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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Hi all, on behalf of colleagues from ELIXIR training, please see below the announcements. Cheers, Alex<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">ELIXIR-EXCELERATE <span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); float:none; display:inline">is pleased to announce the following Train the Trainer (TtT) events:</span></div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); float:none; display:inline">- August 20-21, 2018</span></div>
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</span><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap">Antwerp, Belgium</span></font></div>
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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/e<wbr>lixir-excelerate-train-the-tra<wbr>iner-registration-45758467809</a></span></font></div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap">- September 27-28, 2018</span><br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap">Venue: Italian National Research Council (CNR), Rome, Italy</span></font></div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"> <span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); float:none; display:inline">Full details and the application form at:
</span> <a href="https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/2018/09/27/train-the-trainer-rome.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">https://elixir-iib-training.g<wbr>ithub.io/website/2018/09/27/tr<wbr>ain-the-trainer-rome.html</a><span> </span> </div>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">- October 9-11, 2018 (2 days)</div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"> Venue: Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden </div>
<div style="font-size:12.8px"> <span style="font-family:Arial; font-size:12.6667px; white-space:pre-wrap; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); float:none; display:inline">Full details and the application form at:
<a href="https://elixir-iib-training.github.io/website/2018/10/09/train-the-trainer-stockholm.html" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">
https://elixir-iib-training.gi<wbr>thub.io/website/2018/10/09/tra<wbr>in-the-trainer-stockholm.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">The course is organized around four sessions, covering:</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* Learning principles and how they apply to training and teaching</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* Teaching techniques that can be used to enhance learner engagement and participation</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* Assessment and feedback in training and teaching</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* Lesson, course, and materials design</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Examples and discussions will also focus on the challenges presented by academic teaching.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Who may be interested in this course?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Whoever wants to become a teacher or a better one. If you have questions like the following ones, this course may be very helpful to you.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How learning works?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How can I use learning principles to improve my teaching?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How can I make my teaching more engaging and effective?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How should I adjust my teaching to different types of learners?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How can I help slow learners?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How can I assess whether my students are actually understanding my</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap"> lessons? Are they actually learning?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* What is the best balance between theory and practice?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* How can I best assess whether learning is occurring and/or has occurred?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* What works in a classroom and what doesn’t?</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">* Etc.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:small; float:none; display:inline">This course is meant to offer guidance, ideas and tips for training/teaching design, development and delivery based on research-driven educational principles. </span><span style="font-size:small; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(17,17,17); background-color:rgb(253,253,253)">There
is no course attendance fee. The participants will need to bear their travel, hotel (if any) and meal costs. Candidates from ELIXIR nodes might apply for an </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YbbHoH2YYbM6sbPGypOTkIcNToYXo5XPcn99CSVQXlQ/edit#heading=h.5c3gjfr9l7gm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">ELIXIR
Staff Exchange Programme Travel Grant</a><span style="font-size:small; font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif; color:rgb(17,17,17); background-color:rgb(253,253,253)"> when they fill their application form.</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family:Arial; white-space:pre-wrap">Thank you for your interest,</span><br>
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<span style="font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">kind regards,</span></p>
<div style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:Arial; vertical-align:baseline; white-space:pre-wrap">Loredana Le Pera.</span></div>
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