Welcome to EDLAB!
Resources for Students
Click here to read about our Student-Meet sessions, EDLAB’s student advisory board, and Maastricht University’s Excellence programmes!
Resources for UM Staff
Click here to find information about toolkits, webinars, knowledge-clips, project reports, Teach-Meet sessions, and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) .
EDLAB and External Parties
Reach out to us if you are an external organisation or company, looking for ways to collaborate.
Check out and sign up for our upcoming events!

22 March 2023: Teach-Meet session on ‘How to evaluate our educational practice?’
– The (changing) nature of the evaluation of education
– Course & other content evaluation
– Evaluation of the learning process
– The student voice in the evaluation of education
We will provide drinks and snacks!

28 March 2023: Student-Meet session on 'Unleashing the Power from Within: Exploring Theories and Insights of (Study)Motivation'
If the answer is yes, you should come to EDLAB’s next StudentMeet!
We will explore theories of motivation and how they can be applied to education. We can’t wait to hear your unique perspective during our guided discussion on topics like incentives and intrinsic motivation.
Do you have questions about the topic? Feel free to ask our panel of experts during the event. At the end of the day, we hope you’ll leave with some tools you need to feel pumped for the rest of the academic year!
Come by for coffee, cake, and a discussion at EDLAB on Tuesday 28 March 2023, from 3:00-4:00.

19 April 2023: Escape the ordinary: Unleashing the potential of digital classrooms
Join us for an inspiring event for both students and teaching staff to unleash the potential of technology-enhanced education at UM!
Upcoming Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities for teachers

28 March 2023: Workshop Playing with ChatGPT
– How Large Language Models work
– Its strength and weakness
– The legal issues
– Discuss the implications for scientific (code) writing
– Work on potential changes in your teaching and assessment
– Discuss implications for sentience and consciousness

30 March 2023: Online Workshop Coaching Skills

4 April 2023: Workshop Stimulating Learning through Team-Based Assessment
If you want to learn more about this technique, then please sign up to this workshop where you will experience the 3 steps of this Team-Based Learning format yourselves.

18 April 2023: Workshop Fostering Teacher Wellbeing through Nature Connectedness
In this workshop, we will explore different scientifically established pathways to conscious nature connectedness that will help you to get the best out of being in nature, in order to aid your well-being. After spending this guided break of three hours in the outdoors, you will feel refreshed, energized, and strengthened.

20 April & 16 May 2023: Workshop Series Fostering Sustainable Development in Education and Teaching
"Making education everybody's business"
EDLAB connects the Maastricht University Teaching and Learning community to foster the continuous improvement of educational practices and the student learning experience.
Located at the Tapijn barracks in the city park, EDLAB is an educational expertise centre, creating and providing educational knowledge, network and support to the UM community.
We serve as a platform for educational development and community building through professionalisation, innovation, knowledge exchange and educational research.
In addition, EDLAB hosts our excellence programmes, offering students who want to go the extra mile a variety of educational activities in different stages of their curriculum.