Motivation for this project (goals) Increasing the quality of education by increasing the quality of the educational outcomes due to using better techniques of learning assessme...
Motivation for this project Laboratory classes are an essential component of chemistry curricula. However, the effectiveness of laboratory classes is often not achieved to t...
STEM Continuous Professional Development at European Universities - STEM-CPD@EUni Motivation for this project Fast development of science and technology knowledge is strongly conn...
STEM-CPD is continuous professional development of lecturers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In the project STEM-CPD@EUni ( https://ectn.eu/work-groups/stem-cpd/ ) t...
EChemTest is a chemistry test item databank funded by the European Commission and developed by the ECTN Association. Chemistry tests in three different levels can be used for the testing and benchm...
The Eurolecturer award recognises those whose teaching of chemistry or chemical engineering at the tertiary level incorporates appropriate discipline specific pedagogy within a European dimen...
Starfish idea and design: Natasa Brouwer and Sander Latour Technology: Starfish is build in Python, using web framework Django. Software development Starfish-beta: 2012-2013 Sand...
This is a term used, predominantly in the UK, to describe an undergraduate degree course where a student spends a period of their degree working in industry, commerce or for a governmental body as p...
Although the benefits of active learning in higher education are now widely accepted, many students, having been spoon-fed throughout their secondary education, seem reluctant to adapt to the change...
Work-based learning (often abbreviated to WBL) is a term used to describe a relationship between learning and work. Work-Based Learning can be interpreted in many ways and thus exactly what it means...
Many students now have mobile devices such as laptops, tablets and smart phones and, in some higher education institutions (HEIs), the facility to borrow tablets from the library has been introduced...
Oral examinations also referred to as viva voce, have been used by universities to evaluate students’ learning for centuries. The exam takes the form of a ‘conversation between master and pupil’. Ho...
All chemistry teachers at second or third level use tests in their teaching. There are two broad uses for tests: Formative – assessment for learning (feedback on student learning) (see http:/...
The practice of inquiry requires the inquirer to pose questions, search for answers, probe counterintuitive phenomena and act inquisitively; in scientific inquiry, the student is involved in thinkin...
PeerWise is a free software application developed by a computer science lecturer from the University of Auckland. It allows learners to write their own multiple choice questions (with answers and ex...
Learners who enter undergraduate science courses without having studied chemistry at second level often struggle to deal with the amount of new terminology, symbolism and concepts they are presented...
Short research projects for the bachelor and master students in chemistry at the University of Liège (Belgium). 1. 3rd year bachelor students (coordinator: Dr. N. Willet) Aim of the activity:...
POGIL (Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning, pogil.org ) is a teaching method that develops student process skills at the same time as using guided inquiry to build discipline kn...
An online classroom is essentially a virtual classroom which enables the delivery of synchronous events online. They are used to enable students studying at a distance (using a laptop or tablet, or ...
We invested the past years in research & applications of strength based coaching methods. Seeing students as individuals with unique possibilities & strengths, helps us to coach them towards confide...
About Traditional lectures consist predominantly of the transmission of information to a generally passive student audience. This is achieved predominantly using verbal forms of communication supp...
This is the process by which teaching and assessment is judged to be fit for purpose and of a satisfactory standard comparable to other institutions. Institutions normally have well defined quality ...
Posters can be used to address a variety of learning and teaching objectives including the development of motivation, content knowledge and generic and professional skills. A poster is a formal and...
Chemistry is a practical disciple with roots in the experiments of mediaeval alchemists rather than the philosophy of the ancient Greeks. It is therefore not surprising that laboratory work has cont...
Past examination papers are often referred to as ‘the hidden curriculum’ because, regardless of what is being taught, students see the content of these papers as defining what they need to know to ...
Diversity in teaching moves beyond the principle of equal opportunity which ensures that no student should be disadvantaged by curriculum content or teaching and assessment methods. It capitalises o...
Summative assessment remains an essential integral part of all formal education. Unfortunately many students over estimate their learning and understanding of material being taught and become aware ...
Workplace Learning can have a variety of meanings and often means different things to different people. Put simply it means learning which takes place in an employment context rather than a college...
