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Join the University of the Future closing event on October 27

Let鈥檚 get together to create impact

After winning the higher education award in 2021, the University of the Future project team at 果冻传媒 innovation Space has collaborated through co-creation sessions, professional networks and brainstorming to shape the university of the future. On October 27, you're invited for the closing event, a moment to come together and make an impact on the future of education. The project team will share the results and handover the future university scenarios developed during the project. The event will also feature a keynote presentation, workshops, panel discussion and an open space for sharing ideas. Click here for more information and to register.

Scenario 鈥楾he University of 2050鈥�

Based on the interesting input we gather throughout the project we constantly revised and expand the scenario on the desired future of the 果冻传媒 of 2050. This scenario is a contant work-in-progress.

Next to being a nice consize introduction to what this project is about, we also use this document in co-creation sessions to support and shape the context of the discussions. By opening the PDF-file , or visiting the (intermediate) results page, you can check out the latest version of the scenario! 

October 2024 

University of the Future at DDW2024!

At Dutch Design Week 2024, we invited the public to step into the University of the Future and experience firsthand how education can contribute to solving the grand societal challenges the world faces. Through interactive elements, visitors discovered how their unique contributions, when combined with others, could create a powerful, collective impact. At the University of the Future, everyone鈥攏o matter their age or background鈥攈as a role to play in creating impactful change and is welcome to join. 

Follow-up on the focus sessions 

On May 24th we organized a follow-up on the focus sessions, for which we invited participants that were also present during the earlier focus sessions that happened in February and March of this year. It was good to notice that the participants recognized that their input from the focus sessions was represented in the updated scenario, which served as a base for the discussions of this follow-up event.

We started with a discussion around the provocative statement 鈥楾his university is only for motivated students鈥� to get everyone's attention. Afterwards, we had discussions in subgroups on 鈥楳ission driven research鈥�, 鈥楲earner initiated validation of the lifelong learning portfolio鈥�, and 鈥楥o-learning and co-creation at the core of collaboration to tackle the global socio-technical challenges鈥�. During the closing drinks, the discussion continued in a constructive manner. It was great to see so much enthusiasm and collect valuable input once again! 

May 2024 

April 2024 

SURF Seminar Foresight Practices

We presented our working process at the SURF Seminar Foresight Practices on April 19th at the SURF headquarters in Utrecht, The Netherlands!

It was great to share our working process, but it was especially interesting to learn from colleagues. We also discussed the struggles we still encounter within the University of the Future project and received valuable input on our questions. Additionally, projects by other educational institutions related to foresight practices were presented which are a great source of inspiration. We are looking forward to participating in the next SURF gatherings, both focused on Foresight Practices as well as the Onderwijsdagen (in which we will likely have an active contribution...). 

innoXchange workshop Co-learning in the innovation hub 

On Friday, April 12, 4TU.CEE, 果冻传媒 ALT, 果冻传媒 ESoE, and 果冻传媒 innovation Space hosted innoXchange day, focusing on "Interdisciplinary Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) Towards a Better World." 

Keynote speaker Johanna L枚nngren, Associate Professor at Ume氓 University, Sweden, set the stage by discussing strategies for integrating sustainability into engineering education. She emphasized the need to prepare students for complex sustainability challenges in their professional lives. We hosted one of the subsequent workshops, which focused on creating a rich learning environment that incorporates diverse stakeholder perspectives. This workshop addressed the challenges of involving stakeholders in academic curricula and dealing with uncertainty. 

Participants highlighted the importance of involving various industrial organizations, including SMEs and citizens, to ensure all voices are heard. Societal organizations and sector associations were noted as crucial in strengthening this engagement. Overall, the event provided valuable insights into enhancing engineering education through interdisciplinary CBL, with a strong focus on sustainability and stakeholder engagement. 

 

April 2024 

February - March 2024 

Focus sessions on relevant directions

We are working hard to improve our scenario on the 果冻传媒 of 2050. We like to call what we are doing in this phase: 鈥楢dding pixels to the vague picture鈥�. For this purpose, we organized focus sessions around the topics of 鈥楲earning Environment鈥�, 鈥楲earning Experience鈥�, 鈥榁alidation of Learning鈥�, 鈥楥o-learning in the Collaboration Hub鈥�, 鈥楻esearch and Learning Integration鈥�, and 鈥極rganizational Structure鈥�.

