webinar series #4 Strengthening Digital Teaching Competencies through Co-Creation - A journey between two universities

This webinar presents EASE (Educational Academic Staff Empowerment), a collaborative initiative developed by USI – Università della Svizzera italiana and the University of Bern (UniBE). From the outset, the project followed a co-creation approach: the needs and experiences of university teachers were systematically collected and used to shape the learning design and educational resources. The session will show how expertise from both institutions was combined throughout the development process, from identifying priorities to coordinating content development and video production across institutional boundaries. Participants will gain an overview of the project’s key outputs: 7 Learning Nuggets, 3 Self-Study Units, and 2 workshops designed to support digital teaching competencies. The webinar will illustrate how these resources were developed through an iterative, needs-informed process combining pedagogical expertise, practitioner perspectives, and inter-university collaboration. The speakers will also reflect on lessons learned from the partnership and discuss future plans to continue this collaboration in support of teaching innovation and academic staff development.

The webinar will be led by Giorgia Jaccard-Mora, Instructional designer at the eLab – eLearning Lab of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and David Graf, Deputy head of ILUB - Innovative Teaching & Learning Technologies University of Bern.

Giorgia supports teaching innovation projects, contributes to Medical Education initiatives, and collaborates on inter-university e-learning projects across Switzerland. As a certified LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator, she brings a strong interest in co-creation, participatory methods, and learner-centered approaches to teaching and learning.

David advises and supports faculty members on using digital tools and media for teaching purposes, particularly focusing on the effective pedagogical use of video in higher education. He runs workshops and courses, leads a multimedia production team and manages the 'Competencies for the (digital) future' project.