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Mr. Miran started the second module of the pedagogy course of the year 2023. This module is (Innovative pedagogical methods and assessment tools)
First of all he started by brainstorming the audience by few questions: what does pedagogy means; then think and share our expectation about the module.

In my opinion Pedagogy is consist of new methods and practicing them in teaching the audience in the academic fields
We expect to  learn how to prepare teaching materials in a best way, then how to reach the audience and how to make them participate in the teaching process

Knowledge is information, while skill is how to apply and use the information

We negotiated the required skills in our groups and wrote the followings:
Computer and IT skill
Communication skill
tolerance and adaptation
language skills
leadership and management skills
creativity
critical thinking and problem solving

Mr. Miran taught the 21st century skills:
Learning skills: (critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication)
Literacy skills: (information literacy, Media, technology)
Life skills: (flexibility, leadership, initiative, productivity, social skills and networking)

Then he talked about: Teaching methods, assessment tolls, and learning environment

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Mr. Miran talked about the key elements of effective pedagogy  which are:
* combination (approaches)
* content (pedagogy for what?!)
* context (matters)
* change (embedding innovative)

the best way to remember a cotation is to tell a story.
innovative pedagogy consist of updated activities, techniques, methods and materials to enable the learners to get the required knowledge and skills.

he mentioned different teaching methods such as: Lecturing, Seminar, workshop, written assignment, Lab work, graduation project, internship,  ... etc
Advantages, disadvantages and positive impact points of some the common teaching methods were discussed

then we practiced another teaching method which was (Fish Bowl learning), I was one of the member of the inner circle discussing the subject, and each time one person of the outer circle was becoming a member of the inner circle, it was a new experience for me.

then Mr. Miran talked about creative teaching, creative learning, and teaching for creativity, and added more learning methods such as Authentic learning, Game based Learning, Flipping learning, and Problem Based learning

It was an interesting information to know how the teaching methods are broad and different and by getting the skill of different teaching skills a teacher can cope with a variety of different learners

at the end he gave us and assignment that each group should make presentation about specific teaching method other than those discussed, and should select from a list of methods found in the link he gave us.

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June 13, 2023 Teaching methods presentations

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June 13, 2023 Teaching methods presentations

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Teaching methods were an important part of the Innovative Pedagogy Module. Several teaching
methods have been taught by Mr. Miran during the module. We, as participants of the pedagogy
course/the morning group, were divided over 8 groups to present different teaching methods
other than those given by him.
Each group presented their own method for 15 minutes by powerpoint or prezi.
The methods were: Construction of summarizing a text, which is given by our group; Panel discussion; Field
exercise; Class discussion; Problem solving and case study; Field trips; Blended Learning; and
Jigsaw method.
Some of the methods were familiar, few of them were new to hear. Each method has benefits that could be applied in few or more academic situations.
I think, construction of summarizing a text is very beneficial for all academic writings. Panel Discussion is very useful to find solutions for a particular problem, but not as such for teaching students!! Field exercises enable students to solve their own problems by themselves and practically. Class discussion is good for teamwork and improves communication. Problem solving and case study enhances
group brainstorming, Academic field trips enhance learning by seeing what has been given theoretically, Blended learning which mixes online and classroom teaching, is important to give individual freedom and independence of learning, Jigsaw which is a puzzle like method, is an
interesting method which depends of cooperation and teamwork of the students.
Regarding the presentation skills of the groups, overall they were good, but some of them took longer than 15 minutes. Some of the slides were full of lines with small fonts as it was difficult to read. Some of the presenters voices were very low and couldn't be heard well. Some of them did not keep eye contact with the audience.
In the end, we heard several different teaching methods, we practiced teaching methods like teachers, we learned from ourselves and others mistakes, and will definitely benefit from all these valuable knowledge.

