Full Program event: Experiential Knowledge and Experiential Learning in Higher Education

A new dimension in personalized inclusive education

 

Final event PEK in Zwolle

Below you’ll find the full program for the three-day international event on learning from and working with experiential knowledge both in social work and nursing education and in practice. You can attend one, two or all days of the event. You can register here.

Wednesday 9th of October – International workshops & work visits

9.00 Registration – D0.54
10.00 Welcome – D0.54
10.10 Plenary session by Jean Pierre Wilken and colleagues from the partnership Experiential Knowledge in Higher Education – present the main outcomes of this 2 years Erasmus+ project. The project consisted of a number of 7 work packages: theoretical foundation, educational materials, training for teachers, support kit for experts by experience, organisational framework, website and resources and monitoring – D0.54
10.45 Coffee and tea break – D0.54
11.15 Parallel workshop round 1

  • 1. A toolkit for the support of Experts by Experience in Higher Education – D2.30
    In this workshop, we  will show the toolkit for supporting experts by experience in education. We collected this information in the project Experiential Knowledge in Higher education with the help of 10 different countries. We will have a wordcafé, and discuss about the usability, applicability and the potential for supplementing the toolbox with own practices.
    Workshop led by: Kristel Driessens & Pascal Maes (Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences, Lien Frissen & Caro Brits (UCLL – Leuven), Belgium.
  • 2. Double talents in higher education – D1.76
    Our goals is sharing experiences and integrating the experiences of nursing, medical and social work students with chronic conditions and mental vulnerabilities in higher education as a double talent.
    In this project University of Utrecht and Utrecht University of applied sciences work together with students social work, nursing and medicine on products that support the use of experiential knowledge of double talented students in higher education. We would like to share our experiences so far and would like to invite you to talk with these double talents in dialogue sessions.
    Workshop led by: Casper Schoemaker, Nina Korsuize, Sascha van Gijzel & Rachelle de Mooij, from University of Utrecht and Utrecht University of applied sciences, the Netherlands.
  • 3. Training in tandem in social work – D2.90
    In this workshop, we illustrate how we work in tandem: Two is more than the sum of one plus one! The trainer with lived experience provides students with feedback on the skills and attitudes to be developed. This feedback is supplemented with academic knowledge, but the power of the feedback stems from the trainer’s personal experience!
    This is an educational programme developed for second-year Social Work bachelor students at KdG Antwerp. It consists of 12 hours of instruction, delivered to groups of 16 students. The aim is to provide all students the opportunity to practice with a trainer with lived experience of poverty. The method involves students engaging in role-play exercises to simulate a warm welcome in a social service setting: what questions to ask, how to handle emotions, how to respond to unexpected questions, how to assess needs and how to explore them further,…
    Workshop led by Greet Scheerlinck & Gwen Schoeters, Karel de Grote University of Applied Sciences, Belgium. Gwen does research for organisation Bind-Kracht about EbE in social work and Greet is a social work teacher, together they teach the training in tandem course.
  • 4. Integrating key principles of experiential knowledge into the learning process – D1.92
    The goal is to reflect on and experience the main educational principles of experiential knowledge (concept) in the learning process. The workshop will focus on 1) key educational principles for integrating experiential knowledge into study process, and 2) experiencing the method and process of how the principle can be put into practice.
    Over the course of the project Experiential knowledge in higher education, knowledge has been gathered on what values and principles should characterize the learning process. In the workshop, we will focus on bringing one or two of the principles into the classroom as a practical example of what can be done in the classroom to create a milieu in line with the principle.
    Workshop led by: Jolita Buzaityte Kašalyniene, Vilnius University, Leonie de Quelerij, University of applied sciences Windesheim & Dagmar Narusson

12.15 Lunch – D0.54
13.30 Start workshop round 2 or a work visits

Workshop round 2: 13.30 – 14.30 Work visits 13.30 – 17.00
  • 5.STRONG! in social work education – D1.76
    Strong, more than just a client! At Utrecht University of applied sciences students social work learn from and with STRONG!-students with a learning disability in different ways. In this workshop we would like you to experience what it means to learn with and from STRONG-students Melvin, Mariska and Jimmy.
    Workshop led by: Sebastiaan Fokke (coach STERKplaats), Rian Koot (teacher and researcher), Melvin Verheij (EbE and student), Mariska Koot EbE and student) and Jimmy Smit EbE and student), Utrecht University of applied sciences, the Netherlands.

