Certificate Course "Teaching for Active Learning (TAL-9)" by fLTR featuring CETL (23rd to 25th Feb, 2023)

 

Foundation for Learning, Teaching and Research (fLTR) and Center of Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CETL) jointly organized a three-day long certificate course on "Teaching for Active Learning" (TAL-9) that has been completed with the aim to improve the quality of higher education from February 23 - 25, 2023 at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB). 

A total of 14 faculty members from four public and private universities attended in the course which was designed for orienting and developing teaching and learning skills of senior and junior faculty members. Prof. Dr Md. Golam Samdani Fakir, Vice Chancellor of GUB and Chairperson of the fLTR provided overall guidance and acted as the lead facilitator and director for the course. Along with some eminent educationists like Prof. Yousuf Mahbubul Islam, Former Vice Chancellor of DIU; Dean of IUB, Dr. M. R. Kabir, Prof. of DIU, Prof Dr Md. Mozahar Ali, Director, GTI, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Prof. Md. Abdur Razzaque, former Pro-Vice Chancellor of GUB, Prof. Dr. ASM Shihavuddin, Director of CETL - GUB and Asst. Prof. Hasan Al Zubayer Rony, Facilitator at CETL - GUB, facilitated respective sessions of the course. In the certificate giving ceremony Prof. Syed Saad Andaleeb, Former Vice Chancellor of BRAC University; Professor Emeritus of Pennsylvania State University, USA and Prof. Imran Rahman, Vice Chancellor of ULAB gave their valuable speeches as special guests while Prof. Dr Md. Golam Samdani Fakir, Vice Chancellor of GUB and Chairperson of the fLTR chaired the closing session. 

The Foundation for Learning, Teaching and Research (fLTR) is a collective initiative of nine vice chancellors of reputed private universities based on the findings of intensive research on the quality of teaching and learning at higher education in Bangladesh. As an initial initiative, the foundation is going to offer a certificate course on Teaching for Active Learning (TAL-9), designed especially for the new instructors of private universities of Bangladesh.