Festive opening Education Lab (day 3)

10.00-10.30

ENGAGE. An open call for innovation - by Rajarshi Chakraborty

Engage is a new initiative put forward to empower students, researchers, employees and professors to help improve their EUR experience. The initiative aims to create an environment where ideas are created and given the right support to be brought to life. Join the presentation and the idea lab to share your ideas and shape the future.

*No signing up required 

10.30-11.00

Education and emerging technologies in a changing world - by Dennis Jeroen van Iersel (Erasmus Tech Community)

Presentation on multiple emerging technologies, how they're going to impact the future of students and the world itself. In connection with this, we'll be talking about how to educate and prepare yourself for this future.

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10.00-12.00

Public speaking skills - by Carla van Driel (Hofplein theater)

Spreken in het openbaar vraagt om specifieke vaardigheden. Vaak zie je een spreker te veel privé en/of onvoorbereid, waardoor de boodschap niet voldoende overkomt. Door gebruik te maken van elementaire theater oefeningen krijgt de deelnemer een aantal tools aangereikt die hij of zij op een speelse manier in de praktijk kan gebruiken om een boodschap beter over te brengen.

*Sign up for this session at the bottom of the page. Please note that this session will be in Dutch.

11.00-13.00

Introduction to R - by Turing Students Rotterdam

At the moment, data science is the new upcoming field helping us make better decisions. However, many students who aspire to join this field are perplexed by the number of different programming languages available for data science & analytics. Nevertheless, there are many reasons why R language should definitely be in their to-learn list!

Get to know the basics of R and learn why it is so useful. Also, if you are getting ready for your thesis, you do not want miss this workshop!

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11.30-12.15

Canvas Inspiration Session - by Giovanni Nobre MSc

Canvas is the new LMS for the EUR and provides opportunities to redesign your course. In this session you will see different EUR courses using active blended learning in Canvas. Risbo provides a MicroLab on how to blend your course with Canvas, for which you can sign up afterwards!

*No signing up required 

12.00-14.00

Students-for-Students walk-in hours

Got an idea to improve education? Students-for-Students (S4S) will offer you (financial) support to make it happen!

Students-for-Students (S4S) stimulates and facilitates students to set up projects that contribute to improving the quality of education for students. We support such projects through advice, practical support in kind (rooms for events, facilities etc.) and financial support. S4S is funded with the money released when the Dutch basic student grant (“basisbeurs”) was abolished. These funds were subsequently allocated to the universities for the purpose of improving the quality of education.. We are now returning this money to the students by getting students themselves to contribute to improving their education.

Do you have a good S4S idea that you would like to receive support for? Or do you have any questions? Visit us during the S4S walk-in hours. S4S-initiative The Research Group will also be present. 

*No signing up required 

12.15-13.00

Digital Assessment Inspiration Session - by Giovanni Nobre MSc

Since the new academic year EUR provides 336 places for taking digital assessments in the M-hall via Chromebooks. This means students will have NO access to other websites or software than the one you need to access the assessment. An advantage is that you can use multiple question types that were previously unimaginable with pen and paper. Both summative and formative assessments can be performed digitally.

During this short introduction you will get to know the interface of the Remindo exam software and you can ask about the possibilities within your faculty to digitalize your exams!

*No signing up required 

13.00-13.30

How do you educate students for an unknown future? - by Erdinç Saçan

Developing students in an ever changing world is a real challenge in education. Changes in technology have created a situation which makes information and thus free open learning environments a readily available commodity. Tools for learning are becoming interactive, context aware and intelligent in a rapid pace. This opens up possibilities to approach teaching in a completely open manner. Giving ownership, trust and safety in a strength based approach creates new settings for personalized learning where students have ownership over Content, Level, Pace, Style and Data.

Fontys University of Applied Sciences - Institute of ICT has 3600+ Students.

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13.00-15.00

Non-verbal communication - by Carla van Driel (Hofplein theater)

92.7% van communiceren is lichaamstaal, 7,3% is spraak. In deze training worden de deelnemers hiervan bewust gemaakt: klopt je boodschap met je fysieke uitstraling? Ben je bewust van hoe je lichaam reageert wanneer je praat met emoties? 

Een onderzoek naar je eigen aangeleerde gedrag en hoe je spraak en lichaamstaal meer samen kunt laten werken.

*Sign up for this session at the bottom of the page. Please note that this session will be in Dutch.

