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A joint course development project of student and teacher of Applied Physics

The educator provides feedback, the students put it to good use, and overall understanding soars. Unfortunately, it is not that simple, especially in large classes.

Written by: Merel Engelsman

Written by: Merel Engelsman

Meet three new coordinators for 4TU.CEE - contact persons for TU Delft, UTwente and Wageningen University

Memorable and lasting ethics education for engineers

Seven new University of Twente CEE-Teaching & Learning Fellows have been appointed for two years.

Last year, elections were organised both nationally and by individual universities for the best educator of the year. 4TU interviewed the winners of the Educator of the Year Award and was curious to know why students are so enthusiastic about them and how they see the future of engineering education.

The successful application of Learning Analytics (LA) can improve student learning outcomes, student support and teaching. The key-challenges for LA adoption, such as Ethics, Leadership, Analytics culture, Analytics capabilities, Stakeholder involvement, and Technology have been investigated. However, large-scale adoption remains lacking as does research into it. 

University teachers have known for years that traditional lectures often are not a good choice for educating students. They offer a “one size fits all” teaching that does not consider students’ divergent needs, skills, and interests. Within recent years, however, Learning Analytics-based teaching methods have been developed that enable teachers to take into account some student differences. These methods utilize clickstream data that students generate while they use Learning Management Systems, such as Canvas, and facilitate differentiated teaching. Furthermore, Learning Analytics-based teaching reduces the distance between students and teachers in blended learning as the clickstream data can inform the teachers about a lack of student engagement that they may otherwise not detect.

Co-authors: Teun Veelenturf, Tilde Bekker, Clemens Verhoosel, Willem-Bart Bartels, Ruurd Taconis

In the latest 4TU.CEE webinar titled “Tools to support the implementation of CBL in higher engineering education”, Robin de Graaf, Adina Imanbayeva, and Raymond Loohuis introduced Challenge Up, an online teacher support and design tool for CBL implementation. This tool has been created by a passionate team from the University of Twente: Teaching & Learning Fellows, Centre of Expertise of Learning and Teaching (CELT), and the Mendix team of Library, ICT Services & Archive (LISA).

Article by Cindy Poortman, University of Twente

The first Teaching & Learning Fellowships, made possible by 4TU.CEE at the UT, have been concluded with a CBL symposium in October 2023.

Special Issue Mathematics education in the era of ChatGPT: investigating its meaning and use for school and university education