In Rotterdam-Zuid, students taking the minor in Public Health have a unique opportunity to step out of their researcher role and make authentic connections with people outside their social and academic circles. They go beyond theoretical assignments and dive deep into the community they are concerned with. Not only do…

For the past two years, we at ErasmusX implemented Programmatic Assessment through a Minor on “Future Learning with Technology”. Programmatic Assessment is an assessment framework that pushes us to make certain essential shifts in teaching:

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is an approach to proactively designing learning for all learners by lowering barriers, teaching flexibly and living the values of diversity, equity and inclusion. …

Assessing and grading aren’t always experienced as fair by students and teachers follow specific policies and have habits that may not always include all students equitably. There is much to challenge when it comes to assessment practices because some of these practices can perpetuate inequities: providing advantages or benefits to…

What if students learned about Design Thinking by engaging with inclusion and accessibility challenges experienced by students and staff at EUR? In a 3-week course on Design Thinking, 100+ students from the Master’s in Management of Innovation at RSM worked on prototyping solutions to enhance inclusion at EUR by listening…

One of the many ways that we strive to innovate education is by taking it outside of the classroom. In line with Redefining the Classroom, one of our community-oriented projects, the course “Career Skills: Inclusive Leadership” brought higher education students in contact with status holders (i.e. refugees with a temporary…

Costanza Tagliaferri visited our HefHouse space in the South of Rotterdam. Inspired by her visit, she wrote the following blog. The HefHouse is in the heart of Feijenoord neighborhood in Rotterdam Zuid, between the historical Hef bridge and the HefPark. Walking from the bridge, you can immediately spot the location…

Amplifying student voice and creativity — Purpose & Context Students are often asked to share their feedback only at the end of a course which can be problematic as their input cannot be considered during the course and the instructor cannot respond to needs and wants of students. …

As part of the Minor “Future Learning with Technology”, designed and delivered by us, at ErasmusX, we conducted a resiliency workshop for students to embrace a Failing Forward attitude. We prepared students to take risks, embrace failure when it comes, and how to bounce back. …

Like so many people, I spent a significant chunk of the (northern hemisphere’s) summer and autumn of 2020 recovering from COVID-19 and its long-lingering effects. Like academics everywhere, I was also preparing to shift my teaching entirely online. Months of frantic preparation were followed by intense periods of teaching that…

If you want to study education at a university in The Netherlands, you’ve got limited options: education sciences, pedagogics, or a combination of the two. In the first case, you’ll be mostly studying cognitive psychology, and in the second case, instructional design. These are interesting and relevant to a career…