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We use our expertise across learning design and media development to reconsider and change the way students and teachers experience learning.

What is failure if not the opposite of success?

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What is failure if not the opposite of success?

Innovation experts often refer to failure as a positive part of the process, encouraging innovators not to fear unpredictable outcomes and unsuccessful projects. What does that mean exactly? Fear of failure can be difficult to overcome, especially for those unfamiliar with fast-paced small-scale prototyping. What makes a project unsuccessful? How can you learn and extract insights from a failed project?

University of the Future – Mediated, Pixelated, Hybrid or Virtual? Conference Highlights

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University of the Future – Mediated, Pixelated, Hybrid or Virtual? Conference Highlights

Demystifying Innovation Methodology: Six principles for navigating innovation

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Demystifying Innovation Methodology: Six principles for navigating innovation

Funding Small Scale Innovation for Collaboration and Problem Solving

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Funding Small Scale Innovation for Collaboration and Problem Solving

Beginning in 2020, Leiden University’s Centre for Innovation created an innovation fund. The initiative provides startup funds to CFI employees, often partnering with other University staff, researchers or lecturers to create innovative projects. The projects address educational, systemic or technological challenges staff face in their day to day work.

A Year of Playful Learning

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A Year of Playful Learning

10 Years of MOOCs in Education: From hype to resurgence

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10 Years of MOOCs in Education: From hype to resurgence

Where are you at? Use insights from positive psychology to improve your wellbeing

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Where are you at? Use insights from positive psychology to improve your wellbeing

Best practices of playful learning outside Leiden University

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Best practices of playful learning outside Leiden University

CFI Launches Design Thinking in Education Series

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CFI Launches Design Thinking in Education Series

Time to put our research to the test: Were we able to create an escape room?

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Time to put our research to the test: Were we able to create an escape room?

The Potential of Learning Clubs

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The Potential of Learning Clubs

Design principles for playful learning

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Design principles for playful learning

How to form new habits through reflection

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How to form new habits through reflection

Playful Learning Inspiration from Board Games

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Playful Learning Inspiration from Board Games

Two new modules added to Demystifying Mindfulness MOOC

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Two new modules added to Demystifying Mindfulness MOOC

Escape Room Examples in Education

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Escape Room Examples in Education

LXDcon 2021: Our playful approach to space and learning

LXDcon 2021: Our playful approach to space and learning

Best Practices of Playful Learning at Leiden University

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Best Practices of Playful Learning at Leiden University

Defining Playful Learning

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Defining Playful Learning

How to choose between online, offline and hybrid teaching

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How to choose between online, offline and hybrid teaching

We Turned Students into Teachers to Learn What Would Happen

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We Turned Students into Teachers to Learn What Would Happen

Reflections from our Digital Education Seminar: Education Challenges in 2021

Reflections from our Digital Education Seminar: Education Challenges in 2021

Put to the Test: Insights From our Digital Education Seminar

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Put to the Test: Insights From our Digital Education Seminar

What is Productivity when Working from Home?

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What is Productivity when Working from Home?

Values in Action Character Strengths Habit

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Values in Action Character Strengths Habit

New Documentary: Experiencing Education in 2020

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New Documentary: Experiencing Education in 2020

New: A Very Mindful Podcast

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New: A Very Mindful Podcast

Digital Education Seminar: Reflections on 2020 and New Perspectives for 2021

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Digital Education Seminar: Reflections on 2020 and New Perspectives for 2021

Students take on teaching in new initiative

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Students take on teaching in new initiative

Sign up! Student Expert Sessions

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Sign up! Student Expert Sessions

What if students could create their own course?

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What if students could create their own course?

How to Moderate your Online Community

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How to Moderate your Online Community

How to Build an Engaged Online Community

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How to Build an Engaged Online Community

The Future of Experiencing the Past

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The Future of Experiencing the Past

Harnessing the collaborative power of peer learning

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Harnessing the collaborative power of peer learning

Government Innovation Series: Design Thinking for Public Organisations

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Government Innovation Series: Design Thinking for Public Organisations

Users can choose to consult elements from the patient’s Electronic Health Record, such as ECG’s captured.

Projects

Time to Act – Emergency Care: practising the ABCDE approach in virtual reality

AugMedicine augmented reality learning

Projects

Seeing clearly: How augmented reality can help medical students understand complex anatomy

Facilitating Discussions for Effective Online Learning

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Facilitating Discussions for Effective Online Learning

How Podcasting Can Enrich Your Teaching

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How Podcasting Can Enrich Your Teaching

A New Reality at Leiden University: AR and VR as learning tools

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A New Reality at Leiden University: AR and VR as learning tools

Learning Experience Design: A New Kind of Learning

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Learning Experience Design: A New Kind of Learning