Share Paper: Community building as basis for fostering Teaching & Learning innovation - 18 years of project funding

  1. Andreas Reinhardt, ETH Zurich, Educational Development and Technology, Innovation management, Switzerland
  2. Thomas Korner, ETH Zurich, Educational Development and Technology, Innovation management, Switzerland
  3. Melanie Walter, ETH Zurich, Educational Development and Technology, Innovation management, Switzerland
Wednesday, June 26 3:50 PM-4:10 PM Oud West

Abstract: For the last 18 years, our university has funded a wide range of Teaching and Learning (T&L) projects put forward by its faculty members. More than 250 projects have been approved and conducted so far. Many of them have helped to transform teaching practices not only in individual courses but also more widely in the institution. Roughly two thirds of all finished projects still or partly exist today, even though sustainability is not a key criterion in the approval process. Networking and exchange of project findings is facilitated through centrally organised activities like an annual exchange event and monthly lunch ...