Innovations pédagogiques MUSE - UM
Innovative teaching methods
The TAKE-OFF call for projects to support pedagogical innovations supports the pedagogical transformation strategy of the institutions and components of the MUSE consortium. It aims to promote quality teaching, reflecting the excellence of the site in terms of training and support for students in acquiring skills, the pedagogical transformation of teaching curricula and the development of interdisciplinarity, using innovative teaching methods and supporting existing Master's programs towards international standards in terms of excellence and attractiveness and/or the creation of new Master's programs. This call is open to all teaching teams at consortium member institutions.
At the heart of the issues addressed by our I-ISITE, educational innovation and the excellence of our training offer require an in-depth transformation of the way people learn, andthis is why the 4th wave of support for emblematic innovations in the TAKE OFF program is backing innovative educational equipment projects. To ensure that these transformations have a lasting impact and serve as many people as possible, they must be firmly rooted in the overall development strategies of components and establishments.
With an endowment of over €1M, the MUSE Board, on the recommendation of the evaluation committee made up of external personalities recognized in the field and experts from MUSE's Centre de soutien aux Innovations Pédagogiques (CSIP), selected 4projects:
Design for project work combining mobility, virtual tools, 3D and experimentation(APP' MOV)
Faculty of Sciences| Project coordinators: Patricia Cucchi, Nelly Godefroy
Escape game in Xstry - Integrated Training (EXIT)
Faculté des Sciences| Project leaders: Karine Molvinger
Master Sciences du Bois(Master Wood)
Faculté des Sciences| Project leaders: Bruno Clair, Sandrine Bardet
Quantitative Biology in Practice(QuBiP)
Faculty of Science| Project leaders: Cherine Bechara, Luca Ciandrini
A program emblematic of the MUSE I-SITE's educational innovation, this call for projects is specifically designed tosupport the transformation and/or creation of curricula. It aims to support the reinforcement or optimization of curricula, with priority given to Master's programs, engineering courses and non-degree courses such as summer schools and institutional diplomas.
With an endowment of almost €3M, the MUSE Board, on the recommendation of the evaluation committee made up of external personalities recognized in the field and experts from MUSE's Centre de Soutien aux Innovations Pédagogiques (CSIP), selected30projects:
Action 1: Support for existing national diplomas (5 projects for FdS)
Accompanying a change of paradigm and positioning for teachers in active pedagogy(APP-ACTIV)
Faculty ofScience | Project coordinator: Patricia Cucchi
Consolidate BioHealth Master(CBHM)
Faculty of Science | Project sponsor: Rachel Cerdan
Formation Innovante par la Recherche(FIRE)
FacultédesSciences | Project coordinator: Sylvie Hurtrez-Bousses
International Biodioversity Field School(IBIO)
FacultédesSciences | Project leader: Vincent Girard
Quantitative Biology(qBio) course
Faculty ofScience | Project coordinators: Luca Ciandrini and Cherine Bechara
Action 2: Support for new national diplomas (2 projects for FdS)
Eco-Epidemiology of Animal and Human Pathogens Comprehensive and Utilitary Resources(EpiCURe)
FacultédesSciences | Project leader: Catherine Moulia
Master Sciences du Bois
Facultédes Sciences | Project leaders: Bruno Clair and Sandrine Bardet
Accompanying and supporting the pedagogical transformation strategy of establishments and components
The second wave of the Take-off call for projects to accompany and support the pedagogical transformation strategy of the institutions and components of the MUSE consortium ran from October 15, 2018 to February 20, 2019. The main obejctives of Take-off #2 are to:
=> Promote high-quality teaching, reflecting the excellence of the site in terms of training and support for students in acquiring skills.
=> Promote the pedagogical transformation of teaching curricula and develop interdisciplinarity, using innovative teaching methods.
=> Bring existing Master's programs up to international standards in terms of excellence and attractiveness, and support the creation of new Master's programs.
Take-Off #2 was divided into 3 major actions:
=> Learning laboratories
=> Pedagogical innovation MUSE curriculum
=> From theoretical knowledge to business practice
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Learning laboratories
Support for the development of flexible, collaborative and innovative physical learning spaces. These spaces are designed to encourage and facilitate creative teaching practices that promote collective intelligence. These approaches must be integrated into a strategy of pedagogical animation of the spaces and consequently have a tangible impact on the pedagogical transformation of establishments or components.
2 of the 6 projects selected for this action are led by the Faculty of Science
How can we bring innovative teaching methods to life, experiment with them and train teachers? In order to bring about a transition in the way we teach and develop pedagogical engineering at the Faculty of Science, we'd like to equip it with a "learning lab". Combining mobile, colorful and modular furniture, digital tools, stationery and multi-purpose mobile boards and walls, it will enable a wide range of uses. It can be used as a brainstorming room, a project room or even a "fablab", depending on the tools that can be fitted out later.
It will be equipped with a convivial area for refreshments. It will be available primarily to teaching correspondents, FDS teachers, and TU project and problem-based learning students. The three main uses are : Exchange and Training, Incubation, Demonstration.
