EDUCATION
- 2007 University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, Modena Centre – Certified OE Oral examiner for PET, FCE, BEC Preliminary e Vantage 2015 CAE
- 2006 University of Modena – SSIS - Specialization School for Secondary School Teachers (special course) Teaching Certificate for English Conversation C032
- 1989 Concordia University Montreal, Canada -Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) – SPECIALIZATION: Communication Studies, Minor: Public Affairs and Policy-Making - Member of the School of Community and Public Affairs
- 1986 Dawson College Montreal, Canada, (D.E.C.) In Creative Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2000-present UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA
University Language Center - CLA Romagna (permanent position 20/11/2018)
- IELTS - AlmaEnglish levels B2, C1-C2, Blended learning courses levels A2, B1, B2 Specialized language courses: B2 Educational Psychology, Marketing and Tourism, Academic writing for Fashion and Culture, General level courses with a fee B1 and B2 & IELTS B2,CLA Academics - LEA - course for Professors, Academic Writing for PhD students, Alphabet - course for employees
- Preparation of activities and preparation of teaching materials, Correction and evaluation of oral and written production, Corrections of Language Proficiency exams at all levels
- Design and development of Blended Learning and self-learning courses and materials
- Collaboration on the Mediarte project, a multimedia online course in English: author of grammar digital cards, audio & video recordings, revision, and corrections
International and Diplomatic Sciences and for the Department of Sociology and Law of Economics, Campus Forlì
- Spoken language training courses, tutorial for working students, correction of Language I exam. Co-author of Re-views, a multimedia online Reading Skills course for Political Science students
2000 CILTA
- English B1 course for Civil Engineering students, Cesena
2002-2018 LICEO TORRICELLI, LICEO RICCI CURBASTRO, ITCG. A. ORIANI, ITC. GINANNI
English conversation teacher for all levels in the linguistic and ERICA/tourism programme
2013 permanent staff member
Responsible for the Work & Learn Projects in Italy/Abroad for the Language programme 2015-2018
- Work & Learn - (Babel- UK College of English) Walking App & How to be a Guide, February 2018
- Work & Learn (Sagittar Training) – Charity Shops - Tutor (British Heart Foundation, Oxfam, Shelter, Fara, Triad, Age, Cancer Research Society), London, March 2017
- Work & Learn (Business International School BIS) How to be a guide & Marketing Call center, London, March 2016
- Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo – IOR , Fundraising – Woman's Day (raised €951,40), Easter, Mother's Day, Peer Education, Multimedia Material – Faenza, 2017-2018
- Istituto Oncologico Romagnolo – IOR , Fundraising - Mother's Day, Skin Care project Forlì/Faenza, 2017
- English Summer Camp Tredozio, Giugno 2016, Giugno 2017
- Italiano in Bottega -Il percorso linguistico-culturale che caratterizza il Sistema Faience,Extra Class 2016 e 2017
- English at a Gallop, Marradi, July 2017
Corporate Marketing & Business English (Business,Tourism Marketing & Advertising)
- Business Ownership Structures, Organizational Structure, Success for a Business, Fundraising–no-profit, The Ps of Marketing, Market Research, Human Resources & People, SWOT/ PEST analysis, The art & language of advertising, Creating a business plan, Writing a cover letter, Writing a CV, Business letters, Travel & Tourism Industry- Promoting the territory
Intercultural and linguistic Mediation & Translation
- Organizer of Juvenes Translatores competition-– promoting language and learning translation 2013,2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 e 2018