 

  • 6. Organizational frames and Experiential learning – D2.30
    Organizational Frames can support or hinder experiential learning. In this workshop we discusses this on the basis of a case and ask our selves how organizational frames or lack of organizational frames influences the case.
    Wibekke Adele Grønlund, who is working as expert by experience at University of Agder in Norway, will have a presentation of her experiences with organizational frames from her position.
    Workshop led by: Wibekke Adele Grønlund, Jorunn Gjedrem and Mette Fløystad Kvammen from Adger University, Norway.

 

  • 7. Sharing stories of experiences – D1.92
    Via creative methods we will share stories and experiences to discuss how we can communicate in a connecting way.
    Workshop led by: Caro Bridts, Wendy Steynen & Lien Frissen from UCL Leuven, Belgium.
Meeting point: Lunch – D0.54

  • Nexus, recovery center
    Nexus is a recovery center in Zwolle. It offers various training and courses focused on recovery. Nexus is part of a regional organization for sheltered housing. Nexus employs mainly experts by experience.For more information: Nexus Zwolle – Ruimte voor eigen regie & herstel
    Address: Klooienberglaan 2; 8031 GJ Zwolle
    Contact: +31622357729, info@nexuszwolle.nl

 

  • Prisma-Psychology psychology practice Zwolle
    Prism psychologists form a partnership of psychologists who recognize experiential knowledge and want to use it in their practice. Ex-clients can play a role in supporting clients on the waiting list. They call them the prism buddies. The Prism psychologists are also part of the SALT network, a network of experience experts in Zwolle.

 

  • Focus Kampen recovery center
    Focus is a self-direction and recovery center in Kampen. It is an annex of Focus Zwolle. Focus Kampen has not been open for very long. It is a low-threshold drop-in place where you can do all kinds of things that will help your recovery.  They work with peer support.For more information: Home – Focus Kampen
    Address: Focus Kampen, Trekvaart 6 8271 AB IJsselmuiden
    Contact: +31657415085

 

Coffee and tea break 14.30 – 15.00 – D0.54

Workshop round 3: 15.00 – 16.00

  • 8. Co-generating dialogical space in the context of learning from lived experiences and valuing experiential knowledge – D1.92
    Workshop introduces principles of Open dialogue, Anticipation Dialogue and co-generating dialogical spaces, and will allow to experience a short meeting based on the principles of open dialogue and a dialogical space.
    Experiential knowledge concept includes aspect of listening and reflecting on information provided by others, as Thomasina Borkman has said. Open dialogue and approach of the co-generating dialogical space introduce values and methods that could be useful in the process of developing experience-based knowledge. The workshop will focus on introducing and experiencing the principles of open dialogue.
    Workshop led by: Dagmar Narusson & Kadri Vilgats from Estonia.
    Dagmar is Open Dialogue practitioner and have studied OD in London 2019-2020 and in 2021-2022, and has wrote the book about Open Dialogue. Kadri is peer expert and practices Open Dialogue in her client work in rehabilitation center in Tallinn.

 

  • 9. The concept of experts for disability inclusion at universities – D2.30
    Since 2013, so-called education specialists have been qualified in Germany. People with learning difficulties are trained for three years to subsequently offer educational programs for students at the university in permanent jobs. The University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg will start the qualification program in October this year. It is being coordinated and scientifically supported by a project team. In line with the SUI approach, we are pursuing both the empowerment perspective for people with learning difficulties and the educational perspective for the students. In the workshop, we want to briefly present the structure of the qualification and then present an initial idea of how we want to design a gap-mending seminar with students and future education professionals.
    Workshop led by: Marlene-Anne Dettmann, Katharina Scholz & Frederik Rost, the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg, Belgium.

 

  • 10. Peer support & Experiential knowledge – D1.76
    This workshop is an opportunity for us, people with lived experience of exclusion and recovery. We can exchange how we work at different universities and in other organizations and learn from each other. How can we take advantage of our international network? How to continue?
    Workshop led by: Maria Samuelsson, expert by experience, Lund University and FACT team at Psychiatry department for outpatient care in Malmö, Sweden.

