Informamos que foi prorrogado até ao dia 21 de junho de 2024 o prazo para submissão de propostas de Boas Práticas à 9ª Call do ObservIST.
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9ª Call ObservIST
sexta, maio 24th, 20249ª Call ObservIST
segunda, fevereiro 19th, 2024
O Observist tem o objetivo de identificar, consolidar e divulgar iniciativas e experiências cuja promoção e replicação potencia a qualidade de processos internos e suporta a melhoria contínua.
Em 2024 o ObservIST espelha as áreas temáticas do Plano Estratégico do IST 2020-2030, que configura três áreas de missão, Educação, Investigação e Impacto societal e social e quatro facilitadores, Internacionalização, Infraestruturas, Sustentabilidade financeira e investimento e Governança, autonomia e agilidade.
Candidaturas abertas até 31 de maio de 2024.
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Formulário para submissão
O valor das boas práticas numa escola inovadora e sustentável – SILAB, Social Innovation Lab
terça, dezembro 19th, 2023O professor Miguel Amaral, docente do Departamento de Engenharia e Gestão e investigador do Centro de Estudos em Inovação, Tecnologia e Políticas de Desenvolvimento (IN+), foi o orador convidado do 6º Encontro ObservIST e obsequiou-nos com a apresentação intitulada: “O valor das boas práticas numa escola inovadora e sustentável – SILAB, Social Innovation Lab”.
Foram apresentadas atividades e parcerias deste Laboratório de Inovação Social@IST, que almeja “tornar-se uma rede nacional e internacional de estudantes, investigadores, professores, universidades, empresas e empreendimentos sociais, que promova soluções para o bem-estar da população mundial.”, trabalhando os valores da cooperação, sustentabilidade social, capacitação das comunidades locais, criatividade e integração com comunidades externas, por forma a desenvolver capacidades de investigação e processos e produtos que satisfaçam as necessidades das comunidades locais e as ligadas a mercados emergentes.
A apresentação focou ainda o empreendedorismo de base tecnológica, a extensão universitária, a inovação frugal e os incentivos às práticas inovadoras.
Técnico PhD Student Club
quarta, novembro 29th, 2023Boa Prática Reconhecida | Impacto Societal | 2023
Filipe Pereira Santos, Marta Almeida Bordonhos, Manuel Relvas Sardinha, José Patuleia Venâncio e Pedro Gomes Outeiro
Implementação da Prática
The PhD Student Club[1] was created in 2020/2021 with the aim of maximising PhD students’ and PhD graduates’ potential by establishing a communication platform across all Doctoral Programs, Departments and Research Units at Técnico Lisboa (IST), thus building a strong community, and making it easier to collaborate and actively engage in research, pedagogical and social activities. Since then, the Club and its activities have been continuously increasing in members and attendance.
We have an online communication platform on Discord, open for all PhD students, that also serves as the main communication channel between members of the Club. We have also set up the Club on social media (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn) to have a wider means of engagement with our PhD community.
When invited by other entities of IST, we have participated in several activities. Among them, we highlight the participation in the organisation of activities for the PhD Open Days and assisting NAPE with mentoring and welcoming of PhD students. We have also participated on the debate regarding the restructuring of the 3rd cycles at IST, and helped develop/promote workshops organised by the IST Library or the TT Office. We stress that we do not intend to be identified as the organisers of these events, but rather clarify that our intent and focus has always been on how our perspective as PhD students could contribute to the existing solutions and the development of the 3rd cycle degrees at IST.
We have also promoted several internal debates to identify key areas inside IST with potential for improvement, from the perspective of current and future PhD students. From the outcomes, we highlight the elaboration of two documents, a proposal sent to the Pedagogical and Scientific Councils of IST in 2021, entitled “Teaching Assistant (TA) position call: a proposal”, and a document entitled “Teaching Assistant Frequently Asked Questions”, directed at PhD students but made available to the entire IST community.
