Article written by Cloud 3: Strategies to Improve Teaching and Learning Environments One of the most effective ways to support new – or experienced – teachers and researchers is collaborating with others. And even better if our collaborations are both local and international! But collaboration does not always go as smoothly as one would hope.…
By Olga Ioannidou, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany Is climate change real? Is nuclear power safe? Should we trust genetically modified food? These are some questions that you -and oftentimes even scientists- cannot answer with a simple “Yes” or “No”. However theses scientific issues have an impact on society and we oftentimes, as citizens,…
Have you ever felt the need to change your teaching or the teaching culture at your institution? Have you tried different ways of supporting students’ learning to meet the needs of future professions and knowledge society? Have you found ways to instigate change or to support your colleagues in the process? These questions led teachers,…
We are very proud to be one of the nominees for the BR&P Award. In our project a Dutch partnership of primary schools, a university of applied sciences, a partnership of secondary schools and a cluster of schools for special education have collaborated to develop a sustainable and evidence-informed way of school development. Several tools…
Have you ever felt the need to change your teaching or the teaching culture at your institution? Have you tried different ways of supporting students’ learning to meet the needs of future professions and knowledge society? Have you found ways to instigate change or to support your colleagues in the process? These questions led teachers,…
At the EAPRIL 2018 conference in Slovenia, one of the three keynotes will address the HILL model, High Impact Learning that Lasts. You can check out a general introduction by our keynote speaker Filip Dochy bit.ly/EAPRIL-HILL-A and his accompanying book http://bit.ly/EAPRIL-HILL-BOOK Triggered to find out more? He also addressed 7 key concepts of the HILL model for you…
Over the last decades research has shown the significant contribution of the collaboration between parents and teachers towards students’ academic achievement, social development and/or sense of wellbeing in all levels of education. However, teachers have been emphasizing that collaborating with parents is often a challenge and they considered themselves not always sufficiently prepared. The call…
Is it easier to collaborate with people you don’t directly work with? How can you create a climate of trust and mutual respect when collaborating at work? Why should you collaborate with others, if you’re stuck in a culture of accountability? A recent webinar explored these questions in relation to both leadership and professional learning,…
Cloud 8’s ‘diversity at work’ event took place on 21stMay at JAMK University of Applied Sciences in Jyvaskyla, Finland and throughout Europe! We put into practice the Cloud’s concern for equality and diversity in different contexts by choosing a hybrid seminar/webinar format enabling people to meet to present and discuss a range of topics related…
A tool to support adult learners in blended learning environments By Silke Vanslambrouck, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Blended adult learners are heterogeneous which causes a one-size-fits-all-educational-approach to be inappropriate. It is neither realisable for teachers to individualise the learning environment for every learner. Additionally, the separation in time and place between teachers and learners makes…
Hidden in plain sight: workforce diversity By Anthony Thorpe, Senior Lecturer, University of Roehampton, London, UK. The educational systems of many European countries seek to meet the learning, mental and physical special needs of children at school. It is a burgeoning area of education provision and a specialist area in many teacher development programmes. This…
In Finland everyone is needed By Anna Koster (translated by Malu Zachte-Schenkels), Clusius College, The Netherlands In November 2017 a group of Clusius College colleagues travelled to Finland to attend the EAPRIL conference about educational research. It was an impressive, inspirational and instructive week, funded by the Erasmus+ programme. The first day we split up…
