On March 15, 2021 key members of project ALIEN from Hanoi University delivered a presentation for teachers and students of VTI Academy on active learning and problem-based learning. The event was attended by 20 instructors and students from VTI academy, including Mr. Nguyen Quyet, General Manager of the Academy.
VTI Academy is an organization that specializes in providing training courses on IT with the purpose of developing high-quality human resources for domestic and international information technology markets. VTI Academy courses provide prospective programmers with the best technology skills, software skills, and software development process knowledge for application in enterprise contexts.
Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, a key member of the ALIEN project, introduced the advantages of active learning and the reason why active learning should be used in engineering education. In addition, he provided a list of tools and techniques that help in the application of active learning.