In pursuance of its mandate of improving teaching and learning in higher education, the Centre for Teaching Support (CTS) of the College of Education Studies of 黑料社has extended its services to faculty of the School of Medical Sciences, University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS-SMS).
The Centre for Teaching Support organised a week training workshop for 35 faculty of UHAS-SMS on the theme 鈥淚mproving Teaching Methodologies: Andragogical approaches and Strategies with Information & Communication Technology (ICT)鈥� at Ho in the Volta Region.
The broad objective of the training was to enhance professional development of the teaching staff by providing them opportunities to a range of andragogical approaches including: Course Outline Preparation, Test Construction, Marking Scheme Preparation and Project Work Supervision, Concept Maps, Presentation Application as a productivity tool, Instructional Strategies with ICT.
Resource persons for the workshop included the Director of CTS, Dr. Douglas D. Agyei, Dr. Kwaa- Aidoo, Dr. Kenneth Asamoah 鈥揋yimah and Dr. Godwin Aboagye from the College of Education Studies. Dr. Douglas D. Agyei took the participants through 鈥淭he Use of ICT in teaching鈥� and 鈥淯sing Problem- Based Learning Approach with ICT鈥� whilst Dr. Kwaa-Aidoo handled 鈥淧resentation Application as a productivity tool鈥�. 聽Dr. Kenneth Asamoah made a presentation on 鈥淟earning Outcomes/ Blooms Taxonomy of Cognitive Learning鈥� and 鈥淐onstructing Multiple Type Test Items鈥� and Dr. Godwin Aboagye also led participants to acquire skills on 鈥淭he Use of Concept Maps鈥�, 鈥淐onstructing Essay Type Items鈥� and 鈥淧reparation of Marking schemes and Rubrics鈥�. Participants were engaged in interactive, participatory and experiential sessions as well as formal presentations, group discussions, hands-on activities and poster presentations.
The Dean of the School of Medical Sciences (UHAS) Professor Harry Tagbor, expressed appreciation to the team of facilitators and urged members of his faculty to make use of the knowledge and skills acquired during the training to enhance their teaching and learning outcomes as well as their own professional development.聽