For each of these focus sessions we had interactive hands-on discussions on specific questions with experts in the field. These were intense, but very informative, weeks. We are looking forward to analyzing all the input we gathered and implementing it into the next version of our scenario of the 果冻传媒 of 2050! 

 

 

CDIO online session

In January 29th, 2024, we continued the collaboration with the CDIO Working Group 鈥楧esigning the University of the Future鈥� which we initiated at the CDIO 2023 conference in Trondheim. During this online meeting, we discussed the scenario of the university of 2050 that we developed and had a deep dive into questions around its governance, which resulted in a fruitful discussion. 

We will continue the activities of the working group at the CDIO 2024 conference in Tunis. Additionally, our University of the Future team will also host a round table session and present a research paper at the conference! Details on these different activities can be found on the (Intermediate) results page.

 

January 2024 

January 2024 

Redirect from questionnaire to exhibition

We have exiting news! We are aiming to exhibit about our University of the Future moonshot project at the Dutch Design Week 2024 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands!

We are constantly looking for ways to include society and our broad community in our activities, since that continues to bring us interesting insights for our further steps. The past period we considered to bring out a questionnaire in which the input of all types of stakeholders could be collected, but we experienced that there are way more attractive ways to collect this input. And since this is a moonshot project we decided to 鈥榞o big or go home鈥� by aiming for an exciting exhibition! Are you interested in following our 鈥榬oad to the exhibition鈥�? Visit the 鈥楻oad to the exhibition鈥� blog page on this website, in which we will start to share small updates on the developments around this exhibition soon. 

 

 

An approach to support competence identification for Self-Directed Learning in extracurricular student project

This research project (Master Graduation Project) from Bart Koppelmans aimed to design an approach to support competence identification in self-directed learning environments, specifically within the context of extracurricular student innovation projects. The project employed a mixed-methods approach, including a comprehensive literature review and co-creation sessions with students, staff, and educational experts.

The findings resulted in a framework for supporting self-directed learning and competence identification, which was then applied to the current state of the Student Teams Program at 果冻传媒 innovation Space. The implementation of this framework has the potential to significantly enhance the learning experience for students, empowering them to take control of their own learning journey and better identify their learning gains. 

Do you want to learn more about this graduation project? or visit the (intermediate) results page! 

 

January 2024 

January 2024 

Workshop at the Brainport Knowledge Festival

The project 'Co-learning in the Innovation Hub' of 果冻传媒 innovation Space aims to strengthen collaboration with all actors in the ecosystem. During the Brainport Knowledge Festival, the team organized a workshop involving secondary and vocational education (MBO) teachers. The goal was to inspire a new learning approach where students and stakeholders collaboratively tackle thematic challenges. The workshop centered on the theme 鈥楻egenerative Resources,鈥� addressing issues such as circularity, recycling, behavior change, and making the supply chain more sustainable.

Participants adopted the perspectives of various stakeholders, including industry partners, policymakers, researchers, and citizens, to understand the complexities of these societal challenges. This collective, holistic approach facilitated new insights on collaborative efforts to tackle challenges that contribute to a sustainable economy. The workshop also focused on discussing opportunities and challenges regarding integrating these insights into Challenge-Based Learning programs, enabling participants at all education levels to think about and contribute to real-world solutions effectively. 

 

果冻传媒 research in Extracurricular Student Teams

We completed three educational design studies connected to learning in Extracurricular Student Teams (EC-STs):

  • Study 1 involved semi-structured interviews with twelve team members from two student groups. This study revealed that students of EC-STs experience significant learning gains, including fundamental engineering knowledge, personal and professional skills, interpersonal skills, innovation process insights, and leadership abilities. 
  • Study 2 focused on twenty students from four sub-teams participating in artifact analysis workshops. This study highlighted learning gains in engineering knowledge and the innovation process phases, including design requirements, prototyping, hands-on experience, and solution validation. Students also gained a deeper understanding of system functionality. 
  • Study 3 is an ongoing investigation into transdisciplinary learning within challenge-based STEAM extracurricular teams. Additionally, we have supported student teams in creating visual aids and transferring knowledge at the sub-team level. 