13.30-14.30

Learning innovation session for new employees

At Erasmus University Rotterdam members of each faculty can rely on the support of learning innovation professionals. We are here to support you with the innovation of your education in order to improve its quality and value proposition. During this introductory session you will meet several learning innovation members from different faculties and learn more about the projects we are involved in. Also, we will let you know how you can enlist our help for your next learning innovation idea!

*Please contact Marijn van den Doel if you want to join. 

13.30-14.30

A start-up view on educational challenges - EdTech

The Community for Learning and Innovation (CLI) regularly looks at initiatives of other organisations in the Netherlands and abroad. The CLI is now hosting a brief introduction to the EdTech incubator programme of LDE (Leiden, Erasmus Rotterdam and TU Delft universities) and its seven start-ups.

EdTech is one of the fastest growing industries with data-rich educational platforms being adopted more and more, and a huge growth in investments. Three top universities from the Netherlands (Leiden, Erasmus Rotterdam and TU Delft), represented by LDE Centre for Education and Learning aim to discover what makes university learning and teaching work an how it can be innovated and improved.

A specialized validation program focused on Edu(Tech) start-ups, hosted by incubators ECE, Plnt, and YES!Delft. The universities connected will provide testing environments, network for start-ups to grow and change the educational system. ECE, Plnt, and YES!Delft will open their network of mentors, coaches, experts, and investors to aid this process.

*No signing up required 

14.00-15.00

Breakout session: ENGAGE. An open call for innovation - by Rajarshi Chakraborty

Engage is a new initiative put forward to empower students, researchers, employees and professors to help improve their EUR experience. The initiative aims to create an environment where ideas are created and given the right support to be brought to life. Join the presentation and the idea lab to share your ideas and shape the future.

*Sign up for this session at the bottom of the page

15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: Maester

Maester is an e-learning platform to distribute knowledge in a very effective way even if the subject is boring. We automatically give feedback on the content and we add gamified and social components to make learning fun.

*No signing up required 

15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: Play2Speak

We combine artificial intelligence and digital storytelling to help language learners practice speaking English better, in virtual reality. With only a few minutes a day, you can travel to countries abroad and improve your fluency - without leaving your room!

*No signing up required 

15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: Blackbear

BLACKBEAR is a dutch startup that aims on the discovery, development and delivery of the NewGen (students and starters). By connecting them to business cases, projects, tools, companies and other students/starters, we try to change the War for Talent.

*No signing up required 

15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: iThrive

iThrive is a platform for behavior change training with artificial intelligence (AI). Our training helps people to bring out the best in them and solve lifestyle related health risks such as stress, stroke, diabetes, obesity, etc. iThrive operates on a behavior change model that has proven to be 5 times more effective than the golden standard. Current focus is stress and burnout prevention.

*No signing up required 

15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: Plagscan

PlagScan is an advanced plagiarism detection software to help users identify plagiarism in a reliable and time-efficient way. We want to educate students about plagiarism and academic integrity to maintain the quality of education by creating better thinkers and writers.

*No signing up required 

15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: Learn Forward

One professor, hundreds of students and one powerpoint file. What’s next? Learn Forward developssoftware for HigherEd lecturers and K-12 teachers to handle digital content in learning environments.

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15.00-16.00

EdTech Start-up: Hubert.ai

Student-to-instructor feedback is one of the cornerstones of assuring the quality of and improving education at any university, yet it’s a process virtually untouched for the recent 100 years. While we can control our houses with our voice, we still expect improvement to come from ticked boxes on a survey. We have built a completely new feedback system, using the latest AI technology and we call it Hubert.

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10.00-16.00

Experience a DIY-booth 

Continues demo of the DIY-booths, meant for autonomous recording.

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11.00-11.30

15.00-15.30

Guided tours through the new lab and studio

Guided tours by the people directly involved in realizing the new lab. Ask them everything you want to know!

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17.00-18.00

Jazz performance by the Sebastiaan van Bavel Trio

"In 2014 the Sebastiaan van Bavel trio released debut-album As The Journey Begins and was instantly awarded a prestigious Edison Award. For the new album Cosmic Dance, the trio consisting of Sebastiaan van Bavel (piano), Maciej Domaradzki (bass) and Jimmi Hueting (drums). This recording holds six original compositions based on the work of Indian poet Sri Aurobindo. By merging the poetry with the jazz-tradition and elements of Indian and Western classical music, this album marks the next episode of the trio’s musical journey." (source)

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