edUMinded magazine: In the classroom

Some of the most valuable educational insights emerge from practice itself. This collection showcases classroom experiences, teaching experiments and course innovations from educators across Maastricht University.

This collection is part of edUMinded, Maastricht University's online magazine on teaching and learning.

Making calculus sustainable!?

A calculus course is not the obvious place for sustainability. Yet Circular Engineering student Leoni Haller helped rethink her mathematics course with sustainability-related examples, showing how calculus formulas can be taught in a real-world context.

You’re human too! Making tutorial sessions at UM more inclusive

How can tutors make small-group learning at UM genuinely inclusive? In this article, Boukje Compen highlights small, practical steps tutors can take to help students connect, create a safe learning environment, and learn from each other’s perspectives.

Warming up the classroom: music, mindfulness, and reflection in PBL

Athletes must warm up and concentrate before any performance. Why, then, do we expect our students to instantly become active when they enter a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) session?

PBL otherwise: senses-based learning

Emilie Sitzia explores how to (re)integrate our eight senses into Problem-Based Learning.

Moss art in education: a tool for reflection and problem-solving

Burak Can: "People actually learned a way to see their challenges as opportunities for creation."

How to quickly make videos that get "The Job Done"

Do you know that making educational videos can actually be a more fun, less frustrating and less time-consuming experience?

How to teach students to learn how to learn? Making theory practical

Therese Grohnert studies how teachers can empower students to become lifelong learners in a way that is both motivating and relevant.

Jacob Ward's experience with authentic assessment: smiles, surprises and some wobbles

Jacob Ward, Assistant Professor in History, asked his students to design a museum exhibition instead of writing an academic paper. How did they react to this assessment format?

Ready. Set. Integrate! Revitalising the lost art of integration in calculus through student competition

Martijn Boussé implemented an integration competition in a calculus course for engineering students. The results surprised him: "If a competition can motivate students up to this point, then I feel like my job as a lecturer is done!"

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