The context-based approach focuses on the application of science as a means of enhancing scientific understanding of students’ real-worlds while developing students’ capacities to function as resp...
Community-based learning (also referred to as ‘service learning’ and ‘community-engaged learning’) is a form of experiential education with a civic underpinning. In practice, what this means is that...
Analogies provide lecturers with a tool that uses examples from real life and everyday experiences to help students understand scientific concepts and phenomena that are often, neither observable, n...
Peer-assessment is an approach to formative assessment which can be described generally as a process whereby students evaluate, or are evaluated by, their peers. Peer-assessment can be employed unde...
In this method, students, working in groups undertake a task involving a series of activities. The outcomes for the various activities are interrelated and the group must determine their interdepend...
In this chapter, examples of innovative approaches that use educational technology to support active learning in chemistry lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions are considered. The scope of th...
It is well known that the traditional didactic lecture places students in a very passive role. Often they were only required to listen to what the lecturer was saying and copy down anything that was...
The limitations of the traditional unseen examination as an assessment method are now well appreciated. In particular such assessments often fail to validate several important learning outcomes. Ora...
Virtual Laboratory Work - Caustification of Soda Solution Virtual laboratory work features Laboratory works on Chemical Engineering require work fulfillment for a long period...
Each Workbook contains summary of theoretical information and exercises designated to help students to develop their skills in organic chemistry learning. Thus, the student self-directed stu...
The time-honoured arrangement for laboratory work in both school and higher education is based on a “cook-book” approach, with students slavishly following a written set of instructions. However thi...
The main part of self-directed studies is a group research project defended in the form of PowerPoint presentation. Main goals of the research project are: to deepen students’ knowle...
A student portfolio is collected as an archive to assess all the work done by students and to keep a constant record. In general it represents a student work collection that exhibits student’s activ...
It is likely to be useful and possibly essential for any person working in the areas of science or engineering to be able to discuss their field, and any associated controversies, so that they can b...
Although practical work continues to be considered an essential part of any science or engineering degree opportunities for experimentation, in many courses, have decreased in recent years, due to e...
Lecturing dates back to mediaeval times and the founding of Europe’s earliest universities. Initially, lectures amounted to little more than a ‘lecturer’ standing at the front and reading a book to...
The term e-learning covers a wide range of approaches and can be considered to include any learning process that involves the use of ITC technologies. In the simplest case, it may involve little mor...
Think-Pair-Share is a co-operative teaching strategy. After the lecturer has asked a question, this strategy includes three components: time for thinking, time for sharing with...
Although questioning is usually associated with assessment it can also be very effective at stimulating learning, and is probably the simplest and most flexible approach to increasing student input ...
Traditional ‘chalk and talk’ lectures can undoubtedly provide an efficient mechanism for transferring important information to students. However, thinking time and effort are required to interpret a...
If, as is often claimed, a picture is worth a thousand words, how many words might an attention grabbing mid-lecture demonstration be worth? Certainly lecture demonstrations are popular both with st...
Expertise in Teaching Chemistry in Higher Education database is started by the EC2E2N European project (funded by the European Commission) of the ECTN (European Chemistry Thema...
Easy readable, comparable and compatible higher education degrees As a part of the work in the EU project "Tuning Educational Structures in Europe" (Bologna process) the European Chemistry Themat...
The EC2E2N working group 'Towards Excellence in School and University Teaching' is building a collection (database) of teaching methods and pedagogical issues relevant for university chemistry teach...
The ECTN Working group Lecturing Qualifications and Innovative Teaching Methods is established in the ECTN network to: improve teaching practice in chemistry laboratory classes in higher educa...
We describe here how the users, lecturers or other people who are involved in Higher Education can collaborate on developing CPD User cases and share them on Starfish. Starfish is a knowledge sharin...
This handbook is meant for all of those who have an ambition to promote continuous professional development (CPD) in teaching and learning in higher education. It gives practical advice on how to im...
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Matti Niemelä, Johanna Kärkkäinen University of Oulu / Faculty of Technology / Chemistry degree programme Challenge and goal Assessment is a crucial part of both traditional and online e...
Stefania Grecea, Bob Pirok, Lotte Schreuders, Jocelyne Vreede, Natasa Brouwer Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Students enrolled in spec...
