MACHS spearheads MOSI workshop 2020

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MACHS spearheads MOSI workshop 2020

Mohammed Al-Mana College for Medical Sciences, incorporation with the University of Oregon spearheaded the Mobile Summer Institutes (MOSI) for Scientific Teaching. With 15 facilitators, the workshop was delivered based on hybrid learning model which engaged faculty in campus sessions and remotely. This five-day workshop trained total of 36 faculty members on scientific teaching to address challenges in STEM (Science and Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education. As published in the MOSI website, “the MoSI team, composed of international leaders in education reform, works to post-secondary institutions and trains a critical mass of educators within whole departments to create inclusive, student-centered classrooms that engage students to learn – as scientists do – through active problem solving and discussion. MoSI leaders facilitate workshops, group work, and presentations, to train participants on innovations and research in undergraduate education. By the end of the MoSI, participants develop and peer-review teaching materials, plus learn how to implement scientific teaching in their classrooms, and how to evaluate their peers in order to develop as reflective practitioners”.