Work package 4: Teacher support

This work package is dedicated to supporting teachers in integrating co-creation into their course.
Coordinated by Carola van der Muren, a group of students (TAs) support the planning, communication and technical setup of the pilots. And also publishing of co-created open education materials is supported (when applicable). Over the duration of the course, we stay in reach of the students both for technical issues and to hear their feedback regarding the co-creation parts in the course.

Preparation phase
First, we have an intake meeting to understand the wishes and needs and decide if a course can become a COMBINE pilot. Then there is a meeting with the lecturers to discuss how co-creation can be integrated with the course goals and structure, and how it will be assessed. Furthermore subsequent meetings help develop that plan into a concrete implementation, finding the solutions that suit the course and the students the most.

During the course
At the start of the course, we provide the students with the necessary manuals and information about the tools they will use, and the Copyright considerations when making open materials. We also attend the first lecture, and introduce the aim of the project, and the part it will play in the course. We also provide support in the installation of the software used for co-creation, and encourage students to reach out to us for technical support throughout the course.

When it comes to making co-creation a successful learning method, student input is crucial. For this reason, we organize feedback sessions sporadically throughout the course, and ask students to share their experiences with co-creation in the course, and their opinion on what they would like to see change. This feedback is really valuable both to fix problem in the course organisation before they impact student’s experiences, and to help shape the COMBINE project going forward.

After the course
At the end of the course, we stay in contact with teachers to support the final revisions of the co-created open education materials, and if they choose to publish them in some form, help with that process. A few weeks after the course, we organise an evaluation meeting to discuss the outcomes of the course, the feedback from the students and to get input from the teacher(s).

The “TA” team¶

Coen Heyning is a Msc Applied Physics student (TU Delft). During his bachelor at TU Delft he did the Minor Education including an internship as a highschool teacher, he has also been a teaching assistant (TA) for a number of Bachelor’s courses. These education experiences gave him hands-on experience with teaching and supporting other teachers.

Lucía Calzado García is a Master’s student in Nanobiology with an interest in Biophysics, Data Science and education. She joined the project as TA this year and has worked on supporting pilots, open interactive textbooks and promotion.

Jesse Wessteijn is a MSc Computer and Embedded Systems Engineering student at TU Delft. He is interested in all types of coding, from embedded systems to web applications and joined this project to further develop the Jupyter Books environment and educational tools.

Stan Groen is a MSc Nanbiology student at TU Delft and Erasmus MC. In the context of COMBINE he is interested in open education and software, specifically the intersection of both. In this project he will contribute to this by assisting in the development of tools for co-creation.

Madelief Peters is a second-year MSc Applied Physics student at TU Delft. During her studies at TU Delft, she worked as a TA for several courses in the AP bachelor’s programme. She enjoys working together with students and teachers, and likes finding different ways to approach and explain problems. Within COMBINE, she hopes to contribute to making education more interactive, accessible and collaborative.

Joris Hoogeweegen is currently pursuing his Master’s degree with a specialization in Biomedical Circuits and Systems. For his Master’s thesis, he will focus on system architecture investigation for neural stimulation electronics in visual prostheses. Alongside his studies, he serves as a teaching assistant for the COMBINE project and several undergraduate electrical engineering courses.

Anton Lorf is a MSc Applied Physics student at TU Delft interested in anything green energy and energy transition. Holding the belief that quality education is the foundation of a healthy society, he is happy to contribute to innovative and driving education within the COMBINE project.

Diana Bociort is a Msc Nanobiology student with an interest in biophysics, computational biology and bioinformatics. Eager to enrich the educational experience of her peers, she supports our multidisciplinary team by merging her technical skills with the strong leadership experience gained during her board year.