ELLS Institutional Learning Sessions are offered by at least one ELLS staff member. These in-person seminars or online webinars focus on a specific topic and enable the exchange of best practices within ELLS staff.

Objectives

Promote structured institutional learning processes across partner universities.
Maintain and contribute to the alliance?’s institutional memory.
Ensure systematic documentation of experiences, implementation practices, and lessons learned.
Facilitate cross-partner reflection and knowledge exchange during designated learning events.
Ensure that knowledge, experiences, and insights generated through joint activities are systematically shared, reflected upon, transmitted to Task Forces and Subject Areas, and embedded into institutional practices across partner universities.

Upcoming ELLS’ ILS

Short description: Open Educational Resources (OER) as an important part of the Open Science movement make teaching and learning materials freely accessible, adaptable, and reusable. In this webinar, we will explore the basic principles of OER, their benefits for higher education, and practical ways to find, use, and share open materials. Participants will gain an overview of key concepts, licensing issues, OER-publishing and first steps toward integrating OER into their own teaching practice.

Target audience: Teachers, lecturers, instructional designers, e-learning staff, educational developers, students, and everyone interested in open education and digital teaching resources.

Date and time: 19 June, 9:00– 10:30 am (Vienna time)

Webinar link_ The webinar link (run as a ZOOM Meeting offering the opportunity for a better personal contact) is provided here: https://bokuvienna.zoom.us/j/62418085001

Recording: The recording will be available after the webinar: [link will be provided after the webinar]

Short description: How can students gain hands-on research experience before their bachelor’s or master’s thesis while also receiving academic credits? In this webinar, NMBU will present Students in Research, an initiative that connects students with real research projects across academic fields. We will share how the initiative works in practice, how it was developed and implemented at NMBU, and what the future of the initiative will look like. The aim is to inspire other universities in the ELLS network to explore similar initiatives.

Target audience: Researchers, educators, instructional and learning designers, and students.

Date and time: 29 May 2026, 10:00 – 11:00 am (Oslo time)

Webinar link: https://nmbu.zoom.us/j/69710075946

Recording: The recording will be available after the webinar: [link will be provided after the webinar]

Do you have an idea for a future ELLS’ILS?

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Online teaching Student enrolment AI in education AI in university administration Challenge-based education Sustainability in institutions Career development Mental health Safety and security Inclusivity and accessibility Dropout of students

Past ELLS’ ILS

Led by Geir Löe, Senior International Advisor, SLU
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Led by Marc-Jan Zeeman and Jetske ten Caat, WUR
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Led by Tjallie Botden, Senior Policy Officer Education Cooperation, WUR
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