Would you like to read more about these studies? Visit the (intermediate) results page to access the individual papers for each of them.  

 

September 2022 - May 2024

September - February 2024 

Developing the Learning & Development culture in Extracurricular Student Teams

As part of the goal to stimulate the learning culture in the extracurricular student team鈥檚 (EC-STs) ecosystem, we have engaged with, and provided personalized support, to several teams. Topics addressed were varied, including recruitment of new team members, how to support reflection within the team, and how to manage knowledge. These interaction led sometimes to workshops and interventions within the teams, where the goal was twofold: To help students improve their learning and development practices, and to transfer tools and competencies to them so they can continue implementing these in a self-directed way.

Curious to learn more about these tools? Go to the overview of downloadable tools, including scrips on how to run the sessions.  

 

Student explorations on the University of the Future

From September 2023 until January 2024 there were two really interesting student projects connected to the University of the Future! Arabella Meyer did her Final Bachelor Project in Industrial Design about 鈥樷��. In her project she explored underlying motives, roles, and relational dynamics within multi-stakeholder collaborations. Marit van den Tempel focused her first-year Industrial Design Master research project on a 鈥樷��. In her project she created a speculative design of a DIY Diploma to explore student perspectives on a completely self-directed university.

We learned a great deal from both of these projects. Are you interested in learning more about the findings of Arabella and Marit? Click on the links in this update or visit the (Intermediate) results page.

 

January 2024

November 2023

Session 果冻传媒 Young Academy of Engineering (EYAE)

EYAE is a network of enthusiastic, ambitious and outstanding early career scientists, designers and engineers with a broad interest and view on science and engineering in general. During the yearly EYAE retreat, Kathinka Rijk and Chantal Brans joined them for a session on the design of the university of the future. We specifically invited them to think about the education of the future, taking their role as excellent researchers and potential future leaders into account. They came up with three different designs of the university that were complementary. Some highlights from this session:  

  • We value and make use of foundational knowledge could be added as an extra design principle 

  • Each student creates their profile, there are no fixed programs. The diploma 鈥渕inimum鈥� is set, but freedom to go beyond this. 

  • You could look at the students in the team as a tree, where the roots and stem are the research basis, and the branches are the courses. The different sizes of the trees demonstrate students in different stages of their program/development. Boat is diverse team with one 鈥渃aptain鈥� leading the way.   

In the picture you can see a lego structure that symbolizes the university as open and approachable, on a green foundation. For realizing this, working in teams and organizing this structure is important. 

 

SURF Onderwijsdagen 

The SURF Onderwijsdagen on the 14th & 15th of November 2023 was great! The University of the Future project was represented as part of the poster session that was displayed during the conference. Additionally, we saw a lot of inspiring work by others.

The was exhibited, in which different possible scenarios for the University campus of 2040 were presented. Also, visitors of the SURF Onderwijsdagen had the opportunity to visit the stand of 鈥榖etekenaar鈥� Lilian Leahy to share their own vision on the future of education. We will continue to stay in close contact with our colleagues at SURF and are looking forward to attending next year's conference again! 

 

November 2023

September 2023

UNLimited Conference

We attended the UNLimited Conference on the 28th & 29th of September 2023 in Den Bosch, The Netherlands. During this conference we got inspired by a lot of interesting initiatives and keynote talks of, among others, Queen Maxima and Minister of 果冻传媒 Robbert Dijkgraaf.

We hosted a round of pressure cooker workshops where we used our University of the Future Card deck as a conversation starter with our colleagues from other national universities, which was a great way to get fresh views on our activities. The workshop also got its two seconds of fame in the UNLimited aftermovie, which you can check out

Co-Creation Session with Professionals: Life Long Learning through Challenge-Based Learning

On June 6th, 果冻传媒 innovation Space hosted a co-creation session in collaboration with ECBO, HAN University of Applied Sciences, and Wageningen University & Research. This session aimed to explore how Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) can be designed to promote lifelong learning for professionals. 