[1] http://phdstudentclub.tecnico.ulisboa.pt
Resultados Alcançados
We have participated in the organisation and organised several activities that promote the development of professional, social and personal skills of PhD students:
- With Técnico Career Center (TT@Técnico) and NAPE: Organisation of the 1st and 2nd Editions of the “PhD Alumni Talks”, in which PhD students had the opportunity to share experiences, questions and doubts, and get to know prospective career paths;
- Organisation of the round table event “Meet-up with your future” in the 2022 Edition of the “PhD Open Days” at IST, in which PhD students get to be face-to-face with companies interested in hiring PhD holders;
- With IST Library: Organisation of the 1st (June 2021) and 2nd (July 2022) Editions of the “Scientific Writing” courses, which delved into several important topics on the production of scientific texts, namely the writing and publishing stages, the framework of a scientific essay, the use of English as a “scientific language”, and important aspects of abstract elaboration;
- With NDA: Assisted in the organisation of courses focused on communication skills (“Communication in Public”, July 2021, and “Communication Skills for PhD Students”, June 2022) and mental health (“Is emotional intelligence relevant for PhD students? How?”, April 2022). The former was centred on how to prepare and make public presentations and deal with anxiety. In the course directed towards PhD students (June 2022), the preparation of posters and the Thesis defence were also showcased. One-on-one meetings were offered to PhD students regarding these skills. In the latter, the focus was on being in touch with one’s emotions and understanding how to deal with these experiences, especially during the PhD and in relation to co-workers;
- With Prof. Thiago Sobral (FEUP): Organisation of a workshop on data visualisation (DV) “Introduction to Data Visualisation for Researchers: Topics from theory and practice”, September 2022. This workshop focused on the importance of DV, its theoretical background, and specific tools and tips for its use;
- We have also organised several social events, namely: the “PhD After Hours” regular event in partnership with local pubs, in which attendants get together after work to socialise. For the past 6 months these regular social events have been growing in attendance, from on average 10 to on average 40 people. Special themed events include: PhD Open Days, karaoke, board games, quiz night. We have also organised sports events, namely, bike trips, padel tournaments, football, and bouldering, with 10-20 participants. Other events include a picnic, beach day, Christmas dinners, and a barbecue at IST that was our biggest event, with 200-400 participants.
Avaliação e Monitorização
The PhD Student Club currently has 22 members that have an active participation in the Club. The members are divided into four Workgroups, oriented towards different aspects of the life of a PhD student:
- Institutional Affairs & BackOffice;
- Job Market;
- Social Networking;
- Research Training.
Each Workgroup holds weekly meetings to manage each group’s specific needs and workload. Additionally, these meetings allow the Workgroups to discuss and plan on-going and future tasks, events and goals. Each Workgroup is led by a Coordinator and the Coordinators of all Workgroups meet once every two weeks to discuss and manage the happenings within the Club. The individual Workgroup meetings and the Coordination meetings promote the open discussion and cross-communication between all Members of the Club allowing us to move forward efficiently in a well-organised structure.
In addition to these meetings, we hold Plenary meetings every semester, open to everyone, where each Workgroup presents their work, matters pertaining to the Club are discussed and, if needed, voted on, and new members are welcomed.
Our open communication platform on Discord allows us to quickly chat with each other, keep in touch with what each Workgroup is working on and engage with our community.
In addition to this, in the spirit of introspection and self-improvement, we have recently participated in a day-long Think-Tank workshop led by the energizer Zezo Carvalho[1]. The workshop brought together our Club’s Coordinators and some of our most active members (totaling 10 participants) to whom Zezo provided valuable insights into brand culture, narrative and image, presenting examples and creative tools for our Club to define our purpose and PhD ground within IST. In addition to a series of recreational activities, in which childhood memories and personal visions were connected to the definition of our Club’s purpose, the workshop also featured an in-depth SWOT analysis and a 2023 agenda with the elaboration of strategic files (e.g., identity of our Club, history/memory, internal restructuring).
With these two different approaches – a more general, day-to-day for the former and more specific event for the latter – we continue to strive towards growth and improvement to achieve our goals.
[1] https://www.zezoenergizer.com/home-pt
Carácter Inovador e Transferibilidade
Our Club was created because there was a lack of a place where PhD students from all the different research units and departments at Técnico could come together to share their thoughts, doubts and experiences. Since creating the club, we have been able to connect fellow PhD students from different PhD Programmes, that likely would have otherwise never met, participated and/or organised events to foster professional, social, and interpersonal skills, and promoted the discussion of the role of a PhD student at Técnico. In particular, the several social events we have organised, that foster the social and physical wellbeing of our PhD community, represent a practice previously unheard of in Técnico’s PhD community.
