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NEWS OCTOBER 2018

 

 

 

PERRY DEN BROK NEW CHAIRMAN 4TU.CEE

As per 15 September Perry den Brok has been appointed as new chairman for the 4TU.Centre for Engineering Education. He succeeds Jan van der Veen who held this position for the last four years. The 4TU.CEE board would like to thank Jan for his contribution and commitment to 4TU.CEE in his role of chairman. Jan will remain active as local 4TU.CEE leader for the University of Twente. Perry is very much looking forward to build upon the strong foundation of 4TU.CEE that has been laid over the past four years. Read more…

 

 

 

 

WORKSHOP CONDUCTING EDUCATIONAL DESIGN RESEARCH

On 12 December an introductory workshop for 4TU teachers, academic staff, and doctoral students is being organised. Prof. (em.) Thomas C. Reeves of the university of Georgia, Athens (US) will introduce us to the unique and powerful educational design research approach in this one day workshop. The workshop is organised by 4TU.CEE of the University of Twente. Read more and sign up…

 

 

 

 

 

TRAINING: ‘TEACHING IN THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSROOM’

Last chance to sign up! Learn how to teach your students intercultural competencies in a 2-day training available to 4TU teaching staff. The training will take place on 25 and 26 October 2018 in Wageningen. For more information and to sign up visit our 4TU.CEE website.

 

 

1ST 4TU.CEE PHD STUDENT TO DEFEND HER DISSERTATION

On Thursday 13 December the first 4TU.CEE PhD candidate, Inken Gast, is defending her dissertation titled “Team-Based Professional Development – Possibilities and challenges of collaborative curriculum design in higher education”. The past years Inken has studied the professional development of teachers at the UT during the implementation of the Twente Educational Model (TEM). Read about her findings in this article.

 

 

 

INVITATION TO TOM SEMINAR 2018-2019

The University of Twente invites you to the Seminars: 'The ins and outs of TOM'. The Seminar is a 1 or 1.5 day event for educational professionals and teachers who are interested in the innovative education model of Twente. The seminars are given in November 2018, February and May 2019. Find out all about the module structure, project led education and implementation process of the educational innovation and ask students and experts about their experiences. Read more…

 

 

 

 

4TU.CEE BLOGS ON CDIO AND SEFI

Emiel van Puffelen, 4TU.CEE leader of WUR wrote a blog on the CDIO conference: ‘Lessons from Japan’. Another blog was written bij 4TU.CEE programme coordinators Chantal Brans (TU/e) and Renate Klaassen (TUD) on the SEFI conference 2018, which was all about creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. The SEFI blog contains links to the 4TU.CEE SEFI 2018 contributions.

 

 

TU/E INNOVATION DAY - VIRTUAL AND REMOTE LABS IN EDUCATION

4TU.CEE welcomes all TU/e and 4TU employees engaged in teaching and learning at the TU/e Innovation day 2018. This day is organised yearly to inspire teachers to innovate their education. This year the possibilities of remote and virtual labs in education will be explored. Tim van der Grinten of Enversed will provide the keynote. The innovation day will take place on 21 November. Read more…

 

 

 

KEYNOTE RUTH GRAHAM: THE FUTURE OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Find out more about the state of the art in engineering education and challenges that come with high quality programmes in this keynote by Ruth Graham! This keynote is part of the University of Twente’s week of inspiration and organised in collaboration with 4TU.CEE on 28 November. It is highly interesting for both education programme managers, lecturers and students from 4TU. Read more…

 

 

 

 

EVIDENCE BASED EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AT WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY

Wageningen University has organised a call for educational innovation projects. The proposals that have been accepted will participate in the new education innovation research approach. Researchers from the Education and Learning Sciences (ELS) group and 4TU.CEE are studying the effects of the projects and lessons learned. Read more…

 

 

 

INAUGURAL LECTURE PROF. DR. PERRY DEN BROK

On 20 September 2018, Prof. dr. Perry den Brok, Professor of Education and Learning Sciences at WUR and recent chairman of 4TU.CEE, gave his inaugural address entitled:  ‘Cultivating the growth of life-science graduates: On the role of educational ecosystems’. In his lecture Den Brok questions whether the ever growing amount of learning approaches and learning environments actually help to equip students to cope with complex future societal issues. Read more…

 

 

 

 

 

REPORTS WUR CULTURAL DIVERSITY WORKSHOPS

In September two workshops were given at WUR on the topic of cultural diversity. The reports are available now:

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inclusiveness for better study results

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from emotional to cultural intelligence’.

 

 

AGENDA 4TU.CEE

-25 & 26 October ’18: training ‘teaching in the international classroom’ (WUR)

-6 & 7 November TOM Seminar (UT)

-21 November Innovation day (TU/e)

-28 November Keynote Ruth Graham (UT)

-11 December teachers day at WUR
-12 December
workshop conducting educational design research

-13 December PhD defence Inken Gast (UT)

-14 December workshop culturally appropriate and effective feedback (WUR)

 

 

 

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