University of Silesia in Katowice

The main objective of the Project is to activate students participating in online classes.

The Project is a response to the need of academic teachers for knowledge in the field of online didactics, necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Research conducted at universities has shown that although most teachers can quickly acquire the technical skills to work with online tools, the problem was the absence of knowledge on the methodology of online classes. It emerged that transferring academic classes to the virtual network resulted in significantly lower student activity than during traditional meetings. We hope that the Project will improve teachers’ abilities, e.g. in the area of didactic and digital competences, skills in using innovative digital tools.

The aim of the Project is to disseminate the flipped classroom method as well as to support distance learning with ICT tools. Many devices are known in didactics, but until now rarely used in online classes. The use of such tools as Mentimeter, Padlet, LearningApps, Genially will allow not only to give the classes an attractive form but also be a suitable method of activating students. Gamification of classes is also an important element. The results of the Project are expected to help academic teachers in their online classes, providing them with methods, tools and opportunities to improve their skills and build a new standard of teaching.

The flipped classroom approach is currently being designed and tested at three universities (Silesian University in Katowice, Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and Sofia University), but will also be presented to our partners from Transform4Europe European University – T4E.

The aim of the Project is to have a positive impact on the quality of teaching in the universities that are part of T4E as well as in other universities in our region. The results of the Project will also be presented to teachers at lower levels of education, who often benefit from the support of the University in this area. Therefore, the methods developed in the Project can be applied in primary and secondary schools.

The main objective of the Project is to activate students participating in online classes.

The Project is a response to the need of academic teachers for knowledge in the field of online didactics, necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Research conducted at universities has shown that although most teachers can quickly acquire the technical skills to work with online tools, the problem was the absence of knowledge on the methodology of online classes. It emerged that transferring academic classes to the virtual network resulted in significantly lower student activity than during traditional meetings. We hope that the Project will improve teachers’ abilities, e.g. in the area of didactic and digital competences, skills in using innovative digital tools.

The aim of the Project is to disseminate the flipped classroom method as well as to support distance learning with ICT tools. Many devices are known in didactics, but until now rarely used in online classes. The use of such tools as Mentimeter, Padlet, LearningApps, Genially will allow not only to give the classes an attractive form but also be a suitable method of activating students. Gamification of classes is also an important element. The results of the Project are expected to help academic teachers in their online classes, providing them with methods, tools and opportunities to improve their skills and build a new standard of teaching.

The flipped classroom approach is currently being designed and tested at three universities (Silesian University in Katowice, Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and Sofia University), but will also be presented to our partners from Transform4Europe European University – T4E.

The aim of the Project is to have a positive impact on the quality of teaching in the universities that are part of T4E as well as in other universities in our region. The results of the Project will also be presented to teachers at lower levels of education, who often benefit from the support of the University in this area. Therefore, the methods developed in the Project can be applied in primary and secondary schools.