16.00-16.30 Break with refreshments – D0.54
16.30-17.00 Recap of the day – D0.54

 

Thursday 10th of October – Conference

9.00 Registration – G2.20
10.00 Welcome & keynote speakers – G2.20

  • Keynote Bini Araia – will share his experience of working in a program in partnership/supported by Open University, Teesside University called ‘Mend the Gap’, where service users (unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), asylum, seeking parents) codesigned round table workshops along with social work students and practitioners at a neutral space looking at key topics such as housing, health, security, FGM, benefit entitlements including right to advocacy support, cultural differences, the law in the UK as far as child protection is concerned, social workers roles and shared each others perspectives. See article ‘Why asylum seeker parents are scared of social workers’.
    Bini Araia is originally from Eritrea and a former political refugee to the UK. He has worked with refugees and vulnerable migrants over the last two decades. Bini is a co-founder of a regional refugee charity called Investing in people and Culture (IPC) based in the North east of England, which serves around 2000 refugees and asylum seekers annually.
  • Keynote Alie Weerman –  will talk about her experiences at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences with implementing experiential knowledge in Social work education. Alie Weerman is professor Mental Health and Society at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.

10.50-11.10 Coffee & tea break – G2.20

  • Keynote Jean Pierre Wilken and colleagues from the partnership Experiential Knowledge in Higher Education – present the main outcomes of this 2 years Erasmus+ project. The project consisted of a number of 7 work packages: theoretical foundation, educational materials, training for teachers, support kit for experts by experience, organisational framework, website and resources and monitoring. Jean Pierre Wilken is professor of Social Work (chair Participation, Care and Support) at Utrecht University of Applied Sciences.

12.10 lunch G2.20
13.30 parallel workshops – workshop with the keynotes

  • ‘Mend the Gap’, with service users (unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), asylum, seeking parents), social work students and practitioners by Bini Araia, Helen Casey from the Open University UK and Olalekan Olujimi Odedeyi from Save The Woman UK – D2.88
  • Implementing experiential knowledge in Social work education by Alie Weerman from Windesheim University of Applied Sciences– D1.76
  • Experiential knowledge in higher education, what is needed in terms of policy and organisation? by Jean Pierre Wilken, Mette Fløystad Kvammen from Adger University, Norway.
    There will also be a Q&A with the whole project (keyprinciples, guide & methods, tools to support EbE, training for teachers and monitoring) – G2.20

 

14.30 Coffee & tea break – G2.20
15.00 parallel workshops – workshop with the keynotes

  • ‘Mend the Gap’, with service users (unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), asylum, seeking parents), social work students and practitioners by Bini Araia, Helen Casey from the Open University UK and Olalekan Olujimi Odedeyi from Save The Woman UK – D2.88
  • Implementing experiential knowledge in Social work education by Alie Weerman from Windesheim University of Applied Sciences– D1.76
  • Experiential knowledge in higher education, How to assess and monitor implementation? by Jean Pierre Wilken, Beatriz Rodríguez Martín from University of Castilla-la Mancha Spain. There will also be a Q&A with the whole project (key principles, guide & methods, tools to support EbE, training for teachers and monitoring) – G2.20

16.00-17.00 refreshments – G2.20

18.00 Dinner for project partners at Gift city.

Register here

 

Friday 11th of October – International part of the PEPPER conference

9.00 – 11.30 – internal project meeting, project Experiential Knowledge in Higher Education Erasmus+ – D1.76

11.30-12.45Workshop: International perspectives on experiential expertise and experiential knowledge. Experiences from different European countries – main building H, Auditorium
For examples, have a look at the project website, click here. This session is in English.
If you want to register for the complete PEPPER conference, and not just the international part, you will have to do this separately via University of Applied Sciences Windesheim. The language of the PEPPER conference is Dutch (except for the international workshop at 11.30-12.45, this is in English).

Register here

 

The workshops and conference are hosted by Windesheim University of Applied Sciences and partnership Experiential Knowledge.
If you have questions, please contact iris.vantwout@hu.nl

Partnership Experiential Knowledge in higher education

Partnership Experiential Knowledge

Cofunded by Erasmus+