At this point in time, over two years after the beginning of our club, we believe that we have made a very positive contribution to the PhD community both inside and outside Técnico.
The way we have established and organised our Club, with four Workgroups focused on tackling different relevant aspects of the life of a PhD student at IST, the establishment of our open communication platform and social media presence, and the steps we have taken towards improvement and growth can be seen as guidelines for other groups, in the same way as we may take examples from other groups to continue growing.
PhD students can be seen as the basis of the pyramid on which research and development at Técnico is set. As such, the sharing of knowledge, know-how and experiences amongst PhD students makes it possible to find synergies between different research groups at Técnico and outside, and can contribute to the establishment and development of new scientific collaborations. Similarly, the PhD students responsible for this submission believe that equally positive results could be achieved if the exchange of knowledge and development areas were to be promoted between other Researchers and Professors associated with Técnico.
1º Dia de Acolhimento dos novos Técnicos e Administrativos
quarta, novembro 29th, 2023Boa Prática Reconhecida | Impacto Societal | 2023
Ana Lucas, António Sol, Paulo Loureiro, Rute Mateus, Sónia Martins e Rui Mendes
Implementação da Prática
Resultados Alcançados
Avaliação e Monitorização
Carácter Inovador e Transferibilidade
6º Encontro ObservIST – 2023
quarta, outubro 25th, 2023Realiza-se no próximo dia 14 de novembro 2023, às 9h00m, o 6.º Encontro do Observatório de Boas Práticas do IST (ObservIST) com o objetivo de divulgar as Boas Práticas reconhecidas na 8.ª Call, e promover o seu conhecimento junto de toda a comunidade IST.
Local: Centro de Congressos – Pavilhão de Engenharia Civil (Sala 02.1) – Campus Alameda.
Boas Práticas Reconhecidas na 8ª Call do ObservIST
segunda, setembro 11th, 2023É com muito agrado que damos a conhecer as boas práticas reconhecidas na 8ª Call do Observatório de Boas Práticas do IST.
1º Dia de Acolhimento dos novos Técnicos e Administrativos
A DRH organizou pela primeira vez em 2022 o Dia de Acolhimento dos Novos Técnicos e Administrativos, que se destina a todos os novos trabalhadores técnicos e administrativos que iniciaram funções durante esse ano. O evento integra o plano de atividades de acolhimento/on-boarding que também inclui as Sessões de Boas-Vindas mensais.
110 histórias, 110 objetos – projeto de divulgação do Técnico
O projeto “110 histórias, 110 objetos” conta a história do Instituto Superior Técnico através das estórias dos seus bens com reconhecido valor cultural, científico, histórico e/ou pedagógico, promovendo a valorização do património material e imaterial da Escola e seus usos e costumes ao longo dos últimos 112 anos.
Criação de um caderno com hexágonos
A Professora Dulce Pereira Simão desenvolveu em colaboração com a Secção de folhas da AEIST, um caderno com hexágonos com a finalidade de facilitar o desenho de estruturas químicas nas aulas teórico-práticas e no estudo autónomo de unidades curriculares de Engenharia Química e Engenharia Biológica.
Dia Aberto do Técnico
O Dia Aberto do Técnico, primeiramente organizado em 2022, abriu as portas, com um programa colaborativo coordenado pela Área de Comunicação, Imagem e Marketing, de departamentos, unidades de investigação e serviços de ligação ao exterior, que incluiu visitas, palestras e atividades experimentais.
Formação Interna na Direção de Recursos Humanos
A formação interna da DRH foi implementada em 2021 e tem como destinatários todos os trabalhadores da Direção de Recursos Humanos. Pretende proporcionar a partilha de informação entre os Núcleos da DRH, clarificar as atividades e procedimentos partilhados, capacitar os trabalhadores com novas competências e expandir conhecimentos específicos.
