Teaching and Learning Online

Many universities in the Netherlands and around the world are seriously exploring challenge-based learning. The University of Twente is on its way to implementing this educational philosophy in the next few years, the Eindhoven University of Technology already embedded it into its core educational strategy, and Maastricht University has been practising problem-based learning, a close cousin of challenge-based learning, already since its founding in 1976! Tilburg University has also dipped its toes in this trend, and today on the show we are exploring the Societal Challenge, a one-and-a-half-day event in which students came together to try and solve some interesting and pressing problems. Guests in alphabetical order: Anne van der Velden (challenge organizer) Bendegúz Ken Bonecz (student) Frank van den Berg (expert on challenge-based learning) If you would like to get in touch with Anne, feel free to reach out to her via [email protected]. To reach out to the host of the podcast, send a message to [email protected].

Hardly a week goes by without an accomplished lawyer announcing on LinkedIn they are quitting their career in order to rekindle a long-neglected passion for photography or some other artistic endeavor. It may therefore surprise you that many students in dr. Leena Grover’s course Public International Law are artists who decided to pursue a second career in the legal field. Listen now to what it takes to design a course that makes photographers trade cameras for a tailored suit. Guests in this episode: Dr. Leena Grover, Associate Professor at the Tilburg Law School Sahib Singh, Lecturer at the Tilburg Law School Eleonora van der Steen, student Miriam Rezaeian, student Bram van Haaren, student

In his grant-winning educational intervention Dr. Bender paired bachelor and master students to practice intercultural skills through serious games. What were the games about? Did students like the exercise? Do they think they can transfer the learning into the real world? Listen now to find out!

In this episode, Rector Magnificus Wim van de Donk and Vice Rector Magnificus Jantine Schuit share their views on education in these tumultuous times and how their past experiences drive their vision for the future at our university.

Faculty and students at the university are being challenged by pandemic-related restrictions. The use of facilities as well as movement on campus are severely limited. For new students it is difficult to connect with the academic community as well as with the programs. So how can we make sure that students feel connected to the university and that we stimulate them to take ownership of their own learning? Kenny Meesters, lecturer in the Information Management master within Tilburg University School of Economics and Management, rose up to such challenges with a bootcamp idea. Together with colleagues Andreas Alexiou, Joris Hulstijn, Francesco Lelli, and Carol Ou he developed a new approach towards teaching in these times. In this episode Kenny tells us how, throughout the bootcamp, students explore a societal relevant case with the support and guidance of different lecturers. Alex Muller, one of the students who took part in this initiative, tells us how such model provides an holistic view on the program, as opposed to isolated courses. Prioritizing meaningful dialog and discussion with students, rather then projecting knowledge or provide instructions, gives ownership to students by creating a ‘thirst’ for knowledge to solve the case and share the results. This, in turn, allows students to get to know, use and integrate all aspects of the Tilburg Education Profile, forging them into socially engaged, critical thinkers.

In the first episode of season two we are going to take you back to the end of August when TOPWEEK, Tilburg University’s introduction week for new students, was taking place. This year's TOPWEEK was an extraordinary one as students started their student life mostly online. We invited Ilse van den Bosch, board member from MAK Mentorship Sytem - Supported by Asset, and Joep Hurkmans, board member of TOP Foundation, to tell us what it was like to plan such an unprecedented event. Sebas Krijgsman van Spangenberg, a first year-student, and his mentor Stan den Teuling also joined the conversation, to share their experiences on starting student life online which exceeds everybody’s expectations.

Carlie Rosmalen has climbed a pretty steep learning curve recently. And no, she is not a student, but a teacher. She began her teaching career in December 2019 at the Tilburg School of Economics and Management, in February she started co-teaching her first course with almost 600 students, and in March she was forced to move her classes online. In this last episode of the first season we ask Carlie how she managed to put up with her new role, and invited one of her students, Nick van Gastel, to share how it was to be part of such a massive course as Marketing Management is. If you liked the episode, please rate, share, or subscribe to the podcast. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. This podcast was produced by Tilburg University in collaboration with De Podcast Producent.

If our guests had had to come to campus for the recording of this episode, their total travel distance would have added up to almost 1,500 km. That is because Shirley Kempeneer, an instructor at the Tilburg Law School, lives in Belgium, and Erika Pauliukevičiūtė, a student at the Tilburg School of Humanities and Digital Sciences, spends the last semester in Sweden. In this vivid episode we hear about how to design an online class in which students actively engage with the instructor and each other, how to iron clothes while listening to a lecture, and whether the 1,500 km would be worth the trip for our guests or whether they would prefer to continue teaching and learning online. If you liked the episode, please rate, share, or subscribe to the podcast. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. This podcast was produced by Tilburg University in collaboration with De Podcast Producent.

In February 2020 William started teaching a course called Pastoral work and religious education. The highlight of the course was an assignment where students had to go out and collect real-world data. But then, man proposes, March disposes. In the first episode we connect online with William Arfman, teacher from the School of Catholic Theology at Tilburg University, and his student Rieks Hekman to talk about their experience with online education in the last turbulent semester. They share anecdotes from the course, tips for how to self-manage during distance teaching and learning, and their wishes for the next academic year. If you like the episode, please rate, share, or subscribe to the podcast. To get in touch, send an email to [email protected]. This podcast was produced by Tilburg University in collaboration with De Podcast Producent.

Teaching and Learning Online is a new podcast from the Educational Innovation Lab (EDUiLAB) at Tilburg University, which is all about innovation, trends, and myths in online education. In the first season we sit down with teachers and students to hear the success and not-so-success stories of the last semester when we all had to start teaching and learning online. The first episode comes out on 7th July, so stay tuned!