Pass the port(o) to the right: Building a community of practice for Portuguese professors to profess

 Taking advantage of the reorganization of HE in Europe the University of Aveiro/UNAVE ('Professional Training and Research Association of the University of Aveiro') choose to organize Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Modules which have been running since 2005. This initiative aims to help faculty members with essential skills/competences in areas such as curriculum design and university pedagogy collaborative learning and the adoption of ICT/Internet technologies. The interaction taking place at the intersection of these three dimensions attempts to promote academics' reflection on teaching and learning as well as academics with tools for achieving high quality teaching standards (Huet Costa & Tavares 2006).