FOSTWOM: Um projeto Erasmus+ com projeção no público STEM feminino
O projeto Erasmus “FOSTWOM” desenvolveu um curso MOOC na área da aprendizagem automática e um conjunto de recursos motivadores interligados, por forma a atrair raparigas para as áreas STEM e a manter a motivação ao longo da formação.
Mobility Open Day (MOD)
O Núcleo de Mobilidade e Cooperação Internacional (NMCI) criou o Mobility Open Day, um evento onde dá a conhecer todos os programas de mobilidade internacional que o NMCI implementa e ouvir membros da comunidade que realizaram experiências de mobilidade internacional.
Pan – European Seal Young Professionals Programme
O Instituto Superior Técnico é uma das universidades parceiras do Pan-European Seal Young Professionals Programme, que integra o European Patent Office e o European Union Intellectual Property Office, e que visa dar a oportunidade a estudantes e recém-graduados de trabalhar um ano nestas duas instituições.
PDF – Programa de Desenvolvimento e Formação (2019 -2022)
O PDF – Programa de Desenvolvimento e Formação foi lançado em março de 2019 com o objetivo de promover, capacitar e apoiar o desenvolvimento de competências profissionais, interpessoais e transversais dos/as docentes e investigadores/as do Técnico.
Projeto “Técnico faz a diferença”. Modelo e Plano Operativo para a gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos no IST. – BOA PRÁTICA DO ANO.
O projeto “Técnico faz a diferença” foi desenvolvido pela iniciativa “Técnico Sustentável” da Plataforma IST-Ambiente para transitar o sistema de gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos nos campi do IST para um procedimento inovador de separação e recolha seletiva.
Rede de Parceiros do Técnico
A Rede de Parceiros do Técnico (RPT), foi criada em 2015, para responder aos desafios de reforçar os laços com a indústria, tendo como objetivo principal o estabelecimento e desenvolvimento de alianças estratégicas com as empresas melhor posicionadas para, em conjunto, aumentar o valor oferecido à Sociedade. As atividades da rede organizam-se nas dimensões: Proximidade e desenvolvimento de talento; Aceleração de inovação; Impacto societal e Cooperação estratégica.
ScientIST: Experiências no Domínio da Engenharia Biomédica Suportadas em Dispositivos Móveis, Serviços Cloud e Internet das Coisas (IoT)
O ScientIST criou instrumentos de enriquecimento da experiência de ensino para os ciclos de estudo de Engenharia Biomédica, utilizando dispositivos móveis, serviços icloud e internet das coisas.
Técnico PhD Student Club
O PhD Student Club foi criado no ano letivo 2020/2021 com o objetivo de maximizar o potencial dos alunos de doutoramento e dos doutorados, estabelecendo uma plataforma de comunicação alargada a todos os programas doutorais, departamentos e unidades de investigação do Técnico Lisboa e facilitando a sua colaboração e participação ativa em atividades de investigação e atividades de natureza pedagógica e social.
A diversidade de áreas desenvolvidas e a capacidade de inovação demonstrada pelas boas práticas reconhecidas refletem a determinação das pessoas no Técnico em fazê-lo crescer. Esperamos em breve dar-lhe oportunidade de as conhecer melhor.
Pilot courses on “Life Cycle Assessment of Construction”
terça, novembro 8th, 2022Educação Superior● 2022
Pilot courses on “Life Cycle Assessment of Construction”
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Practice Implementation
The candidate become an expert on the environmental and economic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of materials, assemblies and buildings (LCA of Construction) after completing his PhD in this area in 2012. After that, in 2015, there was an increasing interest of the students that the candidate was supervising, and of other MSc and PhD students of the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources (DECivil), in this area of knowledge and research, since it allows the estimation of the impacts and costs of the activities of the construction sector that they need to consider in their theses. However, there was no training offer that could meet this demand. For that reason, the candidate organized in 2016 the 1st pilot course in “LCA of Construction”, with the participation of 6 trainees,
in the classrooms of DECivil. This course, organised and participated in a voluntary basis by the candidate and the trainees, respectively, was mainly taught by the candidate as the responsible Professor, complemented by expert presentations from Eng. Ana Silva and Eng. Vera Durão, the latter being also a trainee of this course. This course had a total of 20 hours of theoretical-practical training. This innovative techno-scientific knowledge was integrated for the first time in a course in Portugal. To answer the continuous demand, and given the success of the 1st edition, two more pilot editions of this course were organised by the candidate:
- in 2018, with the same duration and with the participation of 14 trainees, also in the classrooms of DECivil. The expert presentations were made by Eng. Vera Durão, Eng. Martha Demertzi (trainee of this course) and Eng. Rawaz Kurda (trainee of the 1st edition);
- in 2020, with the same duration but totally online, and with the participation of 10 trainees. The expert presentations were made by Eng. Vera Durão and Eng. Rawaz Kurda, the latter live streaming from Iraq.
