Seminar working with Experiences in Higher Education

Seminar working with Experiences in Higher Education
In this two-day seminar, lecturers, experts by experience, researchers and students explore ways to integrate experiential learning and experiential knowledge into bachelor and master education in social work and nursing. For the Erasmus+ Partnership project it is an opportunity to exchange inspiring examples and to learn from the experiences and ideas of the participants. The seminar provides a learning event for everybody.
PROGRAMME
Tuesday 23rd May
9.00 – Registration
9.30 – 9.45 hours: Opening and introduction to the programme
9.45 – 11.15 hours: 1st round of workshops choosing one workshop
Workshop 1: Starting at the beginning: multiple sensory experiencing, how to collaborate and to build trust, and how to depend on each other
Workshop 2: Educational examples of working with experiential knowledge and learning – getting inspiration how to introduce experiential knowledge and learning to students
11.15 – 11.30 hours: break
11.30 – 13.00 hours: Creative forms of working with experiences. Examples; working with storytelling, art (dance, collages, poetry), photo voice, video voice, community reporting
Afternoon: Site visits to services (optional)
Wednesday 24th May
9.00 – 9.30 hours: opening and introduction to the programme; reflection on yesterday’s experiences.
9.30 – 11.00 hours: 2nd round of workshops choosing the other workshop.
Workshop 1: Starting at the beginning: multiple sensory experiencing, how to collaborate and to build trust, and how to depend on each other
Workshop 2: Educational examples of working with experiential knowledge and learning – getting inspiration how to introduce experiential knowledge and learning to students
11.00 – 11.15 hours: coffee/tea break
11.15 – 12.15 hours: working in 3 groups reflecting on the questions:
1. What will be your wishes and/or next step in developing experiential knowledge?
2. What can be the next step involving colleagues or peers in the process of implementing experiential knowledge in the curriculum?
3. What suggestions do you have for our Erasmus+ project to develop further?
12.15 – 12.45 hours: summary of ideas and tips coming to the fore from the groups
12.45: wrap up and completing evaluation questionnaires
Afternoon: space for meetings (optional)
The seminar is free of charge. However, travel and accommodation costs are on your own expense. Some financial support can be given from the budget of the project. Please ask the contact person of the university in your country that participates in this project.
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It is possible to combine the seminar with the CONFERENCE: EXPERIENTIAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE SPOTLIGHT | Powerus on 22nd of May 2023.
Organising committee
Ieva Adomaitytė Subačienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Jolita Buzaitytė Kašalynienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Saskia de Bruyn, UC Leuven University, Belgium
Elena Cabiati, Catholic University Milan, Italy
Helen Casey, The Open University, England
Kristel Driessens, Karel De Grote University of Applied Sciences Antwerp, Belgium
Mette Fløystad Kvammen, Agder University, Norway
Sascha van Gijzel, HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Cecilia Heule, Lund University, Sweden
Susan Levy, University of Dundee, Scotland
Vicky Lyssens Danneboom , Karel De Grote University of Applied Sciences Antwerp, Belgium
María Martínez Andrés, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain
Dagmar Narusson, Tartu University, Estonia
Beatriz Rodriguez Martin, University of Castilla – La Mancha, Spain
Rosalie Metze, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Jean Pierre Wilken, HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Iris van ‘t Wout, HU Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands