The document discusses pedagogy at the university level and the need for updating teaching methods. It notes that today's students learn differently than when teachers were students. New learning theories have emerged from fields like neuroscience and artificial intelligence that provide insights into the human learning process. Universities need to offer new formats of content, courses, and degrees to reflect cultural and technological shifts. While universities still need to provide higher education, nurture science, and share knowledge with society, they must also support innovation in a low-risk environment and view learning as engaging with content, not just consuming it. Universities should collaborate within the higher education system and with other connected systems to share problems and solutions.

1. Pedagogy at University Teaching, Learning, Self-study
and Creative Audiences
Neuza Pedro,
nspedro@ie.ul.pt
Ulisboa, 9-1o january 14

2. Digital environments and
technologies in elementary and
secondary education
+
E-learning program of
University of Lisbon

3. #1
The students that are presently in
the classrooms of the elementary
and secondary schools are used to
learn in a very different way that
todays’ teachers have been used to
teach.

5. "There's a new generation around the
world that is the first to grow up digital.’
(Tapscott, 1999)

7. Online environments
and networks support a
peace of their identity.

8. (Small, 2009)

11. Adults are
better on:
. Reading facial expressions
(interpersonnal face-to-face
interactions)
. Reflection
(connections, generalization)
. Perform more metodically
and preciselly
. Reasoning (not-acting)
Kids are
better on:
. superior cognitive abilities in
snap decisions and juggle
multiple sources of inputs.
. Understanding graphic
representation (3D)
. multitasking
. Parallel information
processing

12. #2
An update is needed is teaching
methods in higher education! New
learning theories have emerged.
More quality and innovation is
demanded.

13. Neuropsychophisiology,
Artificial intelligence,
Machine learning,
Big data Analysis,
Synthetic Biology
…
all this new fields of sciences
provide relevant inputs about
Human learning processes.

14. High-value activities on campus:
Teaching
vs
Research & Development

15. (Pedro, Matos, Pedro & Abrantes, 2011)

18. Employability
and citizenship

19. Quantum Mechanics: The Structure Of Atoms

24. #3
To reflect cultural and technological
shifts new formats of content, courses,
degrees and certification should be
offered.

26. #4
The higher educational system is not
failing or in need of some renovation.
Universities just need to remember their
main role:
. to provide higher education
. to nurture science and make it prosper
. and to share the developed and carefully
validated knowledge with society in
order to promote social growth.

27. Universities are pedagogical places
where innovation can happen in a
low-risk environment.
To learn, in the higher education
level, is not about content it’s about
learning of to touch the content.

28. #5
Universities are part of the
higher education system.
Therefore, they should work as
actor in this network:
articulate efforts, share
problems and co-operate
solutions.

29. Higher education system is
also linked with other systems
in an Educational Ecology.

30. Pedagogy at University Teaching, Learning, Self-study and
Creative Audiences
Neuza Pedro,
nspedro@ie.ul.pt