EDLAB Education Innovation Grants
Do you have an idea that could improve teaching and learning at Maastricht University? The EDLAB Education Innovation Grants offer teaching staff from all UM faculties the opportunity to develop and test new approaches to education, with financial support from EDLAB.
Whether it's a new teaching method, a different approach to assessment or a way to engage students more actively, the grants encourage experimentation and collaboration. The experiences and results can also inspire colleagues across the UM teaching and learning community.
Curious to see what this looks like? Discover four projects supported by an EDLAB Education Innovation Grant and hear from the colleagues behind them.
First-year students working on real societal challenges
With support from an EDLAB Education Innovation Grant, the Societal Impact Project gave first-year Biomedical Sciences students more room to work on projects outside the university. Students organised activities, contacted external partners and developed practical responses to real issues, while learning skills they would normally encounter much later in their studies.
From teaching students to use AI to protecting learning
When Matthias Wibral applied for an EDLAB Education Innovation Grant, he wanted to find better ways for students to use ChatGPT in his course. The grant gave him time to develop and test new exercises. But as the technology and students’ use of it changed rapidly, the project also changed his own thinking about AI in education.
Using 360-degree video to prepare medical students for internships abroad
Nynke de Jong and her colleagues developed a 360-degree video for medical students preparing for an internship abroad. The video gives students a shared situation to observe and discuss, helping them think about how expectations, communication and behaviour may differ before they encounter these situations themselves.
From a calculus experiment to further work on mathematics education
Martijn Boussé experimented with more active ways of teaching mathematics. He also invested in documenting the project so that others could see how it worked. The project later became part of a broader line of work on mathematics and computing science education.