Location, context, time, and duration
A 1st instructor training event took place at the Engineering School of the Porto Polytechnic on the 16th of November of 2022. The event included a mix of theoretical and practical applications.
Participants
Educators and researchers of the School of Engineering of Porto Polytechnic.
Description of activities
The event was divided into 2 sessions. The first session involved a presentation of theoretical concepts on active learning, design thinking, and gamification as well as presentation of related projects. The 2nd session focused on practicing the use of the ICT-INOV gamified digital learning platform.
On the educator side, the audience had the opportunity to create an activity, post instructions for students for each design thinking step, review the platform analytics, review the gamification elements that promote engagement through rewards, access the reference manual, use the calendar of activities, and more. Furthermore, the audience accessed the resource library available in the platform, which includes suggested exercises for each design thinking step from which educators can select ideas for integrating into the activities they design for their students.
On the student side, the audience experienced how students register to a class, join a team, and participate in design thinking by sharing ideas on a common team working space. In addition, how to ask for help from the instructor and to open the team canvas to the entire class for additional feedback, if so desired.
The audience also became familiar with the current ICT-INOV activities developed in Portugal and in the other countries.
Documents and content used
A presentation was prepared describing design thinking and gamification in general and the ICT-INOV project objectives. The ICT-INOV platform was used by the participants.
Feedback and dissemination
The event was promoted through a presentation on the Porto Polytechnic School of Engineering portal and through the mailing list to all the professors and researchers of the school.