In this project, we want to develop an innovative interdisciplinary learning laboratory to encourage biology and bioinformatics students to interact by combining their skills, and thus become active players in their training. This collaborative space, comprising two molecular biology rooms dedicated to DNA sequencing, opening onto two modular computerized rooms, will enable students to confront a real research laboratory in which they can generate and analyze data themselves to answer the same scientific question together.
A dynamic, multi-disciplinary team of teacher-researchers, researchers and technicians will support them through to commercialization (drafting of international scientific publications) and dissemination of the results obtained (communications at conferences, popularization among the general public).
Educational innovation MUSE curriculum
Support for the pedagogical transformation of a module or university curriculum. The aim of this action is to stimulate pedagogical creativity and help teachers and lecturers to change their attitudes, with a view to promoting student autonomy and the internationalization of training courses. This can cover two types of project:
=> Innovative pedagogical activities involving a critical mass of teachers and students in active, inverted, reversed, hybrid or mutual teaching methods.
=> New Master's courses, university diplomas, engineering diplomas and architecture diplomas that meet the characteristics of internationally attractive courses. (foreign language courses, innovative teaching methods, etc.).
5 of the 21 projects selected for this action are led by the Faculty of Science
Cell biology is an important discipline in both animal and plant biology. Unfortunately, this discipline requires the acquisition of a certain amount of knowledge, which can then be combined with the know-how to analyze complex situations. The way Cell Biology is currently taught, particularly in L1, remains very frontal, with lectures, tutorials and "classic" practical work.
We propose to introduce a more playful and active activity through this serious Trivial Pursuit-type game project at L1 and L2 levels. The software for this game, already developed in the Faculty of Law by UM's educational engineers, can be adapted to any discipline. This adaptation, requiring the design of a specific logo and a large database of questions, will enable students to combine fun with the acquisition of knowledge.
The Mobility European Master in Evolution is an international master's degree resulting from the synergy of four major European universities: the University of Groningen, the University of Uppsala, the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich and the University of Montpellier; and a privileged partnership with
Harvard University (US). A similar partnership with the University of Lausanne is currently being developed.
This international Master's degree, taught entirely in English and based on mobility (a student cannot spend more than two semesters at the same university), makes a major contribution to the international reputation of the University of Montpellier. The present project aims to consolidate a number of innovations that we propose to undertake in order to ensure that this master's program remains at the forefront of international training in the discipline.
The Chem'Sc@pe educational innovation project brings together three of the Faculty of Science's teaching departments: Chemistry, Computer Science and Languages. It consists in designing and developing an educational escape game on the theme of organic chemistry at L1 level. It is mainly aimed at students (~950) enrolled inTU Organic Chemistry, HLCH201, in the second semester of the 1st year of the Bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Science. Chem'Sc@pe aims to make organic chemistry more accessible and fun for students, facilitate learning, and develop cooperation between students (working in small groups).
Chem'Sc@pe will combine a game board with a card game and a smartphone application. The game will be available in French and English. In the medium term, this game could be adapted to other scientific disciplines taught in the Faculty of Science, and more generally to other components of the University of Montpellier.
The Plat-Ini-UM project was born of a simple problem: how can we combine university teaching, which is intended to be theoretical, with professional integration, which is based more on quantifiable, essentially practical skills? In order to provide an appropriate response to this question, we want to develop problem-based learning in a scientific field with high professional potential, namely the study of biological electrical phenomena. To achieve this, we are proposing the introduction of experiment-based teaching, bringing together inverted and reversed pedagogies, giving students real freedom to imagine, conceptualize and carry out their experiments, in direct interaction with players from the professional world.
This should enable them to acquire critical thinking skills, as well as technical skills that can be applied in the professional world, such as the pharmaceutical and agronomy industries.
Faced with the major challenge of minimizing our impact on the environment, a transition is necessary, particularly in our choice of materials. Wood is the only material that is renewable, has low production energy costs, is locally produced, stores carbon and can be recycled. The uses for wood are multiplying, and this trend is set to intensify over the coming decades. Drawing on its broad range of wood-related skills, we propose that the Montpellier site play a key role in this transition by developing a resolutely interdisciplinary Wood Sciences curriculum. This complex material will be covered from its formation in the tree to its use as a material or molecule, drawing on skills in biology, ecology, chemistry, physics, mechanics, civil engineering and process engineering.
The aid requested for this project is designed to bring together local and national players, both academic and socio-economic, to create a Master's degree in Wood Sciences to be based in Montpellier.
Supporting the pedagogical transformation of training courses as part of the development of future MUSE Masters of Excellence programmes
=> Promote a quality teaching label through MUSE, reflecting the site's excellence in terms of teaching.
=> Promote innovation within teaching curricula and enhance this dimension in the status of teachers.
=> Develop interdisciplinarity, using innovative teaching methods.
=> Bring existing Master's programs up to international standards in terms of excellence and attractiveness, and support the creation of new Master's programs with the "Excellence Curricula" program.
This first call for projects comprises four types of action:
Innovative educational projects (approx. 35%)
Development of digital and educational resources (approx. 15%)
Creation or development of pedagogical innovation laboratories (approx. 40%)
Language training as part of the internationalization of training courses (approx. 10%)