David Titovšek, Črtomir Podlipnik, Krištof Kranjc University of Ljubljana (UL)/Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (FKKT)/Chemistry and Biochemistry Bachelor’s and Master’s programme, Slo...
Iwona Maciejowska, Michał Woźniakiewicz, Bartosz Trzewik, Katarzyna Zięba, Aleksandra Lis Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Challenge and goal The investigation and discussion on ...
Martino Di Serio, Alessio Petrone, Vincenzo Russo, Oreste Tarallo, Italo Testa University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal It is a common experience that BSc freshmen can ...
Lotte Schreuders, Bob Pirok, Stefania Grecea, Jocelyne Vreede, Natasa Brouwer University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Challenge and goal In today’s dynamic society, teaching in higher e...
Jocelyne Vreede, Stefania Grecea, Lotte Schreuders, Bob Pirok, Natasa Brouwer Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Today's fast-changing wor...
Johanna Kärkkäinen, Katja Lappalainen, Matti Niemelä Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Finland Challenge and goal Students, attending chemistry laboratory courses have differ...
Franc Perdih, Krištof Kranjc* University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia; * e-mail: kristof.kranjc@fkkt.uni-lj.si ...
Martino Di Serio, Alessio Petrone, Vincenzo Russo, Oreste Tarallo, Italo Testa University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal Heterogeneous background in BSc fre...
Martino Di Serio, Alessio Petrone, Vincenzo Russo, Oreste Tarallo, Italo Testa University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal Teachers are often frustrated by t...
Sanjiv Prashar, José M. Méndez-Arriaga, Josefa Ortiz-Bustos, Diana Díaz-García, Miguel Díaz-Sánchez, Santiago Gómez-Ruiz, M. Noelia Faginas-Lago University Rey Juan Carlos, Spain, University of...
Justyna Ciejka Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and technology, Poland Challenge and goal Students enrolling in the university usually are not familiar with ...
Iwona Maciejowska, Anna Majcher-Fitas, Magdalena Niedbał Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Challenge and goal The academic teachers do not know how to react in cases of student ...
Sanjiv Prashar, Jose M. Méndez-Arriaga, Josefa Ortiz-Bustos, Diana Díaz-García, Miguel Díaz-Sánchez, Santiago Gómez-Ruiz, Noelia M. Faginas-Lago University Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain, Unive...
Bartosz Trzewik, Aleksandra Lis, Iwona Maciejowska, Michał Woźniakiewicz, Katarzyna Zięba Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland Challenge Students starting lab...
Vânia Calisto Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal Challenge and goal Students are usually much more motivated in courses which address contents specifically re...
Michał Woźniakiewicz, Bartosz Trzewik, Aleksandra Lis, Iwona Maciejowska Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Poland Challenge and goal The relation between a student doing ...
Csilla Kallay Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Hungary Challenge and goal Analytical Chemistry Laboratory practice involves acid-base, redox, argentom...
Dorota Kolodynska Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland Challenge and goal Using UDL guidelines academic and non-academic staff can integrate flexible option...
Katalin Várnagy Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, Hungary Challenge and goal One form of knowledge transfer is the lecture, in which the lecturer impar...
Giacomo Giorgi Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Perugia, Italy Challenge and goal Students are frustrated by the often outdated tools teachers exploit during l...
Anete Stīne Teimane University of Latvia (UoL), Faculty of Chemistry Challenge and goal Courses which are designed to teach practical skills usually produce large amounts of re...
Maren Podewitz Faculty of Technical Chemistry, TU Wien, Austria Challenge and goal Students are perform much better if the research specialization in the BSc project and later on in t...
Anne Conibear Faculty of Technical Chemistry, Technical University of Vienna, Austria Challenge and goal To raise awareness and promote discussion and application of interactive, cons...
Andrea Lombardi Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Italy Challenge and goal Challenge The composition of student cohorts c...
Tina Skalar Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenge and goal The goal is to enrich the study of chemical engineering and related scie...
Sabina Weronika Jaros Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Poland Challenge and goal Our notes are an invaluable source of information we can refer back to at any time. Howev...
Matti Niemelä University of Oulu, Faculty of Technology, Chemistry degree programme Challenge and goal Nowadays interpersonal skills and personal characteristics have more and ...
