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Effective Strategies for Managing Large Classroom Dynamics
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This session equips faculty with practical tools and techniques for effectively managing large groups in both in-person and online settings. Topics will include fostering engagement, maintaining classroom control, promoting active participation, and ensuring equitable student involvement. Participants will learn how to implement scalable teaching practices, use technology to enhance interaction, and design activities that keep students engaged despite the challenges posed by a large class size. The session will also cover strategies for personalized feedback and addressing diverse learning needs within a large cohort.
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Borja Santos
IE University
https://www.linkedin.com/in/borja-santos-porras/
Borja is Vice-Dean of the School of Plitic,s Economics and Global Affairs, and Professor of Practice in International Development, teaching courses on f International Development, Results Based Management, Social Entrepreneurship, Humanitarian Affairs, Sustainability and Public Speaking. He has over 15 years of professional experience focused on the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies and international programmes in countries in Africa, Europe, America and Asia. He has designed strategies for better economic growth with the Government of Sri Lanka and the Harvard Center for International Development; carried out impact evaluations in Peru and Belize with international development banks; led the institutional humanitarian response and disaster risk management programmes of United Nations and the Government of Ethiopia and Ecuador; managed international aid projects at the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in different countries; and worked fostering innovation ecosystems in cities like San Sebastian.
Borja holds a Master in Public Administration in International Development (MPA/ID) by the Harvard Kennedy School (2017), being recipient of the international scholarship of “La Caixa” foundation. He also holds a Master in International Relations (2014) and a BEng+MEng in Telecommunication Engineering with cum laude in the final thesis (University of Valladolid, 2006). Additionally, he completed the professional piano studies at the professional music school of Valladolid (2003). He collaborates leading the international expansion of IMFAHE, a social international mentorship foundation; and he is Acumen Fellow. He has also published opinion pieces or has been interviewed for publications such as Agenda Pública, El País, Esglobal, El Norte de Castilla, RNW Media, Allafrica or Harvard Kennedy School news. See ii here: www.borjasantosporras.org
Pablo Marco
IE University
Pablo Marco is Associate Vice-Dean at the School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs, and adjunct professor in Negotiation, Leadership and International Development. He is a passionate of digital entrepreneurship and humanitarian aid. He has leaded some of Médecins Sans Frontières largest humanitarian operations in the last 10 years. He worked as country director in a dozen countries, including Yemen, Haiti, Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo. Between 2014 and 2017, he was Middle East regional director, leading Médecins Sans Frontières teams working in the conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and its neighbors. Pablo has also served as member of Médecins Sans Frontières Spanish board of directors. In 2005 he founded Iguana Sell, one of the first Spanish e-commerce companies. In 2019 he founded Fáktica Analytics, a startup that uses data science and automation to improve digital marketing campaigns. Pablo is a mining and industrial engineer by training. He holds a Master in Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School of Government.