2018 Call for Expression of Interest: Innovative Training Initiatives

On October 8, 2018, the Université de Lyon launched a call for “innovative training initiatives” expressions of interest via the CDproIP and the IDEXLYON’s Inter-institutional Academic Group, aimed at improving students’ learning capacities and giving direction to a wide range of audiences.

A total of 44 applications had been submitted when the Call for Expression of Interest came to an end on November 12, 2018.

Following the Selection Committee’s proposal, which was approved by the Université de Lyon's Executive committee (COMEX) on February 5, 2019, twelve projects were selected with a total budget of €52,480.

• To initiate projects to test and implement new teaching approaches;
• Begin mapping work with a view to eventually establishing an inter-institutional network for Educational Innovation.

• Project title: A tandem teaching approach for inorganic chemistry in higher education
• Supporting institution: The ENS de Lyon
• Key words: Inorganic chemistry – flipped classroom – group work – chemistry education
• Departments and qualifications concerned: Bachelor's degree Level 3 – Material Sciences – co-facilitated by the ENS de Lyon and the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1

• Project title: Prototyping and development to improve the “visibility” of the nano world on our macroscopic scale
• Supporting institutions: The École Centrale de Lyon and the École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne (ENISE)
• Key words: Active teaching – Cross-disciplinary approach – Prototyping – Popularization – Nano-technology – Engineering – Design – Arts
• Departments and qualifications concerned: 12th grade + 1 year

• Project title: Multi-sensory virtual reality for teaching
• Supporting institution: The École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Étienne (ENISE)
• Key words: Virtual reality, multi-sensory, active teaching, Design Thinking
• Departments and qualifications concerned: Physics engineering courses; Mechanical engineering courses; Civil engineering courses

• Project title: Situational learning: gaining experience in the field of international business skills, both through and for a business project
• Supporting institution: The Université Jean Monnet
• Key words: Work-study programs, real-life situations, international development, SMEs
• Departments and qualifications concerned: The Saint-Étienne University Institute of Technology (IUT) Marketing Techniques Department: Professional license in

• Project title: Immunity and Immunization
• Supporting institution: The ENS de Lyon
• Key words: Collaborative space, general public activities, secondary education, group project
• Departments and qualifications concerned: Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Biosciences; FEAdeP Master’s degree; Lifelong training for high-school professors at the Académie de Lyon (and other academies).

• Project title: Chemistry Escape Game
• Supporting institution: The Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
• Key words: Flipped classroom, scientific creativity, business connections.
• Departments and qualifications concerned: The University Institute of Technology (IUT) Lyon 1, Professional license in Analytical Techniques, Chemistry DUT (university diploma in technology)

• Project title: Teaching Undergraduate Thermodynamics via energy-related environmental challenges
• Supporting institution: INSA Lyon
• Key words: Thermodynamics, energy issues, problem solving, background information, undergraduate studies, social responsibility.
• Departments and qualifications concerned: The FIMI department (initial training for engineering professions), 2nd semester, first year (4 ECTS)

• Project title: Establishing a junior laboratory network of excellence: innovative doctoral training
• Supporting institution: The Université Lumière Lyon 2
• Key words: Junior laboratory, excellence, educational innovation, doctoral training.
• Departments and qualifications concerned: PhD (all disciplines); The ECP Laboratory

• Project title: macSUP
• Supporting institutions: The Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, the ENS de Lyon, the INSA Lyon and the École Centrale de Lyon
• Key words: Science and art, interdisciplinary, teaching through research, development
• Departments and qualifications concerned: From Level 2 to PhD (all disciplines)

• Project title: AI-PPI Architectural Engineering – Innovative Practices and Processes
• Supporting institutions: The INSA Lyon – ENSAL
• Key words: Innovation, creativity, serendipity
• Departments and qualifications concerned: Degrees in Civil Engineering – Degree in Architecture

• Project title: Mathematics derived from reality (in the English-speaking world, considered as an experimental and descriptive science): first-year work at the INSA Lyon
• Supporting institution: INSA Lyon
• Key words: Inductive perspective, intuitive approach, geometry, Applets, videos, Clickers, Forum
• Departments and qualifications concerned: First year (mathematics education)

• Project title: The Social Sciences College
• Supporting institution: The Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3
• Key words: Project-based teaching, introductory research course; inter-disciplinarity, epistemological studies, links between Licenses and Master’s degrees
• Departments and qualifications concerned: Bachelor's degree in history and dual license in History-Geography; Bachelor's degree in literature and dual degree in literature-LLCER