We are sharing some of the best practices and innovative approaches used at the ENLIVEN partner universities during the emergency situation.

All partners contributed with the materials, evaluations and insights, focused on teaching, developed to face the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The results of our interviews are organised by following two main question topics:

1. questions regarding re-organisation of education during the pandemic at institutional level.
2. questions regarding learning and teaching during pandemic.

You can read and download the results below:

Within the ENLIVEN project, Universität Hamburg is starting the second round of extracurricular virtual trainings for our student community from partners worldwide:

• 10. & 11. June 2022, Fri & Sat 14:00-19:30 local time Hamburg (CET): training “Let’s talk about Racism! Anti-Discrimination and Decolonisation” (in English language, together with German and international students).
• 24. & 25. June 2022, Fri & Sat 12:00-17:30 local time Hamburg (CET): training “Transcultural Awareness” (in English language, together with German and international students).

The trainings are free of charge and students will receive a certificate afterwards. The Zoom links will be sent to all registered participants on the day of the events by e-mail. Our trainers accept up to 20 students in each training, 10 places are reserved for students from partner universities.

Registration is possible by email to Ms Annika Johannsen (annika.johannsen@uni-hamburg.de) by May 20.

Photo Credit: UHH/Saint Pere

Designing Virtual Support Measures for Students in International Learning Environments

With the help of psychologists, neuroscientists, communication scientists and social networks/media experts we designed some possible solutions and strategies to overcome the problems identified during the firsts activities of the Intellectual Output 3. In particular we are building upon the Requirement Analysis Report where we have identified some key findings from online surveys carried out jointly by the Enliven partners.

Social dimension of learning and the necessity of developing new forms of virtual mobility for all

For various reasons, the majority of students will not be able to experience physical mobility, even after the pandemic. This report includes suggestions, recommendations and challenges on how digital learning environments can be shaped to enable those participating in a virtual exchange to have similar experiences and interactions as those who actually physically go abroad. We focus on the social dimension of intercultural learning and living in the digital world.

The complete report is now available:

Are you curious about the main difficulties in using digital platforms met by students and teachers?

We have identified some key findings from online surveys carried out jointly by the Enliven partners. These surveys describe what 1286 participants experienced during the academic year 2020/2021.

It is also the first step towards the goals expressed in the Intellectual Output 3 where we aim to create and disseminate in publicly accessible form guidelines on enabling and organizing international digital learning environments.

Based on the analysis some key findings were identified:

• 95% of respondents have experience using digital learning environments
• 22% of respondents claimed that they do not have enough technical knowledge to compile necessary educational resources
• 91% of respondents did not participate in international mobility in the academic year 2020/21
• 97% of classes were delivered online in the academic year 2020/21
• Only 27% of respondents used tools for engagements

More findings can be found in the report below:

We have published a document summarizing some of the existing virtual learning experiences and practices adopted by the Higher Education Institutions in Europe. In particular, the core task of this activity was to broaden the picture of how the COVID-19 emergency affected teaching and learning methods and approaches outside the ENLIVEN partner universities.

This document forms the basis for the next project activities which are described in the Intellectual Output 2. By integrating existing – state-of-the-art – data from outside the ENLIVEN partnership with our own research and experience we are laying solid foundations for the development of future e-courses and for an overall improvement of virtual learning activities.

You can read and download the Desk Research results below: