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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260320
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URL:https://charm-eu.eu/news-events/events/charm-eu-professional-developme
 nt-networking-days-building-bridges-for-teacher-development-and-educationa
 l-innovation/
SUMMARY:CHARM-EU Professional Development Networking Days: Building Bridges
  for Academic Development and Educational Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Universities across the CHARM-EU alliance are continuously adap
 ting to new challenges in higher education\, from the integration of emerg
 ing technologies to growing expectations around flexible learning and soci
 etal impact. To support this transformation\, professionals working in tea
 cher development and educational innovation play a crucial role in helping
  academic staff strengthen their teaching practices.\n\nThe networking eve
 nt will bring together representatives from centers for teaching and learn
 ing and similar units across the alliance.\n\nHosted at Hochschule Ruhr We
 st on 18–19 March 2026\, the event will create space for exchange\, coll
 aboration\, and joint exploration of new approaches to professional develo
 pment.\n\nThrough a design-thinking approach\, participants will share bes
 t practices\, explore possibilities for joint training offers\, and discus
 s common challenges. The event aims to strengthen inter-institutional part
 nerships and contribute to a more connected\, alliance-wide community supp
 orting educational innovation.\n\nA Design Thinking approach will structur
 e our networking event. Design thinking is a human-centered\, creative app
 roach that helps participants actively explore challenges\, generate ideas
 \, and identify concrete opportunities for collaboration during the event.
  For participants\, it means actively engaging in hands-on discussions\, s
 haring perspectives\, co-creating ideas\, and leaving with concrete connec
 tions and potential collaboration opportunities.\nAgenda\nMarch 4 Online p
 reparatory sessiohn\n\n\nBefore the in-person event\, we schedule an onlin
 e introduction meeting with two objectives:\n\n 	Participants introduce th
 emselves and their local approach for professional development\, all using
  a similar template for presentations.\n 	Exploring challenges/topics/idea
 s that will be discussed during the in-person event. These should be focus
 ed on opportunities for collaboration within the alliance.\n\nMarch 17 –
  Arrival Day\n\n\n17:00 – Cultural activity (Optional\, but exceedingly 
 fun): A cultural and historical tour through Mülheim with the CHARM-EU Pe
 ek App. The tour starts at the entrance to HRW on its Parkstadt Campus\, t
 he venue for the next days’ workshop: Wissollstraße 19\, 45478 Mülheim
  an der Ruhr (refer to the travel information document for a more detailed
  description). The Peek App tour terminates in the Old Town\, where you ca
 n join a self-funded\, pre-event dinner around 19:00 (the restaurant will 
 be communicated closer to the event). Or you can directly join us there.\n
 \n19:00 – Dinner (Optional and self-funded\, but gemütlich) joint dinne
 r\n\nMarch 18 – Day 1\n\n\nLocation: Campus Parkstadt\, Wissollstraße 1
 9\, 45478 Mülheim an der Ruhr\n\n08:30 – Arrival and coffee [Plenary se
 ssion – Room R4-0.213]\nOnce you’ve walked through the automatic HRW e
 ntrance doors\, do not go up the blue stairs\, but keep a right and pass t
 he illuminated HRW logo to enter into the corridor. Follow the signs to th
 e plenary workshop room.\n\n09:00 – Welcome session &amp\; introductions
 \n\n 	Welcome to HRW.\n 	Welcome by CHARM-EU: Annet van der Riet\, Natalii
 a Lazebna:\nExplanation of meeting aims from the CHARM-EU Professional Dev
 elopment team.\n 	Icebreaking.\n\n10:30 – Coffee break &amp\; gallery wa
 lk\n\n10:45 – Design Thinking 1.0\nDeciding on event collaboration topic
 s (voting).\n\n11:15 – Design Thinking 1.0 [Breakout sessions]\nExplorin
 g challenges and stakeholder perspectives\n\n12:30 – Networking lunch\n\
 n14:00 – Design Thinking in practice [Breakout sessions]\n\nBrainstormin
 g collaboration opportunities.\n\n15:45 – Coffee break &amp\; gallery wa
 lk [Plenary session – Room R4-0.213]\n\n16:00 – Design Thinking in pra
 ctice [Breakout sessions]\nTranslating collaboration opportunities into co
 ncrete solutions\n\n17:00 – 30-minute wrap-up [Plenary session – Room 
 R4-0.213]\nRecap of the day and reflections.\n\n19:00 – Joint dinner in 
 the city center. Location will be communicated closer to the event.\n\nMar
 ch 19 - Day 2\n\n\nLocation: Campus Parkstadt\, Wissollstraße 19\, 45478 
 Mülheim an der Ruhr.\n\n08:30 – Arrival and coffee [Plenary session –
  Room R4-0.213]\n\n09:00 – Welcoming visiting CHARM-EU educationalists a
 nd introductions\n\n09.30 – Collaborative design exercise:\nConcept prot
 otyping and testing of concrete solutions\, building on the previous day
 ’s efforts.\n\n11:45 – Coffee break &amp\; gallery walk\n\n12:00 – P
 resentations of prototypes &amp\; gallery walk\n\n13:00 – Closing remark
 s\n\n13:15 – Lunch &amp\; goodbye\n\nOnline follow-up meeting (Day to be
  confirmed)\n\n\nDuring the event\, we will schedule two online follow-up 
 meetings. One for the smaller collaborative groups\, per topic\, and one f
 or all of the participants.\n\nBefore the in-person event\, we schedule an
  online introduction meeting with two objectives:\n\n 	Participants introd
 uce themselves and their local approach for professional development\, all
  using a similar template for presentations.\n 	Exploring challenges/topic
 s/ideas that will be discussed during the in-person event. These should be
  focused on opportunities for collaboration within the alliance.\n\n17:00 
 – Cultural activity (Optional\, but exceedingly fun): A cultural and his
 torical tour through Mülheim with the CHARM-EU Peek App. The tour starts 
 at the entrance to HRW on its Parkstadt Campus\, the venue for the next da
 ys’ workshop: Wissollstraße 19\, 45478 Mülheim an der Ruhr (refer to t
 he travel information document for a more detailed description). The Peek 
 App tour terminates in the Old Town\, where you can join a self-funded\, p
 re-event dinner around 19:00 (the restaurant will be communicated closer t
 o the event). Or you can directly join us there.\n\n19:00 - Dinner (Option
 al and self-funded\, but gemütlich) joint dinner\n\nLocation: Campus Park
 stadt\, Wissollstraße 19\, 45478 Mülheim an der Ruhr\n\n08:30 – Arriva
 l and coffee [Plenary session - Room R4-0.213]\nOnce you've walked through
  the automatic HRW entrance doors\, do not go up the blue stairs\, but kee
 p a right and pass the illuminated HRW logo to enter into the corridor. Fo
 llow the signs to the plenary workshop room.\n\n09:00 – Welcome session 
 &amp\; introductions\n\n 	Welcome to HRW.\n 	Welcome by CHARM-EU: Annet va
 n der Riet\, Nataliia Lazebna:\nExplanation of meeting aims from the CHARM
 -EU Professional Development team.\n 	Icebreaking.\n\n10:30 – Coffee bre
 ak &amp\; gallery walk\n\n10:45 – Design Thinking 1.0\nDeciding on event
  collaboration topics (voting).\n\n11:15 – Design Thinking 1.0 [Breakout
  sessions]\nExploring challenges and stakeholder perspectives\n\n12:30 –
  Networking lunch\n\n14:00 – Design Thinking in practice [Breakout sessi
 ons]\n\nBrainstorming collaboration opportunities.\n\n15:45 - Coffee break
  &amp\; gallery walk [Plenary session - Room R4-0.213]\n\n16:00 – Design
  Thinking in practice [Breakout sessions]\nTranslating collaboration oppor
 tunities into concrete solutions\n\n17:00 – 30-minute wrap-up [Plenary s
 ession - Room R4-0.213]\nRecap of the day and reflections.\n\n19:00 – Jo
 int dinner in the city center. Location will be communicated closer to the
  event.\n\nLocation: Campus Parkstadt\, Wissollstraße 19\, 45478 Mülheim
  an der Ruhr.\n\n08:30 – Arrival and coffee [Plenary session - Room R4-0
 .213]\n\n09:00 - Welcoming visiting CHARM-EU educationalists and introduct
 ions\n\n09.30 – Collaborative design exercise:\nConcept prototyping and 
 testing of concrete solutions\, building on the previous day’s efforts.\
 n\n11:45 – Coffee break &amp\; gallery walk\n\n12:00 – Presentations o
 f prototypes &amp\; gallery walk\n\n13:00 – Closing remarks\n\n13:15 –
  Lunch &amp\; goodbye\n\nDuring the event\, we will schedule two online fo
 llow-up meetings. One for the smaller collaborative groups\, per topic\, a
 nd one for all of the participants.
CATEGORIES:Innovation,Inter-Institutional Working Groups,Teaching
LOCATION:Würzburg University\, Emil-Fischer-Straße 70\, Gebäude 70\, 970
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