8 Sep 2020
Article on interdisciplinarity in journal of Science Communication
A comment of Renate Klaassen of 4TU.CEE Delft on âDisentangling the different layers of interdisciplinarityâ was included in a special issue of the Journal of Science Communication.
13 Jul 2020
First certified learning assistants at the UT
The University of Twente has done a successful pilot with new and more extended didactical training for Learning Assistants (LAs): students who are formally involved in other studentsâ learning processes. Student-assistants have sufficient content expertise but many can improve on didactical skills according to UT students. They requested to spend part of the âKwaliteitsgeldenâ on more extended training, which was assigned to them. The new LA trajectory (28 hours, 1 EC) is spread over two quartiles. It focuses on didactical principles and didactical reasoning and prepares LAs for their current tasks as well as for other LA tasks they might get in the future. âDuring the pilot we noticed that students really learn to look at education differently, from the perspective of the teacher. That is exactly the effect we wanted to achieveâ, says Ineke ten Dam of 4TU.CEE who, together with Marieke van Geel, is responsible for the pilot. The first three LAâs received their certificate from the rector last week.
9 Jul 2020
Register now: SEFI2020 Conference
SEFI2020Â was planned to take place at the location of University of Twente campus (20-24 September), but will now be an exciting online event. In the new format there will be lots of inspiring keynotes, orals, posters, workshops and options to meet online. Sufficient technology support will be arranged to make this a good and interactive experience for all. Click here for the draft programme. Conference fees are reduced. You are welcome to register now!
7 Jul 2020
Practical quantum programming education
Computer-aided technologies are omnipresent in many engineering disciplines. Be it the computer-aided design of a ship hull, the simulation-based analysis of the bending of an airplane wing, or the computer-driven optimization of the shape of a Formula One car, it is the aid of computational tools that helps engineers through their daily professional life. These tools are often available as ready-to-use software packages whose usage is taught to engineering students in the classroom. However, compute technologies change over time and so do the computational tools and the underlying mathematical algorithms. Todayâs tools are often based on algorithms that have been initiated decades ago. It often takes years to mature novel algorithms from academic concepts to production-ready tools. It is therefore natural to take a look into the future of computing and start developing novel algorithms for next-generation computer-aided engineering tools today.
3 Jul 2020
How do teachers and students feel about online teaching
The corona situation has forced an abrupt transition to online education in many institutions. Postdoc Tim Stevens is investigating and evaluating the process and outcomes of this abrupt transition at WUR. His research aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the transition to online education and map factors that shape the adoption of online tools and methods at WUR. Preliminary results show that teachers were not happy with âbeing forcedâ to fully teach online. However they were able to teach the course to their own satisfaction.
2 Jul 2020
Review study on interdisciplinary engineering education
A 4TU.CEE review study on interdisciplinary engineering education was published in the Journal of Engineering Education.Â
1 Jul 2020
What do teachers learn during the innovation of their education?
The 4TU.Centre for Engineering Education (4TU.CEE) will get involved in a large-scale NWO research project. It involves 25 higher education institutes that will investigate what and how teachers learn when they innovate their own courses. The research is funded by the NRO (Nederlands Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek), a sub department from NWO especially focused on research on education. 4TU.CEE is strongly involved in the research project, with professor Jan Vermunt (TU/e) and professor Perry den Brok (WUR) as project leader and assisting project leader, respectively, and with research to be conducted at various of the 4TU institutes.
19 Jun 2020
Release of book 'Navigating the Landscape of Engineering Education
Aldert Kamp, 4TU.CEE leader at TU Delft has released his new book âNavigating the landscape of Higher Engineering Educationâ with lots of new insights for future-fit higher engineering education.
18 Jun 2020
Comenius education grant for Isabelle Reymen of TU/e
Professor Isabelle Reymen, scientific director of TU/e innovation Space, has secured a grant worth half a million euros under the Comenius programme run by NWO. Reymen will develop the conceptual framework for Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) and will research its subsequent rollout and upscaling at TU/e.
16 Jun 2020
CDIO online conference
This year the CDIO Conference was hosted on-line due to COVID-19. Chalmers University of Technology had done a good job in quickly transferring the conference into an online one. The recordings of the sessions can be found on the website of Chalmers University. The introductory speech of Aldert Kamp, 4TU.CEE leader of TU Delft, âNever waste a good crisisâ is online too.
15 May 2020
The transition to online education during the corona crisis
The global COVID-19 pandemic has forced an abrupt transition to online education. Researcher Tim Stevens is studying the transition to online education at Wageningen University. What can we learn from the transition to online education? The first results are available now.
14 May 2020
Traditional versus challenge-based learning in higher engineering education
Challenge-based learning is becoming an important learning and teaching strategy at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e, 2018). During challenge-based learning, students work in multi-disciplinary groups on open-ended and real-life challenges that are provided by stakeholders in the field of engineering (Membrillo-HernĂĄndez et al., 2019; RosĂ©n et al., 2018). Teachers are expected to work as coaches, who support and guide the learning process of the students. Both âtraditionalâ teacher-based instruction (e.g. in lectures) and challenge-based learning (and coaching) are currently practiced at Eindhoven University of Technology.
7 May 2020
Teaching Cultures Survey Report
A total of 21 international universities have taken part in the Teaching Cultures Survey by Ruth Graham supported by 4TU.CEE and international partners. The Teaching Cultures Survey report shows the overall conclusions based on 15.659 participating academics: (1) university teaching is undervalued, (2) education is not a priority topic in annual appraisals, and (3) support for change as two thirds would like university teaching to be very important, with high scores for the category of university leaders. Apart from the international coalition, all Dutch universities, VSNU, KNAW and NWO agreed to diversify career paths including new ways to give more weight to teaching in academic careers. Future runs of the survey will measure if culture and practise have changed.
6 May 2020
Learn about the Alice & Eve tour at SEFI2020
In most Western countries, female students are only 20% of the total population in computer science studies. The exhibition and symposium âAlice & Eve: a celebration of women in computingâ was held on the 24th of January at the University of Twente, to counter this imbalance. Its main purpose is to highlight the achievements of women in computer science, and as such provide role models to female students. The planned tour across the Netherlands has been postponed to next year, due to Corona. You donât need to wait till next year to learn more about the event. For more information we refer to the website and to the SEFI conference on 21-24th of September 2020 where the organisers, professors Marieke Huisman, MariĂ«lle Stoelinga, programme director Alma Schaafstal and PhD candidate Sophie Lathouwers, all computer scientists at the UT, and Niels van Huizen, master student PSTS, will present a paper on the exhibition and symposium and how well these were received.
30 Apr 2020
Education in times of corona
The past few weeks have not been easy, transitioning to online education, finding solutions for online examinations and having an intense workload. We have made a selection of tips and tools from our Innovation Map that might be useful to you.