CHERISH Teaching

The proposed course is part of the European project CHERISH Horizon-MSCA-2022-DN-01 (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant Agreement No: 101120054). This project, in which UCBL is a partner, aims to promote research and innovation in the field of health and offers excellent training to 12 EU doctoral candidates, including 2 enrolled at UCBL.

The CHERISH doctoral training program consists of online courses delivered by experts in the field of cochlear implants, provided by Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platforms such as Coursera, Udemy, Udacity, and others like Neuromatch Academy or summer schools. E-learning will also include online seminars moderated by facilitators (webinars), interactive online workshops, and open discussion forums for doctoral candidates.

Thus, the teaching will consist of:

Teaching Blocks: A comprehensive series of courses and seminars will be presented, covering a total of twelve topics. The planned topics are as follows:

  • Teaching Block 1a/1b

    • Block 1 A

    Biophysics , Anatomy and Neurobiology

    Block 1 B

    1/ Hearing Impairment and deafness: diagnosis causes, prevention, CI implantation

    2/Auditory system and central pathways: physics of speech and hearing


     ............WORKSHOP 1 (Tübingen).........


  •  Teaching Block 2a/2b

    • Block 2 A

    Hearing and Electrophysiology

    Block 2 B

    Introduction to addressing research questions in cognitive and neurocognitive studies

     

  • Teaching Block 3a/3b

    • Block 3 A

    General principles of multisensory processing

     Block 3 B

    Virtual reality and immersive audiology

     

  • Teaching Block 4a/4b

    • Block 4 A

    1/ Data analysis

    2/ Statistics

    Block 4 B

    The Auditory Modeling Toolbox

     

  • Teaching Block 5a/5b

    • Block 5 A

    Basic Machine learning (inverted teaching)

     Block 5 B

    Machine learning - and artificial intelligence

     

  • Teaching Block 6a/6b

    • Block 6 A

    Research and Innovation processes in the private sector

     Block 6 B

    Topic Choosen by DC


The learning performance of the doctoral candidates will be assessed for each block through written exams, project presentations, submissions, quizzes, etc.


Monthly Training Events: Network-wide training events covering topics that can be presented in a single session of approximately 45 minutes to 1 hour are planned in addition to the teaching blocks and local activities proposed by the hosting partner. Training events will occur every month. A total of 21 training units is planned during the duration of the CHERISH program. The topics will relate to research and analytical skills, as well as complementary and transferable skills. Six of the 21 events will be chosen by the doctoral candidates of the program.

Weekly Discussion Forum: CHERISH doctoral candidates will autonomously organize a short online meeting each week for 30 minutes to discuss topics of their choice. These topics may relate to science, but also to politics, art, culture, and personal experiences. This meeting will strengthen interpersonal connections among doctoral candidates and foster social skills as well as presentation skills, such as public speaking in an informal setting.