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16 June, 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Workshop series in Engineering Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration:<\/strong> https:\/\/forms.ua.pt\/index.php?r=survey\/index&sid=674685&lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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11:00 \u2013 12:30 “I am more than the sum of the parts!” – Assessment as a driver for student learning and development<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aida Guerra (Aalborg University, Denmark)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assessment can be understood as the act of making informed judgments\u2014something we engage in constantly in our everyday lives. Yet, in formal education, assessment is often perceived as a necessary evil, primarily used to measure and confirm knowledge.<\/em> What if we instead reimagined assessment as a central tool for supporting student growth, development, and thriving?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this workshop, we will explore how assessment practices in engineering education can move beyond knowledge verification toward fostering learning, agency, and development. We will examine both current and emerging approaches, focusing on how practices such as formative feedback, peer dialogue, and authentic assessment tasks can support students\u2019 ability to reflect, self-regulate, and take ownership of their learning.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the workshop, participants will have critically mapped their current assessment practices and identified concrete opportunities to redesign them in ways that better support student growth, agency, and thriving.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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12:30 \u2013 14:00 Break<\/em> (Free time. Lunch not provided)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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14:00 \u2013 15:30 Universal Design for Learning<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Matheus de Andrade & Kathleen Tripp (University College London, United Kingdom)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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15:45 \u2013 17:15 A beginner\u2019s guide to engineering education research<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shannon Chance & Kaitlyn Thomas (TU Dublin, Ireland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This 90-minute hands-on workshop introduces academics from technical disciplines to the field of engineering education research. Facilitators will outline key differences between technical and social\/educational sciences, present a simple step-by-step approach to planning an educational research study, and guide participants through exercises to analyse an existing study and begin designing their own.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together, we will explore how to identify a research problem, frame it as a research question, and align it with appropriate objectives and methods. The workshop touches on a range of social science methodologies and the ethics considerations that underpin rigorous research \u2014 but the majority of our time will be spent working in pairs, applying theory to practice through structured analysis and research design activities.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No prior experience in social or educational research is required. You\u2019ll leave with a handout outlining the approach and your preliminary research design, to guide subsequent development. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16 June, 2026 Workshop series in Engineering Education Registration: https:\/\/forms.ua.pt\/index.php?r=survey\/index&sid=674685&lang=en 11:00 \u2013 12:30 “I am more than the sum of the parts!” – Assessment as a driver for student learning and development Aida Guerra (Aalborg University, Denmark) Assessment can be understood as the act of making informed judgments\u2014something we engage in constantly in our everyday lives. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/268\/revisions\/597"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eee4sd.web.ua.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}