Results Achieved
The aim of the organisation of the referred pilot courses was to:
- train the maximum possible number of students and researchers from DECivil in-terested in this innovative techno-scientific area;
- test the syllabus, the structure and the evaluation methods, foreseeing:
2.1. its integration in the 2nd and 3rd cycles of study of the DECivil offer;
2.2. and its proposal as an advanced training course organised within FUNDEC/Técnico+.
30 trainees, with different backgrounds and including five non-Portuguese speaking students, participated in the three editions of this pilot course. Regarding objective 1, it was possible to test the knowledge that they acquired via an homework and three practical assignments that were developed by the students in groups of two, or individually, and corrected by the candidate. Moreover, the trainees filled a survey by the end of each edition of the course to express their opinion about the:
- syllabus, including suggestions for additional topics;
- organisation, duration and level of detail of the lectures, of each module and of the course;
- sufficiency of their background to follow the course;
- support and feedback given by the candidate;
- learning and teaching documents, including the presentations used in the lectures and the references suggested;
- duration and difficulty of the autonomous work required to follow and complete the course;
- difficulty, extension and scope of the practical assignments.
The answers confirmed that the course satisfactorily answered most of the expectations and the learning need of the trainees.
The experience of the candidate on teaching this course, along with the answers to the referred survey, allowed to accomplish objective 2. In fact, from the 1st to the 2nd edition, and from the 2nd to the 3rd one, some changes were made to the syllabus, to the structure and to the evaluation methods, in order to improve the course and following the lessons learned from the previous editions.
Objective 2.1 was accomplished by the integration of modules taught by the candidate, dedicated to “LCA of Construction”, and with:
- 14 hours, in a new elective course on “Construction Life Cycle” in the new MSc in Civil Engineering at IST from the academic year of 2021/22, in the 2nd quarter of the 2nd year of the Construction’s specialization area;
- 6 hours, in the course “Advanced Topics in Construction” of the PhD Course in Civil Engineering of DECivil of IST in the 2nd semester of the 2020/21 academic year.
Finally, and to accomplish objective 2.2, the candidate is preparing a proposal of an advanced training course in “LCA of Construction” to be organised within FUNDEC/Técnico+.
These 3 pilot courses were also a major contribution to the creation and development of the research group that the candidate coordinates (PositiveCyclegroup@CERIS), as well as a benefit to teaching innovation and quality.
Evaluation and Monitoring
One of the main contributions of the 30 trainees for these pilot courses corresponded to the opinions and suggestions that they provided in the survey distributed by the candidate, as referred in the previous section. That practice permitted the evaluation of the syllabus, structure and evaluation methods of each pilot course and the identification of potential improvement measures in the following edition. Based on that, and on the experience of the candidate on teaching this course, one of the changes that he decided to implement from the 2nd edition corresponded to a project-based learning approach, side-by-side with other active learning techniques and in line with IST recommendations (conselhopedagogi-co.tecnico.ulisboa.pt/files/sites/32/percist-ce_20maio-1.pdf – In Portuguese), being the lectures directed from the beginning to introduce LCA principles and procedures using a dedicated software that was bought by the research centre of the candidate, after recognising the importance and emergence of this research area. This approach is particularly suitable for an elective course like this one, in which the number of enrolled students is not expected to be very high. This permits a close interaction between the Professor and the students, with a better monitoring of their learning process.
These pilot courses offered therefore the opportunity for continuous improvement and fine-tuning of the course contents, organisation, and grading system, with active participation and recommendations by the students via final surveys. The methods of teaching and evaluation of this course were established in an articulated way in order to fulfil the goals set for this course.
