EMHPA Handbook 2022-2024

Teaching modality
As elsewhere indicated, to give to the graduate autonomous learning skills is one main
goal of the program. The modality of teaching delivery includes a combination of
lectures, seminars, practical teaching, lab activities, and student driven presentations.
As an average, each 15 ECTS subject (375 hours of student workload) is composed of
20-26% of lectures and/or seminars, 8-16% of practical teaching & online learning, 53-
61% of individual study and 7-11% of exam development. Depending upon the learning
objectives, the 2 nd -year curricular internships can demonstrate substantial differences
in the ratio between theoretical and practical learning activities.
As general strategy, the program adopts blended learning classes, where the traditional
face-to-face teaching methods, either in presence or in distance modalities, are
complemented by online resources (articles, textbooks, educational videos, etc.), to
provide a more independent and effective learning experience for the students.
The online resources are selected not to replace any face-to-face teaching, but rather
shall be viewed as integral teaching activities to be used:
a) as preparatory activities selected to prepare and motivate the student to a responsive
and pro-active learning environment during the subsequent face-to-face session;
b) as instrument to provide extensive articles or external sites for students to read in
their own time to further grasp the subject.
The online resources are made available to enrolled students in the e-learn platform of
Foro Italico University (1 st -year subjects, https://learnroma4.cineca.it/), as well as in the e-
learn platforms of partner universities (2 nd -year subjects).
DISTANCE LEARNING
In addition to in presence face-to-face classes, the program makes use of both distance
face-to-face classes and online courses.
The distance face-to-face activities, mostly limited to tutoring, are delivered through
institutional (Microsoft Teams, ZOOM) or personal tools (such as Skype). An English
Academic Writing course, to be compulsorily completed by all enrolled students during
the 1 st -year teaching period, is fully available online and it is reinforced by face-to-face
classes with a language expert.
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