Ziele

Participants can …

• identify factors that affect students’ motivation
• use simple strategies to create more motivating (and inclusive) environments
• use digital tools to support active (and inclusive) learning
• apply the strategies for motivating learners to solve complex educational issues
• reflect on the effectiveness of the strategies for motivating learners based on their selfexperience

Inhalte

• SelfDetermination Theory
• Universal Design for Learning
• Teambased Learning
• Peer Feedback

Arbeitsweise / Programm

The workshop consists of an asynchronous self-study phase and an onsite session. During the self-paced asynchronous phase, participants watch videos, answer MC/SC-questions and reflect on their current teaching practices regarding student motivation. The onsite session begins with a readiness assurance process that guarantees every participant is well-acquainted with the Self-Determination Theory and its three core dimensions. Thereafter, participants work together in fixed teams for the remainder of the workshop. They solve three consecutive complex tasks centered around everyday motivational issues in higher education and continuously self-assess their contributions to the team the solutions. The workshop ends with a reflection on the strategies of fostering motivation and their impact on one’s own learning process.

Zielpublikum

All university teachers are welcome. 

Beschreibung

In this interactive blended-learning workshop, you will be introduced to the Self-Determination Theory, one of the most influential theories on motivation in education. You will be acquainted with a number of strategies to foster distinct dimensions of motivation and self-experience them during the onsite session.

The foregoing self-study phase takes about two hours and is built on the stand-alone How to Motivate Students – Ideas from the Self-Determination Theory”, which you can complete at any time. Otherwise, you will be automatically registered and notified two weeks before the onsite session, so that you have ample time to acquaint yourself with the most important strategies of fostering motivation and already take the first steps of using them in your own teaching. In the synchronous online phase, you will solve complex educational problems in fixed teams and thereby experience the effectiveness of these strategies firsthand.

Besonderes

The workshop concept requires that you acquaint yourself with the Self-Determination Theory before attending the onsite session, since there will only be a brief recap of its main tenets in form of a self-assessment before the collaborative work within fixed teams begins.

The course is held entirely in English.

Kosten

Teilnahme kostenlos

Administratives

The costs for course participation are covered by the University of Bern.

Annullierungsbestimmungen

You are requested to enrol online (cf. red button below). Seats will be allocated according to date of enrolment. Three weeks before the course/workshop at the latest, the administration will decide and inform about running or cancelling the course/workshop.

Withdrawal from registration
Withdrawal from registration is accepted by email only: info.lead@unibe.ch  

Kontakt

Universität Bern
Vizerektorat Lehre
Learning and Development | LEAD
Schanzeneckstrasse 1
Postfach
3001 Bern

Telefon 031 684 55 32
E-Mail info.lead@unibe.ch