Progetti CLIL (English for special purposes)
- (Science) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - 2011
- (Economics) Keynes and the monetary system – 2011
- (Economics) Households – Where does our money go? - 2012
- (History) The troubles in Ireland…..a road to peace - 2012
- (Science) Cells & Genetic Diseases - 2013
- (History) Old World Order – geopolitics - 2014
- (Philosophy) Sartre Existentialism & Peanuts - 2014
- (Science) Guardian – China’s cloned cows -2015
eTwinning Ambassador INDIRE for Emilia Romagna 2013 - 2019
- My Town is in Europe – partners Italy, Belgium & Greece -(National Quality Label 26.07.2011)
- Conversation without borders – partners Italy & Netherlands (National Quality Label 21.07.2011)
- Ads for teens/Music in the media – partners Italy & Greece (National Quality Label 21.07.2012)
- Let our world stay blue! – partners Italy, Turkey, Romania, Poland, Czech Republic & Bulgaria 2011/2012 (National Quality Label 08.10. 2012)
- Local Celebrations partner Greece (National Quality Label 15. 10. 2013)
- Celebrating the European Day of Languages - partner Spain (National Quality Label 14.10. 2013)
- eLearning/ PATHS – partner Greece (National Quality Label 6/7.10. 2015)
- An Insight in Films & Songs/ Our Soul’s Eyes: Photography – partner Greece (National Quality Label 16.10.2017)
- A Blte of Expo -– partner Greece (National Quality Label 6.10.15)
- Ambasciatrice Per Together in Expo 2015
Erasmus mobility
- 2017-18 Erasmus+ KA1, “Una scuola per i cittadini del 21esimo secolo” Erasmus co-assistant coordinator, member of the commission and responsible for eTwinning
(Teacher’s mobility – job shadowing con eTwinning partner, Greece, March 2018)
- 2017-18 Progetto Erasmus+ KA2 Reporting on our past, investigating our future -member of the commission, responsible of eTwinning,mobility guide and supervisor in Poland
- 2016 exchange programme guide and responsible for the Work and Learn programme (Germany)
- 2010 -- 2015 organizer and guide for language studies abroad London & Dublin, Liceo Linguistico Torricelli, Liceo Ricci- Curbastro & ITCG Oriani
Creation and development of PON projects
- 2017 -2018 Knowledge of GPU platform, tutor, guide and supervisor for the work and learn project abroad: Charity Shops del PON destinato al Potenziamento dei percorsi di alternanza scuola lavoro (avviso n. 3781 del 05/04/17)
- 2017-18 participation in the set up of the project Laboratori per lo sviluppo delle competenze di base sottoazione 10.8.1.B1 tipologia A (avviso n. 37944 del 12/12/17)
- 2016-17 participation in the creation & development of the PON project Potenziamento della Cittadinanza Europea (avviso n. 3504 del 31/03/17)
2007-PRESENT – UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE ESOL EXAMINATIONS – MODENA CENTRE oral examiner for PET, FCE, BEC Preliminary e Vantage
2016 - PRESENT University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations, British School, Rimini Certified OE Oral examiner for PET, FCE, CAE, BEC Preliminary e Vantage
March – June 2000 - University of Bologna (CILTA) English course – level B1 for Civil Engineering Faculty - Cesena
1996- 2003 - ELECTROLUX ZANUSSI -In- house English language trainer and translator
1997 - 2003 PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTER ENGIM -General English, Marketing and Business Communication teacher
1999-2000 EUROPA & BENDANDI MIDDLE SCHOOL -English Conversation teacher – Lingua 2000 project
1990- 1996 WALL STREET Institute of languages Ravenna/Forlì -Coordinator and Language Expert/Teacher
NOV.1989-GIU. 1990 HYDE PARK CORNER, Imola BO -Part-time English teacher
PUBBLICATIONS
