Join the Faculty of EEMCS for their Week of Education sessions. The faculty afternoon will be opened by Dr. Alma Schaafstal, Vice Dean of Education, at the poster market in the Diagonaal.
- 12:30 - 13:30 Poster Market: Innovating Education (Diagonaal in Carré)
Join the Lunchtime Poster Market: Innovating Education!
Interested in the results of the Innovate and Share-it 2023 projects, or looking for inspiration and good conversation? Come by our lunchtime Poster Market on Educational Innovation! Discover the results of exciting innovation projects, engage in discussions about what makes great education, and connect with colleagues who are passionate about teaching and learning. Whether you're curious, critical, or just hungry for new ideas, this is the place to be. You can drop in and leave whenever you like. We hope to see you all there.
Note: lunch is not supplied (bring your own.)
Organiser:
- 13:45 - 15:30 Large Language Models: Opportunities and challenges in education (Carré 2K)
During this session we will share some info and hope for a lively debate on:
Opportunities
- Assessment grading (25 minutes)
- Final project grading (25 minutes)
- Exam creation, perhaps (15 minutes)
Challenges
- Plagiarism and ethical concerns (25 minutes)
Location: Carré 2K
Hosts:
- 15:45 - 17:15 (Re)balancing education, a Taoist perspective (Carré 2K)
In the past two years in my role as a lecturer, I have noticed a potential trend in 1st year education: a significant drop in attendance in lectures, a more loose cohesion within student groups, and more focus on self as compared to being socially connected to fellow students and the organisation.
It could be a temporary phenomenon or a coincidence and not something to pay a lot of attention to. However, noting that colleagues at other study programs had similar experiences sparked me to zoom out and look at this from a different perspective.
The perspective I’m using here comes from ancient Taoism. This philosophy is founded on a few central principles such as balance, growth, simplicity, and looking at phenomena from a holistic view inspired by nature.
In this talk I will look at the current trends I’m witnessing through the lens of Taoism and create a picture of the disbalance in the system in which we operate. This system has some players. There are obviously, the students and the way they enter university, the teachers and the way we teach and finally, the university as an institute with patterns and ways of working. All three players have needs and expectations. Any disbalance in meeting those will create a dynamic that can on one hand lead to a crisis; on the other hand, it can be seen as a chance and opportunity for finding a new form of balance. This opens ways for renewal of our role as a university and how we teach.
I will take you through this line of thinking and denote the disbalances in the current system configuration and how, once identified, pathways can be ideated towards a new form of balance. In the second half of the session there will be an open discussion with the attendees to create together ideas for renewed ways of teaching, ideally meeting closely the needs of both students and lecturers.
Location: Carré 2K
Presenter:
You can attend the full afternoon or just one or two sessions. Staff from all faculties are welcome to join!
