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Need inspiration to design more interactive education?

Whether you teach on campus or online, TeachEUR offers a variety of activities to enhance the quality and interactivity of your education. From accessible icebreakers to practical exercises that promote active learning and collaboration among students. Get inspired, adapt these activities to your learning objectives, and add your own twist to them!

We also provide theoretical insights on various themes, supported by tips and tools to implement them immediately in practice.

We regularly add new teaching activities and would love to hear your ideas! Have you tried something new or have you applied a variation? Share it with us!

Looking for advice or do you want to brainstorm about activating education? Do you need professional support to tailor an activity to your course? Or would you like to highlight a particular theme? Contact us or send an email to cli@eur.nl.

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  • Empathy map

    Explore the perspectives of others involved in (non-)sustainable actions and decisions.
    A magnifying glass showing a deck of cards that show the words “hear”, “think & feel”, “see”, and “say & do”.

  • Exit tickets

    A simple and quick way for students to evaluate concepts, reflect or process knowledge at the end of your lesson.
    A key rack next to a door holding a key that has a tag on it that says, “Exit ticket”.

  • Entrance tickets

    Activate knowledge, engage students and gain insight into their learning through entrance tickets.
    Illustration of double doors with green arrow and card reader symbols, resembling an entry or exit gate in a transit or access system.

  • Find as many similarities as possible

    Four shared interests: 'create a bond with 'find as many similarities as possible'
    On the left a digital clock counting down, and on the right three hands that each hold a circle that overlap with each other

  • Mindmap

    Create a mind map to visualise knowledge about a topic.
    A top view on a person sitting at a table working on a mindmap, and a thought bubble above her head with a lightbulb.

  • Chain notes

    Students take turns enriching the answer to a question.
    Nine envelopes behind each other falling over like a domino row.

  • Idea generator

    Come up with more ideas with random words!
    A machine whit a sign on the left saying, “Insert problem here”, and on the right it puts out green liquid that says “Ideas”

  • Shopping list

    Students write down for themselves a list of what they need for the upcoming lesson, course or future.
    A top view on a shopping cart containing a paper with some scribbles on it.

  • What's the question?

    Guess the question by the answer!
    A chalk school board that has “Answer” written on it, and a bunch of speech bubbles in front of it containing question marks.

  • Reflect with an image

    Use the power of visualisation as a reflection tool.
    A woman on the left looking into a mirror on the right that has a box with cards behind it that says “Reflect”.

  • Roleplay

    Let students experience authentic situations with role-plays.
    Three people each holding a different sign with different roles written on it.

  • Outlier

    Find out which word does not belong to the topic!
    Four labeled boxes reading “Intake (A),” “Charge (B),” “Compression (C),” and “Exhaust (D)” appear above thought bubbles with different letter guesses.

New on TeachEUR: Themes

We offer a deepdive in theoretical insights on various themes in collaboration with experts, supported by tips and tools to implement these themes in educational practice.

Discover all our theme pages
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