The FSS blended learning team is there to help you. How can you blend on-campus and online learning to get the best of both worlds? What are effective tools to incite students to dive into the literature, synthesize ideas of different sources, combine academic skills with the elaboration of their theoretical knowledge? The team consists of highly skilled teachers in blended learning of the 5 departments, two educational advisors of the Centre for Teaching & Learning (CTL), a specialist in digital learning, an assessment expert and a student. A team that is ready to support you. A team that enjoys exploring the frontiers of innovative teaching and learning. A team that will share best practices in workshops and online.
May we present our FSS blended learning team?
- Eva Koemar of Social and Cultural Anthropology: as a junior teacher helps students to focus on studying in this increasingly competitive attention economy. She is continuously looking for digital tools and alternative learning activities that her colleagues and she can implement in their bachelor curriculum.
- Hilde Remmers & Bo Janssen of CTL: already our well-known educational advisors. Are there to challenge you to think out of the box from the viewpoint of effective educational design. They explore new ways of teaching with you that make courses more intense for students and less teacher-intensive.
- Jolanda van Meringen as a Jr. Educational Developer, proficient with systems such as Canvas and TestVision, she enhances course and lesson development, assists with assessments, supports educational apps, and designs instructional materials.
- Estefani Montenegro, Digital Learning Developer, has been developing and studying digital material for education. From crafting interactive curriculum to seamlessly integrating diverse digital tools, she is dedicated to fostering active blended learning environments."
- Karya Odabasi of Organisation Sciences: teacher and research assistant, loves exploring creative solutions for annoyances in education. How can we streamline the thesis projects? Are there any possibilities to use serious games in education? Karya supervises a team of student-assistants that is ready to help you.
- Esther Schagen of Communication Science introduced Team-Based Learning at Communication Science and used innovative applications of TestVision. Esther is able to overview courses and to help you to design a learning path through a course that truly activates students.
- Kevin Lam student-assistant who organize and supervise workshops, helps teachers with their questions about Canvas and other digital tools. He is a very good example of how important it is, to involve students when developing innovations!
- And Sylvia Vink will help the team to thrive and excel.
Always wanted to explore new ways to get the best out of your students? Struggling with blended learning issues you definitely want to know, but never dared to ask? Please, contact the blended learning expert of your department.
Team Canvas support
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Optimizing your course environment
Whether you're a seasoned Canvas user or just getting started, it's always helpful to see ways you can use your online learning environment even more efficiently in your profession. Read our tips here.
Examples of Blended Learning
You can find examples of blended learning below. Do you have methods for activating students in online or blended learning and would you like to share them with colleagues? Please fill in this form and send it to Communications Officer Communication & Marketing Department.
Your course and the role of Generative AI
Have you already thought through the impact of AI on your own course? In this document you can find an overview of important background information about AI, such as academic integrity and AI, and steps to design your course keeping generative AI in mind. You’ll quickly find answers on questions such as ‘To what extent can I use AI in my course?’, ‘Am I aware of the influence of AI in my course? And ‘Which steps can I take to organize the influence of AI in my course?’. Don’t forget to ask the policy advisors on the use of AI: Estefani Montenegro ( e.y.montenegro.munoz@vu.nl) and Jolanda van Meringen (j.van.meringen@vu.nl).