote the reading of study manuals and scientific articles that constitute the source of knowledge for the courses. It is common for students to resort exclusively to colleagues' notes, often with inaccuracies, and to the slides of the professor's presentations. On the Perusall platform, reading becomes interactive with peers and challenging because it allows the introduction of comments in the text, commenting on peers' comments, asking questions and answering peers' questions. In this workshop, participants will experience using the platform as if they were students: register in the (fictitious) curricular unit and read a short study text with the possibility of commenting, asking questions and answering questions from other participants. In the next phase, the analytical data of the activity, recorded by the platform, will be displayed and the potentialities and precautions to be taken with this technology will be discussed.
Trainer:
Rui Oliveira (Escola de Ciências/Centro IDEA, Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
The workshops have a minimum attendance requirement of 8 and a maximum attendance limit of 35.
Organizing Committee
Chairperson PSPB – University of Lisbon
Chairperson PB2023 – University of Minho
Centro IDEA –University of Minho