Episode 5

sander van lanen:

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Spatial Sciences

Sander van Lanen is Assistant Professor in the department of Cultural Geography in the Faculty of Spatial Sciences. Sander's research focusses on urban inequalities and urban social exclusion, and he is the program coordinator for the Bachelor of Human Geography and Planning.

In this episode we discuss small experiments that Sander has made in sharing best practices, trying out different "plagiarism resistant" assessments, and the positive "nudge" that Corona has given many instructors to improve educational activities.

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Show notes:

Sander mentioned a storymap project that he was inspired by as an authentic and motivating way of assessing students. You can find more information about that project here, and via this tweet.

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