What is Riipen?
Riipen is the world’s leading experiential learning platform designed to revolutionize education through real-world impact. As a central and private EUR marketplace and experiential learning hub, Riipen connects educators with external partners, fostering collaborations that tackle pressing societal challenges directly through courses.
This impact-driven education approach empowers students to address complex societal urgencies by engaging with diverse stakeholders under faculty guidance. By merging theory with practice, students gain the skills and values necessary for today's world, while inclusive dialogues among teachers, students, and societal partners co-create knowledge and impactful interventions.
Teachers are pivotal in this transformative process, guiding and mentoring students and facilitating enriching interactions with stakeholders. Both stakeholders and teachers can propose projects on the platform to work with students on societal urgencies.
Why Riipen?
Riipen facilitates the matching process for impact-driven education between students and employers. With Riipen, students can engage and collaborate with employers or partners in a secure environment, respecting the privacy requirements of external partners and EUR.
Riipen can be integrated with Canvas and is easily accessible to teachers and students. Through this integration, an educator can link their course page in their Learning Management System with their Riipen experience page.
As an educator, you get a better overview because you can see the communication between students and external stakeholders. All information about collaboration between students and stakeholders is in one central place. Riipen is also a platform where you can work with other educational institutes because participants do not need an ERNA account.
Educators
How Riipen works for Erasmus educators
Benefits of Riipen for Erasmus educators
Integrating Riipen into your curriculum offers numerous benefits:
- Enhance Learning Outcomes: Students gain hands-on experience and practical skills.
- Build Industry Connections: Strengthen your network with industry partners.
- Improve Student Engagement: Increase student motivation through real-world applications.
- Streamline Assessment: Utilize our platform’s tools to simplify project assessment and feedback.
Ready to transform your curriculum?
Join the growing community of Erasmus educators who are using Riipen to bridge the gap between academia and industry. Sign up today and start connecting your students with real-world projects.
Do you need help finding stakeholders? Our knowledge brokers can help you find the perfect societal partner for your course. Please send an email to impactloket@eur.nl.
Please contact us via Riipen@eur.nl. For additional information and questions.