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Need inspiration to design more interactive education?

Whether you teach on campus or online, TeachEUR offers a variety of activities to enhance the quality and interactivity of your education. From accessible icebreakers to practical exercises that promote active learning and collaboration among students. Get inspired, adapt these activities to your learning objectives, and add your own twist to them!

We also provide theoretical insights on various themes, supported by tips and tools to implement them immediately in practice.

We regularly add new teaching activities and would love to hear your ideas! Have you tried something new or have you applied a variation? Share it with us!

Looking for advice or do you want to brainstorm about activating education? Do you need professional support to tailor an activity to your course? Or would you like to highlight a particular theme? Contact us or send an email to cli@eur.nl.

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  • Learning Islands

    Go island hopping with your students!

  • (Online) Discussion

    Knowledge makes an impact if you know how to use it. Challenge students to a serious discussion that they’ll not be quick to forget!

  • The muddiest point

    Help your students pinpoint which lecture content is not yet clear to them. 
    Drawing of students trying to identify what part of the subject matter they not yet understand

  • Think - Pair - Share

    Students discuss a question or assignment in pairs and explain this in a plenary session. Let's think - pair - share!
    Drawing of students working in pairs to discuss subject matter

  • No screens allowed

    Laptops stay closed and you teach students how to take structured, handwritten notes.
    Drawing of a closed laptop and a pair of hands holding a pen

  • Listen, stop, compare

    A simple activity that ensures that your students are in active listening mode during your lecture. 
    An English translation of this activity will be added within 2 weeks

  • Video roleplay

    Role play is often (a bit too) exciting for students. By working in pairs, having them record and evaluate their own role play you lower the treshold for this…
    Illustration of someone in a video call

  • Finish the sentence

    A quick and simple activity to engage students and gather input at the same time. 
    Illustration of a teaching session

  • Jigsaw

    Make every student the expert you need to complete the jigsaw puzzle
    Drawing of students each with a piece of a puzzle in their minds, discussing how to put it together

  • Synthesize it

    Have students learn by exchanging the subject matter.

  • Fishbowl

    Have an in-depth debate with a part of the group and activate the audience by asking them for analysis and reflection afterwards.
    Drawing of 3 students discussing a subject while other students observe them in the background

  • The Dilemma Game

    Considering, setting priorities and making a decision; how to navigate complex dilemma's?
    Drawing of different ways to express an opinion or value

New on TeachEUR: Themes

We offer a deepdive in theoretical insights on various themes in collaboration with CLI Fellows, supported by tips and tools to implement these themes in educational practice.

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