Incremental grading: let students assess their own work. Though this might sound strange at first, incremental grading can have several advantages for both teachers and students. During the Inspiration café on May 14th, Alex Lodder & Christian Köppe spoke about incremental grading (IG), and their experiences based on the implementation of IG in two courses at Utrecht…

Would you like to know more about what online education is, how to design online education and what it can bring you – also after this period of the corona crisis? Then sign up for this free online course that not only covers the design of online education, but also the theoretical and didactic context…

The results of all activities that took place in the Teaching & Learning Lab (TLL) were published in the 2019 annual report. Last year, the TLL’s lecture/experimentation rooms were again well used. From courses (13), training and workshops (more than 40) to festivals, an escape room for teachers and education by U-Talent to secondary education…

During the inspiration café on April 9th, Maryse Leloup & Daan Fraanje spoke about improving the sustainability of education. Both work for Educate-it, which has as its mission to improve education at Utrecht University. The university has set itself the goal of being completely CO2 neutral by 2030, an ambitious and noble intention. Although steps…

Challenged based courses are gaining in popularity. During the café of 12 March, Jaco Appelman and Jonno van Vulpen talked about their experiences with this type of education. Jaco lets his students solve societal problems with nature-based solutions. Jonno is a Master student of the Bio Inspired Innovation program of the UU and followed some…

Due to the Corona crisis, the TLL lecture rooms and studio are closed. All reservations through May 29 are cancelled. For period 4, from Monday June 1, reservation of the lecture rooms and studio is possible, subject to change.    

The virtual classroom enables you to teach remotely from the studio. During the lesson the teacher is in front of six screens, each with a maximum of six online visible participants. There is also a view of two other screens that may for instance show presentations or the results of online questions. It is now…

Being taught from a distance, and still sit in the front row. This is possible with a virtual classroom. At the Teaching & Learning Lab’s Autumn Festival on November 22, the very first virtual classroom in the Netherlands was opened in front of the more than 200 participants. Workshops and lectures at the Autumn Festival…

Prof. Dr. Ferdi Engels is a lecturer at Pharmaceutical Sciences and director of the Undergraduate School of Science at Utrecht University, and he is also coordinator of the Higher Education activities of the Teaching & Learning Lab (TLL). But what does he find so special about the TLL, and why would he want all teachers…

The first ‘Strengthen-Your-Education-week’ was held in the first week of July. Lecturers were enthusiastic about the event: “I discovered new interesting things and I came back to work with inspiration and new ideas”; “Inspiring and worth the effort. It gave me some entirely new ideas.” The week-long event was so well-received, in fact, that the…