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in this lecture Mr. Miran talked about assessment of the teaching methods and/or tools:
assessment starts with identifying the learning goals to judging the achievement of those goals.
* why we assess?
- to know if we reach our goal?!
- whether the students learned?!
- to assess our teaching methods
- to assess ourselves
- to identify different levels of students
- to give certificate to those deserving it

* what to assess?
- the knowledge (info)
- the skill (doing)
- the attitude (being in)

* how to assess each of the above?
- a simple way is to (knows, knows how, shows how, does)

how we know that our assessment works? is by:
-Reliability
-validity
-educational impact (relation between assessment and learning)

there are different types of assessment:
-summative (end of course)
-formative (throughout the course)
-self/peer (anytime)

Pedagogy changed the assessment process as follows:
-from control to support
-was at the end ... now with in the learning process
-exam was the only way ... now there are different ways
-before only the teacher was assessing ... now the teacher, peers, and even other students are assessing
-the classroom was the only venue for assessment ... but now it is in the real-life

* Diagnostic assessment is before starting the module
* Formative assessment is to develop instruction
* Confirmative is an extensive for of summative
* Norm-referenced assessment compare level of student to the average
* criterion / referenced
* Ipsative assessment: assess the student to his/her previous assessment (progressive)
* Interm/Bench mark (periodically)

We use different assessment method because some learning outcome is difficult to assess by one method

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the first part of this lecture was continuation of the previous lecture that we talked about guidelines of assessments:

*Assessment of knowledge by the following means:
(MCQ, short answer, assay, oral presentations, posters, learning diaries ... etc)
*Assessment of performance by: (case study, project, field trip, lab experiment, problem solving, ... etc)
*Assessment of attitude is by: (self assessment, 360 degree assessment, which is by director, peer, manager, customer and so on

Rubric:
Mr. Miran mentioned Rubric which is scoring guide that helps the teacher to assess the students performance, Rubric either HOLISTIC or ANALYTIC, the last one is two dimensional, we talked in details about both of them, how and when to use them, and how to prepare a rubric according to the subject.

making Rubric form by google classroom were also mentioned

the second half of the lecture was given by Mr. Karwan who also continued on discussing and practicing Rubric assessment tool

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on this day each group presented a Rubric assessment for a specific subject.
our Rubric was for MEDICAL CASE STUDY ASSESSMENT BY RUBRIC.
Each other group presented different Rubric assessment for different subject relevant to their specialities.
it was really informative and interesting to learn Rubric assessment which an amazing way of assessing performance

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July 4, 2023 Mini sheet and master sheet

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July 4, 2023 Mini sheet and master sheet

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Mr. Karwan talked about preparing and contents of Mini-sheet and Master-sheet

mini-sheet includes all records of the students workloads, it is prepared by each teacher for one course, includes the grades, quizzes, presentation marks, teamwork marks, and midterm degree

the student works loads could be assignment, quiz, seminar, teamwork, activities, presentations, attendance, extra activities

Master-sheet include all the students marks for the whole year with the final mark, all the teachers participate in preparing it with the department

other records are attendance records and activity records.

if there will be curve for exam marks it should equally cover all students and not only the failures

Mr. Karwan discussed the different committees at the department levels and at the college level:
Department committees are:
-scientific committee
-exam committee
-quality control committee
-summary training committee
-health and safety
-continuous education committee
-Board committee
-advertising and marketing

scientific committee deals with reviewing the lecture and topics, the researches, lectures and exams format

then we talked about the followings:
Trust
student center learning
student group and team working
team teaching
teacher assistant
student union and representatives

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in this lecture creating learning environments were discussed, by just telling the knowledge will be forgotten, by teaching it might be remembered but by involving the student it will definitely be learned and remembered.

learning environment involves using different locations, contexts and cultures, so as to optimize the student to learn

creating a good learning environment is to encourage active learning, establish learning communities, build connection between theory and practice, and to connect the student to their education.

physical locations could be classroom, library, nature, or even cafe, home ... etc
connecting themselves by social media and os on

different PLE personal learning environments been mentioned and discussed

different classroom arrangements been discussed

chracterstic of effective learning environment been discussed,

there are different strategies to keep the class interested e.g. using classroom games

différent techniques of motivating learners mentioned e.g. goal setting, interest and curiosity, rewards and so on