Education Lab

The Education Lab is any space where teaching and learning can be innovated or developed in INGENIUM European University.

It is an experimental, decentralised teaching and learning network that utilises diverse expertise, educational spaces and facilities across the INGENIUM European University.

The Education Lab connects education, stakeholders, and RDI to search for solutions to wicked problems in society. In the Lab, interdisciplinary groups will work on authentic cases.

Education Lab has compiled an exhaustive list of the different facilities and expertise available at each different partner university. As such, the Lab contains a number of virtual and physical distributed spaces where staff, students, and stakeholders can co-create new solutions for authentic challenges, learn from each other, and network.

Innovation projects

To promote joint innovation projects, the INGENIUM European University will launch two initiatives:

  • Joint Education Lab Projects – the Call is open – apply now!
  • Best New Media Teaching Project – the Call will open on April 2025!

    Joint Education Lab Projects

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    A yearly call for Joint Education Lab Projects to develop innovative teaching methodologies and products based on the Lab equipment and expertise. The chosen joint project will be awarded a small budget to cover travel costs and technology requirements. The Innovation Committee will set the selection criteria, which will be based on innovativeness, transnational cooperation, multilingualism, impact, and transferability.

    The second call for Joint Education Lab Projects is open until 1 June 2025.

    The themes of this call:

    • Micro-credentials: Create new joint micro-credentials or adapt an existing micro-credential to be offered to the alliance.
    • Innovative teaching and learning: Create or share innovative teaching or assessment practices and expertise throughout the alliance.
    • Joint development project: Create a joint education development project between two or more partner universities.
    • Learning environments and platforms: Innovations in learning environments, hybrid teaching, or VR.
    • Lifelong learning and business partnerships: Foster connections with local communities, develop connections with business and industry or develop lifelong learning offerings.

    How are the projects assessed?

    • Innovation: Knowledge-sharing, co-creation and interdisciplinarity. The goal is to support networking and knowledge-sharing within the INGENIUM European University.
    • Cooperation between different INGENIUM institutions to share facilities and expertise, facilitating knowledge transfer and the development of joint expertise.
    • Multilingualism: Including, for example, intercultural communication, accessibility, inclusive language, and linguistic diversity.
    • Transferability: Dissemination of results in various ways that help shape their scientific and professional fields or have real-world applicability, such as business or classroom applications.

    Those interested in preparing an application should search for potential partners within INGENIUM European University. Use the Education Lab inventory below, the CONNECT portal, and each university’s website. You can also contact your local INGENIUM office to ask for help.

    • The call for applications is open until 1 June 2025. Apply Here
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      Best New Media Teaching Project

      A competition for Best New Media Teaching Project, with two categories: Innovations in Participatory Learning and Young Innovators. The Innovations in Participatory Learning awards will be given to designers of new learning environments, including major adaptations of existing models of gaming, world-building, social networking, or other virtual environments, and/or the development of entirely new programs. The Young Innovators awards will be given to forward-thinking, conceptually exciting, and original participatory learning projects, where young innovators (age 18-25) will be able to bring their most visionary ideas from the “garage” stage to implementation.

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      Frequently Asked Questions

      An education lab is any place where teaching and learning are developed or innovated, whether a dedicated educational research lab or a classroom. The Education Lab is an experimental, decentralised teaching and learning hub that utilises diverse expertise, educational spaces and facilities across the INGENIUM European University.

      Its primary goal is to encourage collaboration and knowledge-sharing to develop innovative teaching methodologies and products with real-world applications. The Education Lab brings together experts from different fields to tackle common challenges educators and society face.

      Latest News on Education Lab

      The second call for Joint Education Lab Projects is now open!

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      The first call for Joint Education Lab Projects is now open!

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