Course: Professional Learning Community

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Course title Professional Learning Community
Course code KSA/93PLC
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dopita Miroslav, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Dočekal Vít, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
February 7: Reiintroduction - First 10 minutes: Introduction of new facilitators - Introduction to PLC (for new participants) - Next 20 minutes: Overview and "syllabus" for remaining sessions - Next 40 minutes: Small group introductions and prompts - What is your name and area of work - What topics would be most useful to you for this PLC - What is your biggest challenge you are facing in your work. - What questions do you have about the PLC (to be answered now or in follow up email or meetings) - Next 10 minutes: Reflection - Next 10 minutes: Looking ahead to next time February 28: Innovative Teaching - First 10 minutes: Introduction and ice breaker (led by UMN) - Next 20 minutes: Innovative Strategies (e.g., flipped classroom, project-based, providing feedback, integration of technology) - UMN expert - Next 40 minutes: Small group discussions on innovative strategies - Next 10 minutes: Reflection - Next 10 minutes: Looking ahead to next time March 20: Assessment and Feedback - First 10 minutes: Introduction and ice breaker (led by UP/UNYP) - Next 20 minutes: Assessment and feedback (e.g., effective assessment, rubrics, providing constructive feedback, alternative assessments) - UP expert - Next 40 minutes: Small group discussions on innovative strategies - Next 10 minutes: Reflection - Next 10 minutes: Looking ahead to next time April 10: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - First 10 minutes: Introduction and ice breaker (led by UMN) - Next 20 minutes: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Culturally responsive teaching, inclusive classroom practices, addressing unconscious bias, creating an inclusive classroom) - UMN expert - Next 40 minutes: Small group discussions on innovative strategies - Next 10 minutes: Reflection - Next 10 minutes: Looking ahead to next time April 24: Active Learning - First 10 minutes: Introduction and ice breaker (led by UP/UNYP) - Next 20 minutes: Active Learning (Collaborative learning techniques, problem-based learning, inquiry-based learning, collaborative research projects). - Next 40 minutes: Small group discussions on innovative strategies - Next 10 minutes: Reflection - Next 10 minutes: Looking ahead to next time May 15: Reflection PLC

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Group work
Learning outcomes
To introduce participants to teaching and learning through the concept of a professional learning community (PLC).

Prerequisites
Time 15:00 - 16:30 On-line Zoom class with colleagues from University of Minnesota, Palacký University Olomouc and New York University Prague. Wednesday: 6x 90 minutes February 7; February 28; March 20; April 10; April 24; May 15

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Time 15:00 - 16:30 On-line Zoom class with collegue from University of Minessota and New York University Prague Wednesday February 7; February 28; March 20; April 10; April 24; May 15
Recommended literature
  • Wenger, E. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity. 1998.
  • Wenger, E., Trayner, B., & De Laat, M. Cultivating Communities of Practice. 2011.
  • Wenger-Trayner, E. & Wenger-Trayner, B. Introduction to communities of practice a brief overview of the concept and its uses. 2015.


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