At ErasmusX, we look for ways to improve students’ educational experience beyond Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR). We scout for tech-enabled learning approaches to facilitate our goal of improving education through innovation. As immersive technologies develop and become more efficient, their educational uses widen. We have identified that immersive technologies such…

The Covid pandemic forced us to make rapid changes to our educational environment. Suddenly, everybody had to work from home and friends and family were separated. The Erasmus University campus became empty, and the kitchen table became our new friend. Just like Zoom, Teams, Canvas and all those other online…

The societal impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) dwarfs its technological impact. Already, we see AI everywhere in our daily lives; we see it in our grocery shopping app, our entertainment streaming lists, social media feeds, our dating lives, and the list goes on. …

In the first part of this blog series, we shared how Erasmus School of Law (ESL) contacted us with the ambition to use our Minecraft Campus in their completely new course; Tech Legal. In this course, 1500+ students learn the basics on how to use legal databases. A perhaps unexciting…

Returning to in-person classes can be a relief for some and a challenge for others. Regardless, online learning did bring unexpected benefits to teaching and learning, so educators might wonder whether to make their lessons fully online or not. So the question is: How to make the most of online…

Many of us no longer have the skills that used to be taken for granted: memorizing quotes, navigating without GPS, remembering phone numbers… On the other hand, there are skills that have become so common that we don’t even think of them as special. How many of us even remember…

Over the past few months, we have both facilitated and attended workshops on ChatGPT for university instructors. Some of the major concerns that pop up include assessment (do we need to modify it), plagiarism (how to detect it), and reliability of ChatGPT outputs (can we trust it). The simple answers…

With ChatGPT now available to everyone, students no longer have to think. So claims Owen Kichizo Terry in their recent piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Terry is a first-year undergraduate student. …

Back in 2020, early in ErasmusX’s existence, we started to notice an issue that students were struggling with. It had to do with the plethora of digital platforms offered by the university to students. The list is long, but the most prominent platforms were Osiris for grades, Canvas for courses…

The impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasing. But what do we know about AI and the ways in which it impacts our lives? Shailoh Phillips and Roel Lutkenhaus are both involved in the AICON-project, part of AiPact — which is one of the Erasmus Initiatives. Connecting scientists with artists…

At ErasmusX we like experimenting with new technologies. Amazed by OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology, we were curious to see what it had to say about the future of education. That’s why we asked it to: “Explain in 4 paragraphs what the future of education looks like and add subheadings”. …