NEWS DECEMBER 2018 |
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HOW TO DEVELOP A JOINT INTERDISCIPLINARY MASTER PROJECT
At the start of this academic year a first pilot of the Joint Interdisciplinary Master Project (JIP) ran at TU Delft under the auspices of 4TU.CEE. A group of 13 students coming from different faculties and countries worked on real-life interdisciplinary projects brought in and supervised by companies. ‘It was an interesting and challenging roller coaster ride getting it all up and running,’ says Birgit de Bruin, JIP project coordinator. Read more… |
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JOIN THE LEARNING SPACES TOUR
Discover the added value of innovative learning spaces for education during the learning spaces tour! You will visit innovative learning spaces and gain insight in related ongoing innovative projects. We will focus on the added value of the innovative learning space for education. The first stop will be the AMS institute on 24 January 2019.
Sign up now… |
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RUTH GRAHAM VISITS UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
Ruth Graham visited the University of Twente on 28 November for a workshop on rewarding teaching excellence and a keynote lecture on the future of engineering education. The presentations are included in this article. Read more…
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THE VIRTUAL TOUR, AN ENGAGING ALTERNATIVE FOR FIELD TRIPS
A virtual tour could be an alternative for students who cannot join in a field trip. Last year TU Delft developed a virtual tour in a wastewater treatment plant for bachelor students in Civil Engineering to explore its usability. ‘A lot has been learned about challenges in the design and execution of the virtual tour’ says Danielle Ceulemans, educational researcher/designer at 4TU.CEE. Design guidelines for developing a virtual tour are now available. Read more…
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4TU.CEE BLOG ON CHALLENGES FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Birgit Pepin, 4TU.CEE leader of TU/e wrote a blog on challenges for engineering education. In her blog she identifies four challenges considering the strategies of the four technical universities: 1.collaboration-individualisation; 2.authenticity-artificiality; 3.didactic- dynamic coherence; 4. Provision (by teachers) of various potential student learning paths – provision of “tools” for students developing their own actual learning path. Read more…
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HIGHER ENGINEERING EDUCATION MUST TAKE THE LEAD IN EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Universities play an important role, preparing students for a labour market that is undeniably moving towards the use of new emerging technologies. These technologies though are recognized only to a very limited extend in tertiary education as essential and helpful to improve the connection with the demands on the labour market. Therefore 4TU.CEE initiated an explorative research into emerging technologies in 2015-2017. The report is now available online. Read more…
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4TU MEETS OLIN COLLEGE
End of November a group of some 40 4TU staff gathered for a two-day workshop to discuss and work on interdisciplinary education. It was guided by Prof. Siddhartan Govindasamy and Prof. John Geddes from Olin College, where almost all education is interdisciplinary. It is considered as one of the leading institutes in engineering education by Ruth Graham. Learn more by reading the blog of 4TU.CEE programma coordinators Renate Klaassen (TUD) and Chantal Brans (TU/e).
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HOW TO PERFORM EDUCATIONAL DESIGN RESEARCH
Thomas Reeves (University of Georgia Athens) and Susan McKenney (UT) together delivered a workshop on 12 December at the University of Twente. Teachers, academic staff and doctoral students were introduced in how to perform educational design research. Read more…
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TRAINING: ‘TEACHING IN THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSROOM’
Learn how to teach your students intercultural competencies in a 2-day training available to 4TU teaching staff. The training is given by interculturalist Judith McKimm and Marijke van Oppen, intercultural trainer at WUR, on 21 and 22 March 2019 in Wageningen. For more information and to sign up visit our 4TU.CEE website.
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4TU.CEE WISHES YOU HAPPY HOLIDAYS
We would like to thank everyone for participating in the activities and projects of 4TU.CEE and for your support. We look back on a successful year, also thanks to you. On behalf of the board of 4TU.CEE, we would like to send you warm Christmas greetings and wish you a successful and innovative New Year!
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AGENDA 4TU.CEE
-23 January ’19: start online course ‘Design your next career move’
-24 January ’19: Learning Spaces Tour @ AMS Institute
-21 & 22 March ’19: training ‘teaching in the international classroom’ (WUR) |
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