Programme

– Head of DEP
– Coordinator of CIDTFF
– Members of the Organizing Committee

Invited Keynote: Vincent C H Tong
(Principal Teaching Fellow (Connected Curriculum), University College London, London, United Kingdom)

Overview: The significance of student-staff partnerships and inclusive learning communities in promoting innovative pedagogical approaches and making them sustainable, with applications to academic staff development programmes

Keynote: Cecília Guerra
(Postdoctoral researcher, CIDTFF, UA)

Overview: Characterization of the sustainability of educational innovations developed through national funded research projects implemented between 2006 and 2015 in Portuguese higher education institutions.

Moderator: Nilza Costa
(Full Professor, DEP, CIDTFF, UA)

Speakers:
– Celina Leão  (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal);
– Filomena Soares (Assistant Professor, University of Minho, Portugal);
– Isabel Cristina Gonçalves (Technical Coordinator of Academic Development Unit, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal);
– João Pedro Pêgo (Assistant Professor, University of Porto, Portugal);
– José Manuel Martins Ferreira (Full Professor, Universitetet i Sørøst-Norge, Norway);
– Vitor H. Carvalho (Tenured Associate Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal)

Overview: To describe briefly the funded research projects that were developed and which were discussed at the Round Table, and to reflect on the factors that may (or may not) maximize the sustainability of educational innovations in higher education.

Keynote: Amanda Franco
(Postdoctoral researcher, CIDTFF, UA)

Overview: In the context of European guidelines referring explicitly to the importance of “21st century skills”, presentation of the importance of sustained teacher education that is inclusive of critical thinking, to promote – deliberately, explicitly and systematically – students’ critical thinking in higher education.

Keynote: Gillian Moreira
(Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal)

Overview: Retrospective analysis of the actions implemented by the Rectory of Universidade de Aveiro concerning the promotion of teachers’ academic development (e.g., training workshops, Teaching Day, etc.).

Moderator: Mónica Seabra
(PhD student of DEP, CIDTFF, UA)

Speakers:
Researchers with projects focused on the development of educational innovations in the higher education.

Overview: Presentation of CIDTFF research projects focused on the promotion of educational innovations in higher education context.

Moderator: Rui Marques Vieira
(Assistant Professor, University of Aveiro, Portugal)

Speakers:
– António Teixeira (University of Aveiro)
– Heitor Alvelos (University of Porto)
– Isabel Menezes (President of the Portuguese Educational Research Association, Portugal).
– Jorge Brandão (Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Centro)

Overview: To reflect on the policies and strategies that are necessary to establish an agenda in higher education aimed at fostering the scientific, societal, and educational sustainability of research and innovation in the higher education context.

– Head of DEP
– Coordinator of CIDTFF
– Members of the Organizing Committee