A teaching and learning support document and supporting presentations (379 slides) for the classes were prepared in English by the candidate. He also prepared reference tables and schemes to distribute to the students, and schemes and detailed instructions to support the development of group assignments.
All course materials are already prepared for in person, remote or hybrid (with some students in the classroom and the remaining ones attending via a web-conference platform, e.g., zoom) modes, thus negating any limitations.
Innovative Character and Transferability
The area of this proposal in an emergent training area in which international reference Universities have increasingly created dedicated minors or courses. Moreover, the contents of this course can fulfil the training needs of students from seven MSc, and related PhD programmes, at IST, thus representing an important learning complement for a relevant and representative diversity of IST degrees. Regarding the existing offer of IST in related areas, there is a course on “Industrial Ecology” in the Mechanical and Environmental Engineering MScs, where LCA corresponds only to one out of five modules. Moreover, this course is not focused in the construction sector. In the Integrated MSc in Civil Engineering, there was a course on “Environmental and Sustainability Challenges in Engineering” in the 1st year of the 5-years degree. In line with the title, the content is significantly broad and introductory. In the same degree, there is also an elective course on “Built Environment and Impacts”, for the 5th-year students in the “Hydraulic and Water Resources” branch, but it does not include the LCA-related knowledge or applications.
This innovative techno-scientific knowledge was integrated for the first time in (pilot) courses in Portugal. The priority was to therefore to motivate autonomous working, but with immediate feedback from the candidate regarding the quality and correctness of the individual or group work developed by the students.
The three pilot courses that the candidate organised since 2016 with a similar title, scope and aim revealed the attractiveness of this knowledge area at national but also international level, and the feasibility of implementing a course with the syllabus, schedule and grading proposed. In fact, the first edition of the “Construction Life Cycle” course attracted 61% of Erasmus students.
These pilot courses were innovative not only due to their scope, but also because of the creation of a 10-minute interval in the middle of the 2-hour classes in which the candidate played a song related with the topics of the course in his computer and showed the corresponding lyrics in the screen. This practice fulfilled the expectations of the students, also permitting the simplification of some complex concepts.
The experience from the 3 pilot courses that allowed the accomplishment of the objectives described in this proposal can be replicated in other scientific areas following a similar process.
8 de novembro de 2022 – 5º Encontro do ObservIST
quinta, setembro 22nd, 2022O 5º Encontro do ObservIST (Observatório de Boas Práticas do IST) realiza-se no próximo dia 8 de novembro, com início às 9:30 na Sala 4.41 do Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Arquitectura e Georrecursos (DECivil).
O Encontro tem por objetivo apresentar e promover a partilha junto de toda a comunidade das 20 Boas Práticas identificadas no âmbito da 7.ª Call do ObservIST, com destaque para a Boa Prática “Programa de Bolsas de Estudo, NDA”, eleita “Boa Prática do Ano 2022” pelo painel de avaliadores:
- #MulheresNoTécnico: Campanhas nas Redes Sociais do ComunicaCiência
- Apoio na emissão de Número de Identificação Fiscal para a comunidade internacional do Técnico Lisboa
- Biblioteca@Técnico: estratégias de mudança e melhoria contínua
- Business Card
- CERIS Day Out 2021
- Clube de Estudantes Saúde Mental e Inclusão
- Grupo de Comunicação dos Departamentos do Técnico para a divulgação e organização de iniciativas de promoção do Ensino do Técnico.
- Guia para as Redes Sociais do Instituto Superior Técnico
- Infantário APIST
- IPFN Science Summer Camp
- ISTO É TÉCNICO
- Observações de Aulas no Técnico
- Pilot courses on “Life Cycle Assessment of Construction”
- Programa de Bolsas de Estudo, NDA
- Programa de Formação de Delegado
- Projeto Pensar Verde – Técnico
- Sistema de Avaliação do Impacto da Formação
- Sistema de Follow-Up da Formação
- Study@Técnico Webinar Series
- Treme-Treme – Projeto Educativo
Programa do 5º Encontro (PDF, 648 KB)
Toda a comunidade IST está convidada para este Encontro.