- 2008 Di Serio M.C. Inter-Disciplinary Blogosphere for Secondary Learners ICERI International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation articolo. Madrid 17-19 Novembre: IATED (International Association of Technology, Education and Development)
- 2003 Co-author Bevitori, C., Di Serio M. Re-Views On-line Reading Skills for Students of the Political Science CD-ROM. Bologna: CLUEB
- 2002 San Vicente, F. L'inglese e le altre lingue europee , Di Serio, M., Nannini, A.“Lingue e imprese in Romagna” article. Bologna: CLUEB
- 2001 Bevitori, C., Blundell, C.Mediarte Learning English Through Heritage and CultureCD-ROM. Bologna: CLUEB - author of grammar and communication files, revision and corrections of entire project, audio and video recordings
RECOGNITION
- 1985 – Honourable Mention at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Television Festival for short documentary video - Dedicated to Mom
- 1986 –Best Documentary/Experimental Video at Dawson College Media Festival - Winners & Losers & Pressure
- 1989 – Picture selected for the new magazine CANADIAN AIDS AND WATERWAYS – MINISTERY OF TRANSPORT AND CANADIAN COAST GUARD
- 2018 Teacher Recognition Bonus for commitment and operational expertise in the implementation of initiatives in foreign countries, particularly with regard to PON projects and the eTwinning platform
Etwinning Projects
- 2011 - My Town is in Europe – partners Italia, Belgium & Greece (National Quality Label Certificate 26.07.2011)
- 2011 -Conversation without borders - Founder/partners Italia & Netherlands (National Quality Label Certificate 21.07.2011)
- 2012 Ads for teens/Music in the media – partners Italia & Greece (National Quality Label Certificate 21.07. 2012)
- 2012 Let our world stay blue! – partners Italia, Turkey, Rumania, Poland, Czech Republic & Bulgaria (National Quality Label Certificate 08.10. 2012)
- 2013 Nominated by ‘INDIRE' eTwinning Ambassador for Emilia Romagna
- 2013 Celebrating the European Day of Languages - partner Spain in collaboration with di Bulgaria, Finland, Poland, Rumania, Slovenia e Turkey (National Quality Label Certificate 14. 10. 2013)
- 2013 Local Celebrations - partner Grecia (National Quality Label Certificate 14. 10. 2013)
- Celebrating the European Day of Languages - partner Spain (National Quality Label Certificate 14.10. 2013)
- 2015 eLearning/ PATHS – partner Greece (National Quality Label Certificate 6/7.10. 2015)
- A Blte of Expo -– partner Greece (National Quality Label Certificate 6.10.15)
- Ambasciatrice Per Together in Expo 2015 - spazio digitale e interattivo, costruito attorno agli itinerari tematici di Expo Milano
- 2017 An Insight in Films & Songs/ Our Soul’s Eyes: Photography – partner Greece (National Quality Label Certificate 16.10. 2017)
TRAINING COURSES
- Centro Linguistico - Workshops on Artifical Intelligence, Bologna University, 11/10/2024, 08/11/2024
- Centro Linguistico - Imparare e insegnare l’intercomprensione fra lingue romanze Seminario a cura di Hugues Sheeren e Pablo Fernández Domínguez, Bologna University, 01/03/2024
- Cambridge University Press – Cambridge Day; Riccione, 25/10/2023
- UNIBO – Webinar SPEEX su Public Speaking; Teams, 11/12/2023
- Centro Linguistico - Giornata di formazione per insegnanti di lingue – Progetto QUILL; Centro Linguistico, Bologna 21/10/2022
- Indire - Didacta Italia - Seminario La Pedagogia Maker: Innovazione della Didattica Laboratoriale e Influenza dei Fablab dentro le scuole, Seminario Apprendimento Autonomo e Tutoring e Seminario Oltre le Discipline nella Secondaria di Secondo Grado Incontro di Coordinamento e Formazione per Ambasciatori e Referenti eTwinning; Firenze, 18-20/10/ 2018
- WikiScuola Corso Online di 40 ore: Il Docente Digitale, 2017
