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Objectives

1. Understand the Fundamentals: Empower participants to grasp the theoretical and conceptual principles of collaborative methodologies in education, recognizing their significance for developing students’ socioemotional and cognitive skills.
2. Integrate Collaborative Strategies: Provide educators with the ability to effectively integrate collaborative methodologies into their teaching practices, fostering a participative and inclusive learning environment.
3. Foster Creativity and Innovation: Stimulate creativity among both educators and students, encouraging the pursuit of innovative solutions and collective knowledge construction.
4. Develop Teamwork Skills: Enable participants to apply techniques that encourage cooperation among students, promoting teamwork and mutual collaboration.
5. Promote Effective Communication: Improve educators’ communication skills so they can establish an open and constructive dialogue with students, creating an environment of trust and empathy.
6. Address Educational Challenges: Empower educators to face common challenges in the classroom, providing them with tools to address different levels of learning, interests, and abilities.
7. Apply Collaborative Technologies: Demonstrate the proper use of technological tools that facilitate collaboration among students, enabling them to create joint projects and share knowledge interactively.
8. Encourage Student Autonomy: Foster student autonomy by promoting pedagogical approaches that value their ideas and allow them to take an active role in the learning process.
9. Implement Formative Assessment: Teach evaluative practices that value the learning process and continuous growth of students, providing constructive feedback for improving their skills.
10. Generate Positive Learning Impact: Aspire for educators, through the application of collaborative methodologies, to perceive a positive impact on student engagement, motivation to learn, and academic achievements.
11. Promote Inclusion and Diversity: Encourage the construction of inclusive educational environments where differences are valued and respected, fostering a culture of equality and diversity.
12. Stimulate Reflection and Continuous Practice: Motivate educators to constantly reflect on their pedagogical practices, seeking improvement and the incorporation of new collaborative approaches throughout their careers.

1. Fundamentals of Collaborative Methodologies: An overview of the principles and theories that underpin collaborative methodologies in education.
2. Collaborative Tools and Resources: Exploration of various digital tools and resources that facilitate collaboration among students and encourage active participation.
3. Design of Collaborative Activities: Learning how to plan and create pedagogical activities that promote group work, idea-sharing, and collective knowledge-building.
4. Management of Collaborative Groups: Strategies to foster cooperation in the classroom, manage group dynamics, and address common challenges in implementing collaborative approaches.
5. Collaborative Assessment: Reflection on assessment practices that value both individual and collective contributions of students, ensuring equity and recognition of diverse abilities.

Course Program

Day 1: Sunday – Welcoming

• Course presentation and training objectives.
• Individual orientation and information about the venue and country
• Round up presentation and networking between all participants.

Day 2: Monday

• Course presentation and training objectives.
• Fundamentals of collaboration and collaborative learning.
• Integration dynamics to promote teamwork.

Day 3: Tuesday

• Collaborative Project-Based Learning.
• Structuring and planning collaborative projects.
• Examples of successful collaborative projects.
• Practical activity: developing a collaborative project in groups.

Day 4: Wednesday

• Technologies and Tools of Collaboration
• Use of digital platforms and applications to facilitate collaboration between students and educators
• Exploration of resources for sharing ideas and creating collective content.
• Practical activity: experimenting with collaborative tools.

Day 5: Thursday

• Effective Communication and Teamwork.
• Developing teamwork skills.
• Improving interpersonal communication to facilitate collaboration.
• Practical activity: Dynamics to enhance communication within teams.

Day 6: Friday

• Inclusion and Diversity in Collaborative Education.
• Adapting collaborative practices to meet the needs of diverse students.
• Creating inclusive and respectful learning environments.

Day 7: Saturday

• Course evaluation.
• Releasing official course certifications.
• Participants departure.

Cultural visits will be also part of the program.

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Target Audience

Teachers from various educational fields, educators, artists, and all those interested in the topics covered.

The course will only occur with a minimum of 8 participants.

If in your organization you have a group of 8 people interested in taking the course, we can schedule different dates for you all.