1st Annual EPICUR Forum

Experiential Learning & Experimental Teaching in Digital Settings

In the current pandemic, digital and blended learning has gained new momentum. This has boosted innovation and creativity among university educators and e-Learning experts at the eight EPICUR partner universities. The EPICUR Forum will offer a two-part event that explores the potentials and challenges of “Experiential Learning and Experimental Teaching in Digital Settings,” offering the opportunity to share and exchange on out-of-the-box ideas about the future of education in European Universities.  Framed by two keynotes on the impact of “Digitization in Higher Education” and “Working & Learning 4.0”, the EPICUR team invites you to an interactive and inspiring journey into the future of learning and teaching. 

 

Morning Session (Part I):  Experiential Learning

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Audience: teaching staff, (early career) researchers, administrative university staff, young professionals

The first part, dedicated to “Experiential Learning” offers university lecturers, teachers, study coordinators, and didactic staff from all partners five parallel “train-the-trainer” workshops addressing interculturality, social learning, entrepreneurial education, summer schools and virtual exchanges. 

 

DIGITAL LUNCH BREAK

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Join us for some spontaneous networking, meet the workshop leaders and continue discussing your experiences from two semesters of teaching in digital and hybrid seetings. Grab your lunch, cookies & coffee, hop in and out the space, and move around.

 

Afternoon Session (Part II): Experimental Teaching

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Audience: General public 

Focusing on “Experimental Teaching,” the second part invites everyone to a Virtual Fair, featuring EPICUR’s newest format “EPICURtalks” as well as virtual booths that give the floor to some of the most innovative and creative teaching formats within the EPICUR alliance. 

 

Programme Overview

Please follow the links for more detailed information on the talks and contributions.

Contact information and short bios of the people contributing can be found on our contributors' page.

Part I: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Welcome Dr. Nicole Wöhrle Department of e-Learning University of Freiburg   Opening Address: Digitization in Higher Education - A Polish & European Perspective Prof. Dr. Michal Banaszak Vice-President for Digitization & Cooperation with the Economy Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan   Networking Intervention   Mini - Workshops "Train the Trainer" Five group workshops on different topics

Part II: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm Introduction to the Format Eva Rüskamp & Dorthe Hutz-Nierhoff EPICUR Team University of Freiburg   Virtual Fair &   Closing Address Dr. Maria Davydchyk Founder, smart learning academy Affiliation: University of Freiburg

Digital Lunch Break

 

Mini - Workshops "Train the Trainer"
Group Workshop 1: Experiential Learning & Interculturality in a Digital Setting Johann Chalmel Université Haute-Alsace Mulhouse	Group Workshop 2: Interaction and Immersion – Social Learning in Digital Settings Andreas Zitek  University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Dorthe Hutz  University of Freiburg	Group Workshop 3 CANCELLED: Educating Entrepreneurship Educators Entrepreneurially Markus Strauch  University of Freiburg
Group Workshop 4: How to take a Picture of 47 Animal Breeders from 12 Different Time Zones Nathalie Schwaiger  University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna	Group Workshop 5: Eastern and Western Europe meet in EPICUR: virtual exchange on European integration Milestones Sabine Menu  University of Strasbourg Lucyna Blazejczyk-Majka  Adam-Mickiewicz-University Poznan

 

Virtual Booths		EPICUR Talks
Virtual Booth: Green Deal Islands: Koh Jik ReCharge – a Challenge-Based Learning Project César Valderrama EIT InnoEnergy   Virtual Booth: Virtual Sustainable City Tour Sabine Sané University College Freiburg   Virtual Booth: Virtual Building. Applications of Virtual Reality in Civil Engineering Nicolaos P. Theodossiou Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   Virtual Booth: Bridging the Language Barrier in Lecture – The KIT Lecture Translator Sebastian Stüker Karlsruhe Information Technology Solutions - kites GmbH   Virtual Booth: Future Proof the Skills of EPICUR Students with NICE Guido de Wilde University of Amsterdam   Virtual Booth: Doing Field and Lab Work in Corona Times – A Soil Microbiology Course Experience Eugenio Diaz-Pines University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna   Virtual Booth: MASTER Labs Irina Siegel & Moritz Heck University of Freiburg	Virtual Booth: Enhancing Flexibility and Diversity: Microcredentials in Lifelong Blended Learning Approach for Museum Studies Sonja Thiel & Dorthe Hutz-Nierhoff University of Freiburg   Virtual Booth: Virtual Reality – Inside a Fungal Cell Claudia Puck et al. University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna   Virtual Booth: Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange: An Innovative Pedagogy to Foster Inclusive, Global and Experiential Education Aurélie Durand et al. Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange   Virtual Booth: Critical Media Design. Teaching as a Process of Social Engagement Agnieszka Jelewska & Michal Krawczak Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan   Virtual Booth: Hybrid Learning Theater: The future of teaching? Maud Pols University of Amsterdam   Virtual Booth: Learning by Doing in Virtual Exchange - Benefits for the Students and Teachers Katarzyna Radke Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan	EPICUR Talk: 2:15 pm -2:30 pm Gamification - New Approaches to Teaching Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   EPICUR Talk: 2:30pm - 2:40pm Challenge-Based Learning, an experience of collaboration with industry Josep Bordonau EIT InnoEnergy   EPICUR Talk: 2:40pm - 2:55pm MARBLE - Mixed and Augmented Reality in Blended Learning Environments Fabian Stroth & Diana Miznazi University of Freiburg   EPICUR Talk: 2:55pm - 3:10pm Bridging the Language Barrier in Lecture - The KIT Lecture Translator Sebastian Stüker kites GmbH   EPICUR Talk: 3:10pm - 3:22pm The eCafé Tandem UHA - a virtual NovaTris coffeehouse for e-tandem accompaniment Justine Laurent Université de Haute-Alsace   EPICUR Talk: 3:22pm - 3:37pm Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Waidehi Gokhale Soliya / Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange   EPICUR Talk: 3:37pm - 3:52pm Critical Media Design. Teaching as a Process of Social Engagement Agnieszka Jelewska & Michal Krawczak Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan