Autónoma Academy

Active and Participatory Methodologies in Higher Education

Scientific Area

Social and Human Sciences

This is a fully remote program lasting 4 weeks, structured in 4 successive missions organized according to the flipped classroom model to illustrate its application.

The missions are goal-oriented, meaning they include an initial program of activities to be carried out asynchronously, culminating in the submission of a project related to the mission’s theme and immediately applicable to each participant’s context.

According to the flipped classroom model, the end of each mission includes a synchronous online session lasting approximately 2 hours for presentation and discussion of the work, in-depth exploration of the topics studied, and clarification of questions.

This training program aims to increase the use of active and participatory methodologies in higher education, as a complement to or alternative to conventional methodologies that are predominantly lecture-based and expository.

Therefore, upon completion of this program, participants should be able to:

  • Effectively combine synchronous and asynchronous teaching and learning activities according to the flipped classroom model;
  • To design varied, stimulating, and interactive asynchronous teaching and learning programs;
  • To correctly utilize participatory techniques applicable in face-to-face classes with both small and large class sizes;
  • Sequence the different asynchronous and synchronous activities according to a progression from the most elementary to the most cognitively complex learning;
  • To use generative artificial intelligence in an innovative way as a tool to enhance learning.
  • Higher education teachers

MODULES

Introdução

  • Program presentation
  • Presentation of the technology platform
  • Personal commitment to learning

Mission 1: Converting a conventional lesson into a “flipped classroom” format.

  • The “flipped classroom” and its rationale.
  • Articulation and complementarity between asynchronous work and synchronous sessions.
  • Distribution of learning activities between both modes; progression of learning.

Mission 2: Planning a participatory synchronous lesson for small classes.

  • Participatory techniques for small groups
  • Exploring the resources of generative artificial intelligence.

Mission 3: Planning a participatory synchronous lesson for large classes.

  • Specific problems posed by large class sizes and strategies for solving them.
  • Participatory techniques for large groups; auxiliary applications.
  • Exploring the resources of generative artificial intelligence.

Mission 4: One-week synchronous study program involving various types of activities.

  • The variety of asynchronous activities and their relationship to different learning styles.
  • To program the progression of learning in an asynchronous context.
  • Creative use of generative artificial intelligence as an enabler of asynchronous learning (e.g., building and improving chatbots).

Ana Teresa Neves (ESE João de Deus)
João Paulo Feijoo (Autónoma Academy)

CONTACT REQUEST

Next Edition: Date to be announced.

Teaching Regime: Online

Duration: 4 weeks

ECTS:

Time: At the student’s own pace. Synchronous classes at a time to be arranged.

  • Application fee: €50



  • Registration fee: R$ 50
  • Certificate of qualifications: €25
  • Tuition fee: €400
  • Copy of the Qualifications Certificate
  • Color photograph
  • Curriculum vitae (abbreviated)