Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Train the Trainer: Design Genomics and Bioinformatics Training
This course covered adult, active learning and teaching principles and role of teacher in a learner centred environment. It covered good practice learning and teaching skills of communication, group work and facilitation. It demonstrated the iterative process of learning design and development applied to genomics and bioinformatics training, with examples of best practices. It offered opportunity for trainee’s personal course design, evaluation and reflection on design using peer review.
3 weeks, 5 hours per week
Dr Treasa Creavin
Scientific Programme Manager
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Dr Rachel Berkson
Education Manager
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss adult learning theory and illustrate how an active, learner centred approach guides course design
- Apply good practice learning and teaching skills of communication, group work and facilitation
- Identify opportunities for creating learning experiences from subject content
- Plan and design learning for a selected audience encompassing aspects of generation and analysis of genomic data, suitable for own context and environment
- Evaluate and reflect on learning design and identify areas for improvement using peer review feedback
Syllabus
- Adult learning and teaching principles and approaches for small or large groups.
- Social learning through knowledge sharing; role of teacher/trainer in a learner centred environment.
- Iterative process of learning design and development applied to genomics training.
- Common educational methods to teach and assess bioinformatics and laboratory methods required for genomics.
- Peer review project: design training in genomics, evaluate, reflect and improve.
Issued on 8th July 2021
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