Ideas make sense when we think about and test them together, and their meaning today also means AI (artificial intelligence) in the classroom/seminar/laboratory and outside them, interculturality, internationalization and collaborations in interdisciplinary teams. As a result, the Academic Development Center (CDA) of UVT launches the CDA 2025 workshop series, a suite of participatory and applicative workshops that combine the Reflexive-Collaborative (RCL) model of training with active-participatory methodologies such as "living laboratories" (LivingLabs), respectively COIL-type higher education internationalization methodologies (Collaborative Online International Learning).
The goal is twofold: to support UVT teachers in designing relevant and effective learning experiences and conducting authentic assessments, respectively creating real contexts for co-designing relevant pedagogical solutions between teachers, students, UVT management and university support structures. This year's series continues the direction initiated in previous editions and strengthens UVT's commitment to evidence-based didactic development today.
In the coming months, these workshops will address key themes for the UVT academic community:
- How do we use generative AI more clearly, efficiently and transparently?
- Co-design, implementation and evaluation of collaborative international learning (COIL)
- Effective assessment and feedback strategies in the academic environment
- Inter/transdisciplinary and multi-actor co-design based on the Living Labs methodology intertwined with the RCL model for authentic assessment solutions and formative feedback
CDA workshop format: each session is held in RCL – seminar format, with a maximum of 25–30 participants. Systematically, the central concept of each workshop is linked to the RCL model. The duration is up to 3 hours / 2 UVT modules (≈ 1h30' theoretical input + 1h30' practical tasks), and the authentic intended result is finalized within the session. The applications are built on a real referential discipline, chosen by each participant, for immediate transfer into practice. At the end, participants receive a CDA certificate of participation and 2 CDA training points (PF-CDA), which will help them obtain a teaching grant.
Details about the calendar, registration and access conditions can be found on the CDA 2025 Workshops series page: https://cda.uvt.ro/workshopuri-cda-2025/
