Recording of the webinar "Poticanje aktivnog učenja konstruktivnim poravnanjem"

In this activity, watch a recording of the webinar Poticanje aktivnog učenja konstruktivnim poravnanjem held on February 27, 2024, organized by the SRCE University Computing Centre. The lecturers were held by the assoc. prof. Ivan Banovac, PhD and prof. Vedran Katavić, PhD from the University of Zagreb School of Medicine. The webinar deals with ways to connect learning outcomes, teaching activities and assessment strategies for the purpose of more effective and meaningful teaching. It shows examples from the higher education context that illustrate how carefully planned constructive alignment can encourage students to deepen their understanding, independent research and application of knowledge in new situations.

While watching the recording, pay attention to how active learning methods are integrated into the teaching process and how aligning goals, activities, and assessment contributes to greater student engagement and motivation. In particular, think about how you could adapt and apply some of the presented approaches in your own teaching.

The aim of the activity is to develop an understanding of the concept of constructive alignment and to enable you to apply it in practice by designing teaching activities that directly support the achievement of learning outcomes and by encouraging active, reflective and collaborative learning of students in digital and hybrid educational environments.

Webinar content:

The webinar presents the process of adapting the approach to teaching objectives, content, teaching units and methods of assessing students' knowledge and skills using the example of the Anatomy course, the largest course in the first year of the integrated undergraduate and postgraduate study of medicine at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine (24 ECTS credits). It also presents the possibilities offered by the Learning Management System (LMS) interface in monitoring student activities and progress in the course. The flipped classroom model is used to demonstrate the design and implementation of teaching activities that encourage active learning and the achievement of the intended learning outcomes. Finally, an analysis of the conducted evaluation is presented, which, together with a thoughtful approach to constructive alignment, will form an integral part of future re-accreditation procedures of higher education institutions.

Important: Be sure to take notes as you watch, as the information contained here will be useful in later activities, such as Application of constructive alignment in one's own course or integration of what has been learned in one's own teaching context.