- Indire - Didacta Italia - Seminario L’alto Potenziale Cognitivo e la Plus Dotazione: Quando L’eccellenza Diventa Diversità, Seminario Tecnologia della Lingua per la Scuola Digitale, Seminario Promuovere le Competenze Strategiche nell’Apprendere nella Scuola Secondaria, Seminario Metodologie Didattiche nell’Alternanza Scuola - Lavoro Incontro di Coordinamento e Formazione per Ambasciatori e Referenti eTwinning; Firenze, 27- 29/09/ 2017
- Giornata di studi Internazionale - Dialogare sull’Alternanza Scuola-Lavoro: musei, archivi, biblioteche e imprese; Bologna, 18/12/ 2017
- USR per l’Emilia-Romagna - percorso formativo di accompagnamento delle istituzioni scolastiche interessate all’attuazione di Progetti Europei; Bologna, 05/12/2017
- eTwinning - Seminario Erasmus+ gestione per l’attività chiave I; Istituto Cremona, Milano, 14/09/2017
- Erasmus - Seminario Regionale Programma Europeo Erasmus+ Call 2017; Bologna, 13/01/ 2017
- Coordinamento Ambasciatori e Referenti Regionali eTwinning; ITI Leonardo Da Vinci, Firenze, 8-10/09/2016
- eTwinning Learning Events Online 2015 - Learning outside the classroom, 30/11 a 11/12
- Cambridge University Press & Lend - Thinking - The Invisible Skill- How to develop Higher Order Thinking Skills within the English Lesson; Liceo Classico “D. Alighieri”, Ravenna, 21/04/2015
- eTwinning - Seminario Regionale Emilia-Romagna – A – B – C- D – eTwinning; Istituto Comprensivo F. Foresti, Conselice, 01/12/2014
- Webinar - Nazionale per ambasciatori presentazione del nuovo eTwinning TwinSpace e delle principali funzionalità della piattaforma per lavorare in modo cooperativo a distanza; 23/09/2014
- Webinar - Regionale - presentazione del nuovo eTwinning TwinSpace e delle principali funzionalità della piattaforma per lavorare in modo cooperativo a distanza; 11/11/2014
- Oxford University Press - Blended Solutions for Better Learning; Bologna; 25/03/2014
- Mr. Quinn: Nothing but talk - Salinger- The Catcher in the Rye; Faenza, 29/05/2014
- eTwinning - Seminario Regionale - eTwinning ad Alta Velocità; Parma, 14/10/2013
- Oxford University Press - 21st Century Skills: Digital Pedagogy for Teaching and Learning; Rimini, 5/03/2013
- Oxford University Press - Key Words in English; Faenza, 13/02/2013
- Arissa – Formazione di base sulla metodologia CLIL; Ravenna, 11/02/2013
- Cambridge University Press - Cambridge Days Centenary Edition; Bologna, 06/11/2013
- Ufficio Scolastico Regionale - Incontro provinciale dedicato alla Valutazione; Faenza, 15/03/2013
- Ufficio Scolastico Regionale - Incontro provinciale dedicato ai Bisogni Educativi Speciali e i Disturbi Specifici di Apprendimento; Faenza, 21/01/2013
- Universtas Domus Mathae Ravenna - Neuroscienze emozioni e comportamenti – IV parte; Ravenna, 2013
- Lend - Linee guida per il CLIL; Ravenna 10/02/2011
- Miur - Lifelong Learning Programme - eTwinning Quando l’Europa fa la differenza; Seminario Interprovinciale, Ravenna, 16/11/2011
- Lend - CLIL: Quale Docente? Bologna - ITC Salvemini Casalecchio di Reno, 25/10/2010
- Oxford University Press - Digital Innovation in the English Language Classroom; Bologna, 24/02/2010
- Lend - Uncovering English: from activity to interactivity; ITC Oriani, Faenza, 05/03/09
- Centro Linguistico - Città e formazione linguistica transculturale IV e VI; Forlì 2006
- Centro Linguistico - Uno sguardo su Moodle: confronti sull’e-learning per l’apprendimento linguistico; Forlì - 2006
SEMINARS & CONFERENCES - SPEAKER
- Centro Linguistico - Ciclo di formazione sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: workshop activity -Narrative Storytelling - words and A.I. images, Bologna, 08/11/2024
- eTwinning - l’internazionalizzazione delle scuole - A European approach to Cultural Heritage: reporting our past, investigating our future with Erasmus+ & eTwinning; Liceo Torricelli-Ballardini, Faenza, 30/05/2018
