«Train the Trainer» professional development program for university and vocational school teachers
- Training to Teach Online in Wartime and After (U-train), in cooperation with the Department of Computer and System Sciences at Stockholm University (DSV/SU), Sweden, Ivan Franko National University in Lviv (LNU), Ukraine, and Khazar University (KU), Azerbaijan supported by Swedish Institute. 25 teachers from Ukraine are offered a capacity-building programme (180 hours of work, 6 ECTS) through the online course and Online Course Improvement Activity (OCIA) projects. - Sep. 2023-Oct. 2024
The U-Train project addresses the needs regarding design and delivery of online courses during wartime and after, as a part of reconstructing the higher education sector in Ukraine. The project engages teachers from Ukrainian universities to complete pedagogical training which is hard to accomplish in the turmoil of war.
The U-Train project had the following objectives:
1. Estimating the current knowledge in design and delivery of online courses among teaching staff at Ivan Franko National University in Lviv (LNU), Ukraine, and the challenges they face in wartime.
2. Creating a flexible training program for online teaching/learning that meets teachers’ needs. The program should be modular with some modules meeting the challenges during wartime and some dedicated to future developments in the postwar reconstruction of the educational sector in Ukraine.
3. Exploring the interest of teachers to participate in the training program. If a large number of teachers show interest in attending the program, criteria for selecting participants in the first run of the training should be created.
4. Conducting training in design, delivery and evaluation of online courses for LNU teachers.
5. Evaluating the training program and awarding the best-designed courses.
6. Introducing changes in the training program and making it publicly available through a social media platform.
7. Establishing a network of academics from all partner institutions dedicated to developing and enhancing e-learning at the higher education institutions in Ukraine. We will hereby contribute to the active role that academia is going to play in rebuilding society after the war.
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“The ICT capacity-building program for Ukrainian university teachers – Evaluation & Future Directions”. Master thesis. Stockholm University, Department of Computer and System Sciences, Sweden.
- “eLearning: Knowledge Management in Virtual Environment” Train the Trainer programme in cooperation with the Consortium for the Enhancement of Ukrainian Management Education (CEUME), supported by USAID. - Oct. 2001-Dec. 2004
- “Distance Learning in the Field of Business Management” project in partnership with Loyola College, MA, USA, supported by the U.S. Department of State. - Sep. 2001-July 2003