Key insights include:  

  • Professionals value the fresh perspectives and enthusiasm that students bring, which help develop their leadership skills. 
  • It is challenging for professionals to shift focus from student learning to reflecting on their own learning processes. 
  • Team dynamics and composition play a crucial role in the success of challenges. 
  • There is significant interest in quarterly workshops sharing insights from 果冻传媒 research and innovations. 
  • Some professionals prefer advisory roles due to time constraints but acknowledge the benefits of learning alongside students. 
  • Professionals appreciate the networking opportunities and practical experiences CBL provides. 

The session highlighted the potential of CBL in fostering continuous learning for professionals and emphasized the importance of collaboration between academia and industry. 

June 2023

July 2023

Submit your best practice on the University of the Future!

Do you know a great example of an (educational) institution that has an effective and innovative organizational structure, educational initiative, research strategy, or any other interesting example that you would envision to be of added value in the University of the Future? Let us know by sharing your best practices.

CDIO 2023: A week full of activities and inspiration!

Straight from the TEE conference in Boston, we challenged our jetlag and visited the CDIO 2023 conference in Trondheim, Norway! The conference, organized by NTNU, consisted of inspiring keynotes, presentations, roundtables, and workshops from higher education institutions from all over the world. Additionally, this was also the stage where we presented our paper 'Visualizing Extracurricular Student Teams Learning at 果冻传媒 innovation Space with CDIO Syllabus鈥�, hosted our workshop 鈥楨nabling Learning and Competence Development of Students in Extracurricular Environments鈥�, and organized our first full-day and in-person session for our international working group 鈥楧esigning the University of the Future鈥�. We cannot wait to share the results with you and follow-up with our working group in the coming months! 

June 2023

June 2023

TEE 2023: Taking the University of the Future abroad!

After our first convergence workshop it was time to take our project to the international stage, the TEE 2023 conference in Boston, USA. This international symposium on problem-based learning was organized by MIT, Harvard and Aalborg University. Next to the numerous instructive guided discussions and workshops that we attended we also took the opportunity to visit the campuses of Harvard, MIT and Olin and meet with inspiring colleagues. The week ended with our own 鈥楧esigning the University of the Future鈥� workshop. The great input, feedback and attention we got made this last day a perfect ending to a successful visit! 

Our first convergence workshop is a wrap!

We are very happy to share that our first convergence workshop was very insightful! Colleagues from within the Eindhoven University of Technology, as well as outside stakeholders, joined us in working out the artifacts of the University of the Future in more detail. This was also the first time we could test our newly developed card deck. Both on process and content level we learned a lot from this session, and we are very excited to continue our journey in shaping the University of the Future together! Do you want to see the implementations of the artifacts of the University of the Future that the groups came up with during the session? You can see the inspiring design via MIRO.

June 2023

June 2023

We published the University of the Future card deck!

Over the last months we have been working hard to collect and analyze a great amount of input from all of you on the high-level building blocks of your ideal University of the Future. These building blocks will form the basis of the further development of the University of the Future project. To be able to use the outcomes of the divergence workshops and our internal research in an effective way we have created a card deck which we will use during the workshops in the upcoming convergence phase of the project. Are you curious about the collected building blocks? You can find the first version of the card deck in MIRO.

Co-Creation Session with professionals: Life Long Learning through Challenge-Based Learning 

On June 6th, 果冻传媒 innovation Space, in collaboration with ECBO, HAN University of Applied Sciences, and Wageningen University & Research, hosted an unique co-creation session that brought together professionals active in Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) as Challenge Owners. The session was a joint initiative of the 'Learning in the innovation hub' project of 果冻传媒 innovation Space and a collaborative initiative of ECBO, HAN, and WUR harmonizing insights from CBL practices and scholarly research.

The 果冻传媒 project aims to intensify its collaboration with its ecosystem partners to further develop education, specifically addressing the emergent needs of CBL, thereby promoting continuous learning for professionals and broadening 果冻传媒's accessibility to industry professionals seeking skill enhancement.

