Teacher Stories
Teacher Stories are inspiring stories by UvA teachers. These stories on various topics cover not only the teacher perspective, but also the student perspective. Expand your knowledge and get inspired by fellow teachers!
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Recap: ‘What if There Were No Grades?’
Following our Let’s Read & Discuss session, we look back on an engaging and thought-provoking conversation with colleagues from across the UvA.
Rethinking the Bachelor’s Thesis in the Age of AI
What should a Bachelor’s thesis assess in a world where AI can write one? For Moss Shukla, this became the start for a fundamental redesign proposal of the thesis process.
Interview | Education meets society: how students help businesses innovate with AI
How Inez Zwetsloot works with many different partners to tackle real-world data and AI challenges together with students.
LEGO at the University: building blocks for creative and active learning
Lecturer Caitrín Crudden (SILS) recently introduced LEGO® Serious Play into her new course ‘Engineering Mammalian Systems’ to help students make complex biomedical systems more tangible.
Teaching with AI: UvA AI Chat Sparks Independent Learning
Psychology lecturer Christa van der Heijden asked her students to actively use the UvA AI chat to look for new possibilities.
Oral examinations: good practices
Oral exams used to be frequent. In higher education, this assessment method has become less popular because of concerns about efficiency and reliability.
Innovations in the Business Research Methods course
Stefan Mol and John Gatev share their approach to innovating the Business Research Methods course with Generative AI.
Interview | Responsible AI in education: opportunities and challenges
How AI expert Luuk Terbeek is working on reliable AI tools and improving AI literacy in higher education.
Inspiring video | Support student learning with mastery paths
Do your students struggle with difficult concepts? Pepijn Trietsch shows how you can use mastery paths to close students’ learning gaps.
FRIS project: including neurodivergent students
Autistic voices are missing from both research and (research-based) education. UvA lecturer Dr Ileana Grama found this striking. Therefore, she wanted to develop a course on neurodiversity research. This became Neurodiversity: Participatory Action in Research and Education.
Visible Learning Trajectories Programme Sustainability track
Recap: Education Research Days 2024
Last July, the Education Research Days (ORD) 2024 took place in Tilburg, with the theme: Education of Value(s). TLC policy researchers Nynke, Lotte, Jet, Marije and Svenne were there and are happy to tell you more about it!