Natasa Brouwer Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Traditional lectures have been a common teaching method for centuries and are sti...
Martijn Stegeman 1 , Julia Dawitz 2 , Emma Wiersma 2 , Natasa Brouwer 2 1 Faculty of Science, Informatics Institute, 2 Teaching and Learning Centre Science, University of Amsterdam, The Nether...
Natalija Sitnikova, Krištof Kranjc Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenge, goal and topic T...
Rosa Turco, Oreste Tarallo, Vincenzo Russo University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal Teachers are often frustrated by the increase of lack in students attention along...
Sanjiv Prashar Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Challenge and goal There is no denying the importance of STEM in achieving the UN Sustainable development goals. To date subjects are...
Črtomir Podlipnik, Krištof Kranjc Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 113, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenge and goal We have a...
Vincenzo Russo University of Naples Federico II, Italy Challenge and goal It is very common that teachers feel frustrated when correcting a BSc thesis. On the other hands, very often ...
Tina Skalar Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenge and goal student activation kindly forced to take an a...
Helena Nogueira University of Aveiro, Portugal Challenge and goal: AI is definitly in use by the students, but not always in the best way. Many issues can be brought on the subject, i...
Shaeen Chetty Science, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Lecturer in Chemistry Challenge and goal The increasing class sizes and occasional power cuts in South...
Goreti Pereira Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal Challenge and goal Laboratory class requires that students read the experimental methodology in advance t...
Martijn Bousse Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Challenge: Rising student numbers put pressure on lecturers' worklo...
Rob Mestrom Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands Challenge and goal Lectures of bachelor courses nowadays contain ac...
Brit Giesbertz Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Didactical Educator Challenge and goal In higher education, a notable shift towards active learning...
Vera L. M. Silva Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal Challenge and goal Laboratory/practical classes play a major role in sciences and engineering courses. In this e...
Viktor Englund Language and Communication, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Challenge and goal When developing the course offering in language and communication with ...
Alicja Kluczyk Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław, Poland Challenge and goal Laboratory reports should be submitted in a timely manner, quickly assessed and returned with com...
Renato Lombardo Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy Challenge and goal The Biological Sciences course ...
Mauro Mocerino Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Australia Challenge and goal Making the intended learning outcomes of the laboratory experiments clear and helping s...
JL Kiappes Department of Chemistry, University College London, United Kingdom Challenge and goal In course design, many instructors focus on subject-specific knowledge and skills (e.g...
Nadine Dharsey ADC:Access, University of Johannesburg Challenge and goal One of the minimum requirements for tutoring at the University of Johannesburg is generic tutor training. Howe...
Linda Rieswijk Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, the Netherlands Challenge and goal In educational institutions with a wide array of academic programs, instru...
Mazyar Seraj Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University Eindhoven, Netherlands Challenge and goal The issue: Students in a technical university and a ...
Edyta Nalewajko-Sieliwoniuk Faculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Poland Challenge and goal Assessment at the end of the course does not give the look inside the students' le...
Emanuela Muscolino Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy Challenge and goal The key challenge is that many first-year engineering students (especially from ci...
Pieter Cuijpers Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands Challenge and goal In the context of a Marie-Curie program proposal,...
Adam Watkins Mathematics and Computer Science, Technical University Eindhoven Challenge It is possible to view a curriculum from multiple perspectives. For the purposes of this case w...
Francesca De Vita Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Palermo, Italy Challenge and goal The number of undergraduates with atypical development is constantly gro...
Eleonora Spada Department of civil, environmental, aerospace, and materials engineering (DICAM), University of Palermo, Italy Challenge and goal Students often struggle to find motiva...
Izabela Koter Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Challenge and goal Academic staff without adequate teaching training may have difficulty in correctly defining the...
Thomas Bitterman Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Netherlands Challenge and goal Unlike math and the other sciences where the means of expressing and solving...
Kahlile Youssef Abboud Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, The Netherlands Challenge and goal Capacitate academic staff to use AI and the online tool...
Write name of authors in form James Doe, Tony Black Eleonora Spada, Università degli studi di Palermo, Palermo Challenge and goal Students often struggle to find motivat...