FEBS Education Platform

Implementing more participative and engaging ways of teaching and learning biosciences.
A FEBS-supported Workshop on Molecular Life Science Education

16-17 January 2019.

Venue: Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares (Spain).

• International Conferences Room, San Ildefonso College, Historic Building of the Cisnerian University
• 3M Room, San Ildefonso College
• Small group rooms in the Cisneros Building, Central Library..

This workshop is supported by FEBS Education Committee on the Education Ambassadors funding scheme.

Also sponsored by Universidad de Alcalá, Vice-rector of Graduate Studies and Students.

With support from the Spanish Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Organisers:

• Néstor V. Torres, PhD
  Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences in Universidad de La Laguna
  FEBS Ambassador for Education for Spain (since 2016)
  Member of FEBS Education Committee (2019-2022)
• Angel Herráez, PhD
  Professor in Universidad de Alcalá
  Member of FEBS Education Committee (since 2012)

Workshop website. [archived copy]

Feedback results

Programme

16 January:

• Opening and presentation of the workshop.
  • Prof. Jorge Pérez, Vice-rector of Graduate Studies and Students, UAH.
  • Néstor Torres and Angel Herráez, workshop organisers.
• Session 1— joint session
  • Flipped teaching: principles and application to the topic of enzyme kinetics
    — Néstor Torres and Guido Santos
• Session 2 — small group workshops, facilitated by Néstor Torres and Guido Santos
  • Ellaboration of an innovative flipped teaching proposal for one topic in a Biochemistry syllabus of a Degree in Sciences or Health Sciences
• Session 3 — joint discussion
  • Presentation of proposals from each group and joint discussion
  • Feedback of the day

17 January:

• Session 4 — joint: Taking advantage of available online resources
  • Ways to incorporate some freely available resources that may support teaching and help with a more efficient learning.
    — Angel Herráez
  • Using Proteopedia to support teaching of biomolecular structure and function.
    — Angel Herráez
• Session 5 — small group workshops
  • Design of proposals that use some of the online resources or define which resources would be desirable to develop.
• Session 6 — discussion in small groups
  • What changes are needed to make possible a change in the learning-teaching culture of biosciences at the Spanish university system.
• Closing session
  • Presentation of ideas from each group, overall discussion and conclusions.
  • Closing of the workshop — Prof. Michel Heykoop, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, UAH.
  • Collection of feedback forms.

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