Testimonials

WHAT THE LOCAL INSTRUCTORS ARE SAYING – DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING FOR LOCAL INSTRUCTORS (FEEDBACK FROM ANONYMOUS COURSE EVALUATIONS)

“This was a huge investment for my professional career. I realized the importance of content, learning environment and delivery, and this knowledge is a step-forward to building interactive and engaging lectures. Thank you for this awesome opportunity.”

“The training increased my confidence in a role as a teacher, especially, in the context of online lessons. I’m going to use the given templates and introduce new teaching strategies into my teaching practice.”

“I got useful tips on how to prevent students from cheating on the exam and on how to enhance teaching small-, medium-, and large-size classes online.”

“The course itself was a worthwhile experience, both to learn something new, and to refresh my perspective on giving lessons after teaching for years.”

“This experience was tremendous, as teachers we always lack peer to peer communication and evaluation. This course gave us these opportunities in an international environment, where we could exchange experiences with peers from other countries. The time chosen for the course was very convenient – right before the start of the new academic year so that we could use some of the innovations learnt in our upcoming courses.“

“The most inspiring part was giving and receiving feedback, which was very detailed and relevant, which allowed us to look at existing gaps to turn them into advantages in the future.”

WHAT THE LOCAL INSTRUCTORS ARE SAYING – DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM COURSES

“Since we have lectures together with other students, our students may see and feel that they are the part of world educational process and that they are not worse than any other student from any other country.”

Local instructor from Black Sea National University in Ukraine

“The main instructor inspired me in many ways. She sparked my interest in behavioral economics, and I will invest more time and effort in exploring this field further and, hopefully, offer it to students at my Faculty. I really liked her teaching style and the way she engages the students.”

Local instructor from the University of Split in Croatia

“This course was a great opportunity to benchmark own level of understanding internationally for those willing to study at CERGE-EI or similar programs to prepare their plans for applying and studying.”

Local Instructor from Westminster International University in Tashkent in Uzbekistan

“The way the main instructor organized, communicated, and delivered the course contributed to my enhanced teaching capacity in terms of structuring the materials coherently and explaining the complex concepts in evidence-based and understanding way. The instructor's grading guidelines helped me to improve my grading practice in terms of fairness and base it on important knowledge of students' understanding. As I myself studied and researched the course themes based on the lectures and readings, I gained sectoral knowledge in Development Economics as well.”

Local instructor from the University of Central Asia in Kyrgyzstan

WHAT THE STUDENTS ARE SAYING – DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM COURSES
(FEEDBACK FROM ANONYMOUS COURSE EVALUATIONS)

“It was one of the best academic experiences of my life, with so much interesting and new information and intakes.”

Energy Economics & Electricity Markets course participant

“This course provides beautiful insights on how to critically understand economic methods and makes reading research papers easier and more productive, in terms of the amount of things that are being understood.”

From Correlation to Causation: Understanding the 2021 Nobel Prize course participant

“I will definitely recommend thid course to other students. I learned a lot in a safe and friendly environment. The main instructor is very experienced and knowledgeable, and also very approachable and open for discussions and advice. The local instructors are also helpful with administrative questions and the discussion sessions were managed carefully and professionally. The course content is very rich, relevant, focused on best contemporary research papers and the work of outstanding scientists in the field of education economics.”

Education Economics course participant

 
“Useful, connected with relevant topics, gives new perspective of economics.”

Health Economics course participant

“The course covered very interesting and important topics. It was very well-designed - theoretical concepts that were covered during lectures were further explained on seminar sessions using case-study examples, which made everything more understandable. Taras, the main instructor, was very understanding. He always tried to take students’ concerns into consideration and make the process easier, which I highly appreciate! The Moodle page was well-organized, it was easy to find all relevant readings and materials. Overall, it was a great experience. I wish the course lasted longer than 6 weeks, I would love to learn more in this subject.”

Innovation Economics course participant