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Call for proposals on Open and Online Education 2020 has been launched
Are you thinking about facilitating online guidance for students? Or looking for opportunities to create and share learning material with colleagues from partner institutes? Then it might be worthwhile diving into the recently launched incentive scheme on open and online education ... Keep reading
Survey about the reuse of digital (open) learning material
We want to invite you to a short survey about the reuse of digital (open) learning material with the aim of gaining more insight into the extent to which and the manner in which Open Educational Resources are reused ... Keep reading
Library Vlog #7: Blended Learning
Most teachers and students have heard about Blended Learning. However, defining this somewhat ambiguous concept is difficult. It is not well known what kind of support is available within UM Library. Learn all about this in our newest vlog! ... Keep reading
License EBSCO E-book Academic Collection extended
The license for the EBSCO E-book Academic Collection is extended for another two years because of a positive evaluation of the usage of the collection. ... Keep reading
New module ‘Profielwerkstuk’ online!
UM Library developed an online module to help pupils from secondary schools to work on their school project. This new (Dutch) module is now freely available online! The module contains practical information, self-tests, and examples ... Keep reading
Peer Point Tour 2019
Peer Point has been on tour the past few month, visiting UM faculties and having promotional stands at the University Library locations. ... Keep reading
About copyright or why choose open educational resources?
Busy writing an article, using a paper or publishing a book? Check out how to cope with copyright issues. And did you ever considerate sharing or using open educational resources instead? Find out what are the options and restrictions. ... Keep reading
UM students successfully use new video feedback feature
Recently the UM video platform Mediasite introduced 'showcase' for grouping uploaded videos for viewing. How well the showcases' comment feature suits problem-based learning was demonstrated by students of FHML ... Keep reading
Digital Assessment project is entering a new phase
There is a green light for large-scale digital testing in MECC. Block coordinators can choose from now on whether they want to offer their tests digitally ... Keep reading
Van Dale dictionaries app available
Download and use the Van Dale app on your tablet or mobile phone, wherever you are, whenever you want ... Keep reading
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC for students
As of now, as a UM student you have Adobe Acrobat Pro DC at your disposal when using Student Desktop Student Desktop Anywhere. ... Keep reading
Breng de ‘Minervalia’ terug naar Maastricht
Het eerste project van UM Crowd is project Minervalia. Een klein boek van grote waarde: de oudste in Maastricht gedrukte komedie. ... Keep reading
Advance your education and research using UM’s ‘old classics’
How can using old books from the Library’s Special Collections and a bit of technology add value to advance your courses? In Library Vlog #4, Rachel Elands tells us about the Maastricht Science Programme ... Keep reading
Join the Student Idea Competition
Join the Student Idea Competition. We need you to come along and think together on how to solve UM's challenges to improve the learning outcomes of our PBL by using IT! ... Keep reading
Massive growth of Lecture Recordings at UM
Almost 4000 lectures were uploaded in 2018 to UM's video infrastructure Mediasite ... Keep reading
Welcome to the Open Education Week (4-8 March)
University Maastricht celebrates Open Education Week with new initiatives in the spotlight. For example: AnatomyTOOL project, DariahTeach-platform for Digital Arts & Humanities, Open badges at FSE, Online module on digital information skills ... Keep reading
Expositie Europa in beeld nog een week te zien
De expositie ‘Europa in beeld, bezienswaardigheden uit de Jezuïetencollectie: reisgidsen, toerisme en erfgoed’ is nog een week te zien in het Bestuursgebouw van de Universiteit Maastricht (Minderbroedersberg 4-6. 6211 LK Maastricht) ... Keep reading
UM provisionally awards Canvas as the new Learning Management System
The UM Executive Board has adopted the unanimous recommendation by the LMS steering committee to provisionally award the LMS contract to Instructure (Canvas platform) ... Keep reading
Wooclap Demo sessions – Live voting tool
Interested to join a Wooclap demo session to inform you about educational applicability and functionalities of this audience response tool for live voting? Sign up now! ... Keep reading
Follow-up: investigating the botanical archives of Maastricht
From Monday 7 January, 13 students of the Maastricht Science Programme (MSP) will study historical plant books from Maastricht University’s Special Collections during a 4-week research project. ... Keep reading