- Ciclo di formazione sull’Intelligenza Artificiale: Workshop activity -Narrative Storytelling - words and A.I. images, Centrolinguistico Bologna, 08/11/2024
- Webinar eTwinning - La progettazione (come cercare partner, come pensare un progetto) 13/10/2017
- Extra Class - Riflessioni sull’apprendimento linguistico e le esperienze sul territorio - An insight into innovative and motivating teaching activities; Faenza,14/01/2017
- eTwinning Seminario Regionale: Crescere con eTwinning A flexible, motivating & creative tool for your syllabus; ITES VALTURIO, Rimini, 17/10/2016
- eTwinning Seminario Regionale: Crescere Con eTwinning - A flexible, motivating & creative tool for your syllabus; I.T.I. N.Copernico A.Carpeggiani, Ferrara, 14/1172016
- eTwinning - Incontro On-Demand; Istituto Tecnico Saffi-Alberti, Forli, 15/11/2016
- eTwinning - Incontro On-Demand; SS 1 grado, Cesena (8 istituti coinvolti 18/11/2015), Liceo Ricci Curbastro (9 istituti coinvolti 19/11/2015)
- Lend - CLIL: Content, Language & Technology Engaging; ITCG Oriani, Faenza, 15/04/2016
- Road to CLIL - When content and Language engage; Liceo Torricelli - Ballardini, Faenza, 15/3/2016
- eTwinning attività di Sportello eTwinning; Liceo Torricelli - Ballardini, Faenza 28/09/2015
- CLIL Startup - An authentic & digital approach to Content and language learning; Corso di Formazione CLIL per docenti della primaria e Sec. I Grado, Istituto Comprensivo Baracca, Lugo (Ottobre – Novembre 2015)
- eTwinning - Seminario Regionale per l’Emilia-Romagna - Planning your Curriculum with eTwinning, A Flexible tool for Motivating students; Faenza, 25/05/2015
- CLIL Startup - An authentic & digital approach to Content and language learning; per docenti della primaria degli istituti Baracca, D'Este e Foresti, Massalombarda Scuola Media, 25/11/2014
- Lend – Lingua e Nuova Didattica - Planning your curriculum and motivating your students with eTwinning; Faenza, 28/11/2014
- Lend – Lingua e Nuova Didattica - Engaging with the text - an authentic & digital approach to Content and language learning; Faenza, 22/10/2014
- Diesse - Nuovi Insegnanti Nuove Scuole che Crescono - Le Botteghe dell’Insegnare – CLIL presentato lavoro (Economics) Households – Where does our money go? Savoia Hotel Regency Bologna, 12/10/ 2013
- Fiera Pedagogica – La Piazza di Ninive V^ edizione – CLIL – Scienze in English in the Classroom – Stem cells; Lugo, 12/09/2013
- Università di Bologna (Sede di Forlì) L’inglese e le altre lingue europee –( lavoro) “Lingue e Imprese in Romagna; Forlì, 21/09/2001
- Engim - Comunicare per crescere; Introduzione del lavoro del gruppo di Ravenna Progetto NOW, Marketing Internazionale e Tecnica della Comunicazione Aziendale, Vicenza, 23/06/2001
- Dublin International House - Vocational Training Seminar National Council for Vocational awards; Second Level education-Leonardo marketing, Dublin, 01/6/2001
- Federal Business Development Bank - Communications: A New Orientation - Organizzazione e partecipazione alla conferenza sulla comunicazione riguardante community relations, government relations, internal communications, publications, special events, national advertising launch, Montreal, 29/30/06/1988
- Concordia University - Canadian Environment Association Seminar - Presentation to the Legislative Committee - Reviewing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act; Montreal, 05/1989
- Organizzazione Delle Nazioni Unite (Assemblea Giovani) Delegata Canadese all'Assemblea Generale - Giurisdizione della Corte Internazionale e Problema del Traffico Internazionale di Droga; New York City, 03/1988
- Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite (Assemblea Giovani), Delegata UNESCO - Comunicazione e Tecnologia; New York City, 03/1989
