4th instructor training at UNITEN, February 20-21, 2020

The 4th training event took place on February 20 – 21, 2020. The event was titled “Effective Implementation of student-centered Learning, Part 2: Developing and Supporting Team-Based Learning Using Cooperative Learning”. The training was delivered to educators that participated in “Workshop on 21st Century for Engaging Millennials, Part 1”. Thirty-one lecturers from 4 different colleges in UNITEN attended the workshop.

This workshop was delivered by Prof. Dr. Khairiyah Mohd Yusof and Dr. Syed Ahmad Helmi Syed Hassan from Centre for Engineering Education, UTM. A training booklet containing modules on formal cooperative learning was provided to each participant. Among the modules covered were different types of formal cooperative learning (CL), the “three pillars” of cooperative learning, and various forms of formal cooperative learning such as the jigsaw method, student teams achievement divisions (STAD), team-games tournament (TGT), group investigation (GI), complex instructions (CI), and constructive academic controversy (CAC). 

At the end of the training participants gave their feedback through a survey form. In general, they found the training very insightful and they are looking forward to part  3 and Part 4 of the workshops.

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