Pedagogical Innovations · UNIGE

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We regularly produce videos to further highlight innovative projects. Browse them to discover projects in pictures, commented by the teachers, students and teaching assistants of the courses.

Videos produced by the team — 18 projects

Videos & questions

Jérôme Kasparian

This project aims to provide foundations in mathematics through video capsules and to foster interactivity by asking questions during class, using a live question-and-answer platform.

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Award

Medical fact sheets

Priscilla Soulié & Monica Didier

In this self-directed project, students write fact sheets on rare diseases for a database, taking on specific roles and assessing themselves and one another.

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Serious-game simulations

Dominique Jaccard

The teacher developed a serious game in project management so that students can concretely apply theoretical concepts, fostering better understanding and integration of the topics taught.

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SketchNote 3D

Christophe Lamy & Julien DaCosta

Anatomy practicals in medicine adopted the flipped classroom with prior e-learning modules. The web tool « SketchNote 3D » was developed to annotate and visualise interactive 3D anatomical models.

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Virtual escape game

Rita Trigo Trindade

The project takes the form of an escape game: students are placed in the situation of an heiress « parachuted » into a company she wants to escape from without losing her inheritance.

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Live reporting

Nicolas Szilas & Kim Le

To share knowledge about places that are hard to access with large groups, the courses take the form of reports broadcast in real time on Zoom to FPSE students.

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Formative interventions

Simon Flandin, Léa Beaud & Rui Costa Machado

Speakers are invited to share their experience as people affected by a situation of vulnerability. They take an active part in teaching through a professionalising placement.

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Posters & podcasts

Barbara Fouquet-Chauprade & Kristine Balslev

Students interact with external speakers, design intervention projects in response to fictional briefs, and present their proposals through posters and podcasts.

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Theatrical improvisation

Pauline Hämmerli & colleagues

A theoretical presentation followed by a theatrical performance of scenes highlighting sexism and aggression in the medical field, then group discussions to suggest response strategies.

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Educational video games

Nicolas Szilas

This course evolved towards the hands-on design of a video game, placing students' creation at the centre of learning. Students work in groups to design, develop and evaluate a video game.

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Award

Environmental podcast

Juliet Fall & Karine Duplan

Students learn to analyse podcasts on environmental issues, then produce their own podcast in groups, putting their teamwork skills into practice.

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Catchbox

Judith Schrempf-Stirling

The Catchbox is a portable cube-shaped microphone that students throw across the room. It encourages easy, playful speaking and active student engagement.

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Documentary film

Nicolas Senn, Annie Goudeaux & Germain Poizat

This course lets students develop documentary film projects in pairs or individually, from shooting to editing, using professional equipment.

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Award

Statistics exerciser

Matthias Studer

The teacher added randomly generated practical exercises on Moodle with automatic correction, along with interpretation exercises in small groups during seminars.

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Beekee Live

Mireille Bétrancourt & Vincent Widmer

Beekee Live is an online tool that lets students share and discuss their work without creating an account or installing an app, easing collaboration and assessment.

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Award

Institutional project

Marcel Paulssen

This course gives students the opportunity to work cooperatively with faculty members on projects related to event organisation, university development or research.

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Video & practice

Valérie Lussi Borer

This course promotes caring, formative peer exchange. Students film themselves during their professional practice and the video sequences are objectively analysed and assessed at each stage.

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Responsible project

Michelle Bergadaà

This course teaches the fundamental principles of project management. Students run a group project in partnership with an NGO working in education in disadvantaged countries.

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