A TeachMeet is an informal mini-conference where UvA teachers meet and exchange good practices to inspire each other. It is a popular concept used worldwide for and by teachers with the aim to learn from and with each other. During each TeachMeet, a specific theme is highlighted and four to five short presentations are given, followed by drinks together. Exchange, inspiration and encounters are the key ingredients.

TeachMeets 2023 - 2024

The TLC Network is organising a pilot series of 4 TeachMeets this academic year.

Below you will find the dates until summer 2024. Make a note in your agenda!

Location: Spui 25

Time: 15.00-17.00 uur. Drinks afterwards!

30 May 2024

TeachMeet are conducted in English.

Join the TeachMeet about Community Engaged Learning

30 May at Spui25

Community Engaged Learning (CEL) is a growing experiential form of education that helps embed students’ civic engagement in education. In CEL, students, teachers and external partners work together on social issues. A great way for students to apply their academic knowledge and build a bridge to practice. Teachers can valorise their education/research in this way. CEL strengthens the triangular relationship between education, research and society and can be applied in many ways.

Join on 30 May and get inspired by fellow teachers who are deploying Community Engaged Learning, bringing together valorisation and experiential education.

Join here

Share your good practice and sign up as a speaker!

Do you have a good practice you would like to share or do you know a colleague who has an interesting story? Contact Els Weerstra (e.weerstra@uva.nl).

Fellow teachers speaking on 30 May

Keep an eye on this page! More speakers will be announced soon!

Subject		Teacher
Community Archaeology in Rural Environments on the Island of Terschelling		Heleen van Londen \| Faculty of Humanities
Amsterdam Living Case Lab: where theory meets practice		Marina Khoroujenko \| Economics and Business
Holy Shit: Using Community-Engaged Learning to Close the Food Cycle		Claire Paulissen \| Faculty of Science

What were the previous TeachMeets about?

TeachMeet 23 oktober 2023: ‘Operation AIpplication’

Fellow teachers shared their experience and good practices with genAI in higher education. Couldn’t attend and want to know more about the presentations? Feel free to contact the teachers who shared their experiences.

Subject		Teacher
GenAI for class preparation		Martin Duchac \| PPLE (m.duchac@uva.nl)
Energy savers		Ivana Bušljeta Banks \| FMG (i.busljetabanks@uva.nl)
GenAI for brainstorming and as virtual stakeholders		Morten Strømme \| Science (M.H.Stromme@uva.nl)
Teaching and Assessing Academic Writing in Times of GenAI		Joost Krijnen \| AUC (f.j.krijnen@auc.nl)

TeachMeet 31 January 2024: ‘Gamification’

Fellow teachers shared their experience and good practices with Gamification in higher education. Couldn’t attend and want to know more about the presentations? Feel free to contact the teachers who shared their experiences.

Subject		Teacher
How to escape a boring lecture: an educative escape game		Pieter Walstock \| Amsterdam UMC (p.a.walstock@amsterdamumc.nl)
Building Theory: Utilizing LEGO Serious Play for In-Depth Discussions on Theoretical Concepts with Students		Agnes Akkerman \| Law Faculty (a.akkerman@uva.nl)
Escaping the communication gap		Adriana Zoutman \| Amsterdam UMC (a.zoutman@amsterdamumc.nl)
Game of Traits: a cardgame to explain trait-based ecology		Dedmer van de Waal \| Science Faculty (d.vandewaal@uva.nl)
The Call’: Engaging Students Through Interactive Video Experiences		Jeroen Lemmens \| Faculty of Social and Behavioural Science (J.S.Lemmens@uva.nl)
Game theory experienced: speedy online games for large classrooms		Aljaz Ule \| Faculty of Economics and Business (a.ule@uva.nl)

TeachMeet 23 March 2024: 'Storytelling'

Fellow teachers shared their experience and good practices with Storytelling in higher education. Couldn’t attend and want to know more about the presentations? Feel free to contact the teachers who shared their experiences.

Subject		Teacher
Story Telling: On Being Imperfect		Gabor Linthorst \| Faculty of Medicine (g.e.linthorst@amsterdamumc.nl)
Including stories to histories		Jouke Turpijn \| Faculty of Humanities (j.j.b.turpijn@uva.nl)
Building imaginative ‘muscle’ through sensory storytelling: a designathon workshop for Higher Education		Ydwine Zanstra \| Amsterdam University College (AUC) (Y.J.Zanstra@auc.nl)
On Videographic Criticism: Audiovisual Essays in Teaching and Research		Jaap Kooijman \| Faculty of Humanities (J.W.Kooijman@uva.nl)

Participant TeachMeet 23 October:

‘I learnt more about genAI in this meeting than in the past six months.’

Do you have an idea for a theme or want to share good practices?

Ideas for appealing themes are always welcome. And would you like to share something yourself? Then sign up as a speaker!

Contact Els Weerstra (e.weerstra@uva.nl).