ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference 2024 - Oct 7-9, 2024 - University of Tartu, Estonia

Event Overview

  • Date: October 7-9, 2024
  • Location: University of Tartu, Estonia
  • Theme: “Innovation and Creativity in Higher Education”

Conference Highlights

  • Annual event convening teaching staff, programme directors, educational developers, students, and other stakeholders
  • Focuses on sharing experiences and ideas on innovative teaching and learning practices
  • Aims to connect these practices with ENLIGHT educational goals

Program Features

  • Pre-conference on October 7 with longer workshops (for about 80 participants)
  • Main conference on October 8-9 with presentations, shorter workshops, poster presentations, and roundtable discussions
  • Variety of formats: oral presentations, poster presentations, workshops, and roundtables

Key Topics

  • Supporting creativity and innovation through active learning and engagement
  • Designing learning environments that foster creativity and innovation
  • GenAI’s impact on creativity
  • Society’s expectations for a creative university
  • Failure or a Creative Idea?
  • Challenges in assessing innovation and creativity

Participation

  • Each ENLIGHT university can send 20 participants
  • Open to academics, students, alumni, educational developers, and administrative staff from ENLIGHT universities

Special Feature

  • ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Award will be presented to a course that has implemented innovative international pedagogical approaches related to ENLIGHT educational aims