An important aspect of this development is the growth of thematic ecosystems, such as sustainable industry, where students, reseachers, industry professionals, societal organizations, policy makers, citizens, and others can collaborate on challenges. The co-creation session focused on the exploration and discussion on the learning opportunities that Challenge-Based Learning offers professionals, and how we can best shape these to enhance Life Long Learning for professionals. 

June 2023

June 2023

Co-creation sessions on extracurricular learning staff members

We have conducted a co-creation session with staff members at 果冻传媒, including members of the Honors Academy, Extracurricular cluster (果冻传媒 innovation Space), working group personal & professional development (P&PD), and employability chain. The goal of the session was to show the outcomes of the co-creation sessions with student teams, and first ideas/directions for possible educational interventions to help make extracurricular learning more explicit/visible. Next to this, we explored and ideated solutions for their more specific questions, following an institutional perspective: 1) How might we support students in identifying the competences they want to develop? 2) How might we strike a balance between providing students with structured support for learning while empowering them to pursue their individual learning paths? 3) How might we validate EC student learning, while considering the open nature of the learning experience? Next to the ideas gathered with student teams, the outcomes of this session will serve as building block towards the design of educational interventions we aim to pilot as early as September 2023.

We initiated an international working group!

We believe that it is vital to step outside our own bubble during this project. This is why we try to involve all types of stakeholders during every step of the way. An important part of this is getting inspired by, and discussing and brainstorming with, international peers. This is why we took the initiative to set up an international working group. The initial participants of this working group are very diverse with university colleagues from Singapore, India, South-Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, France, Northern-Ireland and the Netherlands. We already had an online meeting to get to know each other, but we will visit the CDIO conference in Trondheim for the official kick-off of this working group with a full-day workshop and hope to continue the collaboration permanently. Are you also interested in joining this working group? Do not hesitate to contact us!

May 2023

 Feb-April 2023

Co-creation sessions on extracurricular learning student teams

Over a period of three months, we had a series of inspiring sessions with student teams and their members about extracurricular learning. In this sessions, we had the opportunity to discuss the personal interests and aspirations, and how students see/envision that individual learning can be organized within their teams. The sessions followed a three steps were guided by our team members, and canvases designed to support these discussions. The last step addressed the question of how to make extracurricular student learning more visible/explicit, aiming to ideate solutions 鈥揵y students鈭� for students. The outcomes of these sessions helped us identity important elements/considerations when ideating educational interventions for this learning environment.

Co-creating with stakeholders

We kicked-off the University of the Future project with a vibrant co-creation session with a wide range of stakeholders. Participants from, among others, the 果冻传媒, Brainport, and other Higher 果冻传媒 Institutions provided us with valuable input by sharing the building blocks of their ideal 果冻传媒 of 2050. In their article Dreaming about the university of the future Cursor wrote about this promising kick-off.

FEBRUARY 2023

DECEMBER 2022

Introducing the University of the Future project

As the winner of the first Dutch Higher 果冻传媒 Award, and the European Triple E Award, 果冻传媒 innovation Space is a front-runner in educational innovation.

The main reason for the leading position of 果冻传媒 innovation Space, is our strong connection with all types of stakeholders from the region as well as our (inter)national connections. In the University of the Future project we will envision and concretize the 果冻传媒 of 2050. How will this future 果冻传媒 be structured? How will the educational journey look like within this university? What role does this future 果冻传媒 have in the鈥疊rainport鈥痚cosystem? These are all questions that we want to answer.

Winning the Higher 果冻传媒 Award

As 果冻传媒 innovation Space we are incredibly proud, as it is a huge honor to accept this award on behalf of everyone involved in our community, from students to staff and industry partners from the Brainport Eindhoven Innovation ecosystem.

Our goals is to make an impact on both education and societal challenges. At 果冻传媒 innovation Space we provide a framework for Challenge-Based Learning (CBL), where students learn while solving real-world challenges, enabling the next generation engineers to develop the skills necessary to thrive in an ever-changing world. We facilitate innovation & entrepreneurship and stimulate our students to start projects to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals. 

MARCH 2021

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