BIP for staff

Monday

Sharing and practicing teaching methods

Participants present the active teaching methods they have prepared in advance and let others try them out in practice. Learning by doing in small groups, reflecting together, and exchanging ideas. Summarizing discussion highlights which methods inspired the most and how they could be adapted in different teaching contexts. 

Anne Uukkivi, TTK UAS, Centre for Sciences

Professor

Leader of the Research Group of Didactics in Higher Education at TTK University of Applied Sciences. Her online course has been recognized at the national level. She has organized multiple Blended Intensive Programs (BIPs) and several national and international conferences, promoting student and teacher mobility through joint teaching initiatives with other universities. Her areas of expertise include AI applications in education, course development, the use of ICT tools in teaching, and international academic partnerships.

Monica Vilms, TTK UAS, Institute of Engineering and Circular Economy

An experienced lecturer whose teaching focuses on active learning methods and student engagement. Aims for students to encounter real-life situations from the practical world of work during their studies. 

Tuesday and Wednesday

Participants will experience practical examples of lab-based learning and explore strategies for combining theoretical knowledge with hands-on experimentation across curricula. By focusing on the students‘ learning activities, reflection will be carried out jointly, thus leading to new perspectives for all participants: those who are opening their laboratories as well as those who are colleagues from different subjects and universities – analysing the learning offers with a „critical friends“ attitude, while at the same time transferring the joint experience to their respective teaching contexts back at their university.  

Silke Bock

Professor

Professor for applied university pedagogy and academic staff development in faculty for management and communication at Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen. Director of ZekoLL, the Centre for Teaching and Learning at THM and responsible for the Master's degree "Methods and Didactics in Applied Sciences_Higher Education"

Lab Renewable energetics in buildings

Description: Get to know how solar panels work and learn to use them. Simulate different weather conditions and location. Make a system for the house with on-grid or off-grid inverter using a battery and charge controller. 

Indrek Tukmann, TTK UAS, Institute of Technology

Lecturer

About 10 years of experience with solar panel systems, mainly building and assembly. 

Lab Integrating Behavioural NUDGE Theory into STEM Physics Labs 

This workshop is designed for STEM teachers to integrate traditional STEM lab practices with NUDGE theory. NUDGE theory, popularized by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein, focuses on subtle interventions ("nudges") that influence behaviour without restricting choices, such as default options, social norms, or timely reminders. In a Physics lab context, these nudges can enhance student engagement, streamline collaborative activities, and ensure rigorous evaluation at every stage, leading to measurable outcomes, such as improved problem-solving skills or experimental accuracy.

After an explanation of applied pedagogical methods, 8–12 participants will conduct a 90-minute physics lab in groups to gain hands-on experience. This will be followed by a group discussion on potential improvements.

Konstantin Tsygankov, TTK University of Applied Sciences, Centre for Sciences

Lecturer

He applies the 5E Instructional Model (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate) in lesson planning and incorporates computational thinking elements into physics labs.  

Thursday

Activate your Students to Study 

An overview on activating teaching methods and their importance in STEM. Collecting and sharing experiences in using active engagement teaching methods. Demonstrations, learning by doing, summarizing discussion. How do different AI tools enhance or inhibit active engagement and true learning?

Sami Suhonen, Tampere UAS

Principal Lecturer, Applied Research center

25 years of experience in teaching engineering physics, Developing STEM teaching, continuous in-service teacher training in Engineering education, applied pedagogical research

Juho Tiili, Tampere UAS

Senior Lecturer and Competence Manager, Faculty of Pedagogical Innovations and Culture

25 years of experience in teaching engineering physics, Developing STEM teaching, continuous in-service teacher training in Engineering education, applied pedagogical research, coordinating curriculum development at Univ. level

Friday

What can STEAM approach bring to STEM education?

An overview of the STEAM approach to education and training, including a review of the achievements of the SENSE project which has developed a new roadmap for STEAM education in Europe. This will also include a discussion on how STEAM can nurture innovation.

Saeed Moghadam Saman, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL)

14 years of research experience in innovation studies, with partial focus on education and higher education policies, specifically related to transferable skills acquisition by learners at different levels of education.