Faculty Development: The University of Genoa’s Experience

Journal title EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING
Author/s Antonella Lotti
Publishing Year 2017 Issue 2017/1
Language Italian Pages 17 P. 95-111 File size 182 KB
DOI 10.3280/EXI2017-001006
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The University of Genoa has created a Working group aimed to develop a Faculty Development (FD) program to make the educational process more effective and student-centered. The author describes the first year activities and the satisfaction evaluation’s results by the participants.

Keywords: Faculty development; university teachers; continuing professional development; seminars; workshop.

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Antonella Lotti, Sviluppare le competenze formative dei docenti universitari: l’esperienza dell’Università di Genova in "EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN LEARNING AND TEACHING" 1/2017, pp 95-111, DOI: 10.3280/EXI2017-001006