Programme for the 2026 annual conference on innovative teaching

09:30 - 10:00

Welcome of participants and welcome coffee

10:00 - 10:20

Institutional greetings 
Daniela Mapelli,  Rector, University of Padua
Marco Ferrante - Deputy Rector for Teaching
    
Opening of the day
Marina De Rossi, Delegate of the Rector for innovative teaching and teacher training
Ettore Bolisani, Advisor of the T4L project

10:20 - 11:00

Teaching4Learning: ten years of progress
Carlo Mariconda (moderator)

“T4L: a research project, a community, ten years later. And now?”
Monica Fedeli, Deputy Rector for the Third Mission

“Courage or recklessness? How, when and why T4L was born” 
Massimiliano Barolo, lecturer Department of Industrial Engineering

“Innovating teaching in a changing world: dialogue as a resource” 
Marina Bertolini, researcher Department of Statistical Sciences

11:00 - 13:00

The experience of lecturers who took part in the T4L training courses
Cinzia Sada, lecturer Department of Physics and Astronomy

“Engaging, Fostering, Planning”: Beyond the lectern to build a future of mutual “ah ah moments”

Giovanna Tieghi, researcher Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies
   
Ten years of T4L monitoring 
Marco Bertoni, lecturer Department of Economics and Management “Marco Fanno”

The value of training as a space for reflection and community building 
Edward Taylor – Professor Emeritus -Lifelong Learning and Adult Education Penn State University 

T4L project unit with the support of the Teaching Offer and  Digital Learning and Multimedia offices 

“Giving structure to growth: operational support for the T4L project”
Cristina Stocco, Director Teaching Offer Office

“Beyond the lectern, inside the platforms: people and technologies for innovative teaching”
Dario Da Re, Director Digital Learning & Multimedia Office

T4L’s international activities and experiences 

“T4L and ARQUS: Synergies and cross-fertilisations”
Paolo Carletti, lecturer Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and Environment

“Teaching in international contexts: challenges of the multicultural classroom and the value of lecturer training”
Maria Cristina Lavagnolo, lecturer Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

“Innovating teaching without borders: ideas, practices and opportunities in the Coimbra network”
Laura Orian, lecturer Department of Chemical Sciences

Calls for Improving Teaching 

“Strategies, spaces and resources for student-centred university teaching”
Giuseppe Radaelli, delegate of the Rector for guidance and tutoring

Students’ testimony: accounts of experiences in an innovated context

Alexandra Boeva – researcher Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie
“PioveGO: Circular Waste in Motion”
Virginia Cavalletto, Gaia Rossetto – students, Innovative Project PioveGO 2.0  - Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering

 

13:00 - 14:30

Lunch break

14:30 - 14:45

Introduction to the work and launch of the afternoon working groups
Ettore Bolisani, Advisor of the T4L project

14:45 - 16:20    

Working groups:

1. Future actions of Teaching4Learning.
2. “Active teaching is not for me: let’s talk about it.”
3. Lecturers as a community.
4. Internationalisation and new challenges.
5. “Teaching is still my name. Turn the tables around, then good luck can be found, you've got to be Teaching, Teaching stand tall”
6. “Assessing to foster growth: ideas and practices for formative assessment in the age of AI”
    

16:20 - 17:15    

Plenary session and closing
Marina De Rossi,  Delegate of the Rector for innovative teaching and teacher training

17:15 - 18:30

Toast and cake cutting