With the 'Obama Summit' coming to Amsterdam in 2013, excellence
in teaching will be a large issue in the agenda of higher education
institutions in the Netherlands. With the conference 'Evoking
Excellence in Higher Education', the Hanze University of Applied
Sciences will provide a lot of inspiration in this topic.
On October the 4th and 5th Groningen will
turn into an 'honours experience' with a large programme. This
spring Marca Wolfensberger, professor in 'excellence in higher
education', called out to everyone working in the field of
excellence to submit
their ideas and best practices. During summer now, the programme is
getting shape.
Researchers from around the globe are attending the two day
conference at Hanze University of Applied Sciences to share their
insights. For example Gregory Lanier from the University of West
Florida and Richard Scott from the University of Central Arkansas
will give lectures on the development of student learning
outcomes.
From the Netherlands several researchers and teachers from other
Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) will be in Groningen to give
their view on themes like 'what is an excellent professional', 'how
to involve students in an honours programme' and 'the
identification of excellent students.'
Other UAS such as HAN, Saxion as well as the University of
Utrecht and Hanze itself largely contribute to the two day
programme. The programme is almost full and can be found
here. It is still possible to participate in the conference. If
you want to attend, registration can be found
here.