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Category: Education
Discover the UM Library Highlights 2025
We are pleased to share a selection of our projects and activities from the past year on our Highlights 2025 web page. With scientific information at the core of our work, we focus on making knowledge accessible and supporting Maastricht University’s (UM) students, teachers, and researchers, as well as our wider network of partners, in achieving their academic goals.
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Digital sovereignty in education: hands-on workshop for teachers
How much control do you really have over the digital tools and platforms you use in your teaching? A new 90-minute hands-on workshop on 4 March invites teaching staff at Maastricht University (UM) to explore digital sovereignty in their own educational practice.
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Upcoming workshops on FeedbackFruits, Turnitin and Wooclap
The University Library is organising a new series of workshops on using the educational tools FeedbackFruits, Turnitin and Wooclap.
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New de Gruyter Brill Read & Publish agreement from January 2026
As of January 2026, Maastricht University has a new Read & Publish agreement with de Gruyter Brill, negotiated nationally via UKB and SURF.
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Copyright in your teaching: a quick reminder of the rules
Sharing learning resources with your students? Below is an overview of the key rules that apply when using copyrighted materials in education.
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UM builds open education and digital literacy into University Teaching Qualification (BKO/UTQ)
Maastricht University (UM) is strengthening support for early-career teachers by embedding open education and digital literacy more firmly into the BKO/UTQ. The library’s Open Science in Education (OSiE) and Digital Literacy teams are working with faculties to help teachers use Open Educational Resources (OER), improve their digital iteracy competencies, and engage students in more accessible, future-oriented learning.
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How to easily organise group member evaluations with FeedbackFruits
Want your students to evaluate their peers in tutorial groups? With FeedbackFruits, you can add a group member evaluation assignment to your Canvas course.
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DIY Podcast and Video Studio in Randwyck Library
The University Library in Randwyck houses a premiumly equipped Do It Yourself (DIY) Podcast Studio with a green screen and tripod, for audio and video recording.
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Help students collaborate: 4 ways to use Microsoft Teams for group work
Did you know that Microsoft Teams offers tools to support student group work? A main benefit is that group work takes place in a licensed and managed environment, rather than relying on free tools, such as Google docs.
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New workshop available: Introduction to Qualtrics
Whether you are preparing a thesis study, running course evaluations, collecting feedback after an event, or conducting research, Qualtrics provides a flexible and reliable space for data collection and analysis.
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