Nature and Adventure
Promoting Well-being 

Description
Urbanization is emerging as one of the most important global health issues of the 21st century, with cities becoming epicenters for chronic, non-communicable physical and mental health conditions. There is growing recognition of the crucial rol of forests and other green spaces adressing this public health care challenge, with over 40 years of research showing that experiences of nature are linked to a remarkable breadth of positive health outcomes: improved physical health and mental well-being, greater social well-being and promotion of positive health behavior. 

Still too often we don’t recognize the effect of nature and evironment on us. When working with clients we should be able to support them to manage everyday activities in their natural environment. This course will teach a mindset of using nature with our clients and to find out more about our own relation towards the environment and life that surrounds us. Making us realise the importance of environments and meaningful experiences for our clients and use them as a part of our work as health and social care professional. 

Pedagogy
Blended learning, partly online and an intensive part in the middle of nowhere (woods in Northern-Finland). Learning is based on teamwork and learning by doing 

Time and venue
Preparatory work in face-to-face education or distance learning, starting April 20th 2021 (student decides how to participate). Intensive part in Oulu and woods, Finland, May 25th – 30th 2021. 

Target group
BA and MA students from healthcare professions, social work/care. 

Credits
3 ECTS 

Cost
240 € (students of OAMK € 50)
Fee includes teaching, teaching materials, food and accomodation (in tents) from May 26th – 30th, travelling from Oulu to campsite and back.
Not included: flights to Oulu and back, accomodation in Oulu on May 25th 

Coordinating institution
Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland 

Registration
Register here
Registration until mid February and confirmation by the end of February

 Detailed Flyer

Promo Flyer

Important Dates

COHEHRE Webinar:
Parallel Sessions Part 1

Title
COHEHRE webinar: parallel sessions part 1

Description
Last year, the COHEHRE Research team accepted abstracts for presentation at the parallel sessions in the annual conference in Rotterdam. For the purpose of not losing any of the valuable time and effort the participants put in their presentation, they were given the opportunity to share their presentations in a webinar.
COHEHRE Research will be moderating this webinar in which 5 presentations of each 12-15 min. will be featured.
An opportunity for Q&A will be foreseen after each presentation.

Presenters and subjects

Date and time
Tuesday June 1, 2021 at 15:00-17:00 CET

Registration
Register here

To take part in a webinar it would be advised to open the link in Chrome or Microsoft Edge in order to avoid joining problems.
The day before the webinar we will send you a reminder e-mail containing a link to the webinar.
This link will become active 15 minutes prior to the webinar start time.

International and intercultural competencies are considered to be of major importance to future graduates in higher education. Yet, the international classroom does not foster these competences automatically; the desired exchange between students with different cultural backgrounds is all too often not taking place. Scholarly research confirms that exposure is not the same as competence (Van de Berg et al., 2012; Brinkmann & Van Weerdenburg, 2014). If the cultural capital present in the international classroom is not being observed, and not actively used, it is also not very likely to produce the desired outcomes.

In this webinar we will present a Comenius Senior Fellow project for which Hanze received a two year grant. This project aims at developing and facilitating educators who are confidently addressing (culturally) different perspectives relevant in both theory and practice. We are inspired by the concept of commitment in relativism (Perry, 1970; Kurfiss, 1981), i.e. an ability to make educational and didactical choices in a more conscious way, rooted in close review of an international educational context, meanwhile still authentically adhering to a particular point of view, or to a particular school of thought.

We aim to achieve this by developing the following instruments:

1. transferable techniques for internationalized program and curriculum design;
2. providing a learning community where lecturers practise to enact cultural sensitivity (IC-studio)
3. a (digital) IC ToolShed with best practices of intercultural effective didactics;
4. a student survey for measuring the effects of our actions.

The project will have a direct impact on 36 lecturers and close to 600 students from within three different schools (Business, Health and Life Science).

Presenters
Henk Willemsen, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, MLI, RPT, School of Health Care Studies
Marcel van der Poel, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, PhD, International Business School
Drs. Peter Dammers, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Institute for Life Science & Technology

Date and time
Thursday June 3, 2021 at 16:30-17:30 CET

Registration
Register here

To take part in a webinar it would be advised to open the link in Chrome or Microsoft Edge in order to avoid joining problems.

COHEHRE Webinar:
Parallel Sessions Part 2

Title
COHEHRE webinar: parallel sessions part 2

Description
Last year, the COHEHRE Research team accepted abstracts for presentation at the parallel sessions in the annual conference in Rotterdam. For the purpose of not losing any of the valuable time and effort the participants put in their presentation, they were given the opportunity to share their presentations in a webinar.
COHEHRE Research will be moderating this webinar in which 4 presentations of each 12-15 min. will be featured.
An opportunity for Q&A will be foreseen after each presentation.

Presenters and subjects

Date and time
Tuesday June 8, 2021 at 15:00-16:30 CET

Registration
Register here

To take part in a webinar it would be advised to open the link in Chrome or Microsoft Edge in order to avoid joining problems.
The day before the webinar we will send you a reminder e-mail containing a link to the webinar.
This link will become active 15 minutes prior to the webinar start time.

Rethinking internationalisation of the home curriculum

Description

During the current COVID-19 crisis, people often remark that is time to focus on internationalization at home because students cannot go abroad. However, internationalization at home it is not an alternative to mobility. Rather, it forms the basis for internationalization for all students. When student mobility will resume it will be, like before, for a small minority of (privileged) students. The great majority of students will continue to depend on the home curriculum for global, international and intercultural perspectives. So, while mobility of the majority of students has not changed as a consequence of COVID-19, this is a good time to rethink the internationalization of our curricula.

During this course we will work hands on, starting with the vision on internationalization of each programme of studies, rethinking that if required. We will then engage with the instruments that shape internationalization of the curriculum, including virtual exchange and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL). We will practice articulating learning outcomes of programmes of study and of modules that form the curriculum.

Sessions will consist of input, discussions in teams and plenary discussion. Between the sessions, participants will work on assignments for their own study programme. They will upload these and receive feedback. Half way between the formal sessions, there will be informal sessions for discussion and questions.

Objectives
Main objectives of the course:

• The participants have working knowledge of internationalization of the home curriculum, its rationales, aims and its potential
• The participants are able to articulate international and intercultural aspects of the curriculum by internationalizing learning outcomes and assessment

Venue
Online, Microsoft Teams

Time

Wednesday 15 September 10.00-13.00 CET (session 1)
Thursday 30 September 11.00-12.00 CET (informal session)
Tuesday 19 October 10.00-13.00 CET (session 2)
Tuesday 2 November 10.00-11.00 CET (informal session)
Thursday 18 November 10.00-13.00 CET (session 3)
More details on the sessions can be found in the flyer below.

Target group
Teachers, Course/department leaders, curriculum developers, international coordinators
We recommend at least two people form each institution to join. This will enable each university to develop their own internationalization at home (it is based on teamwork).

Cost
For each COHEHRE member organization:
1 person from each organization: 200€ per person
2 to 4 persons from the same organization: 300€ per two to four persons

Maximum 40 people, first come first served.

Coordinating institution & contacts
COHEHRE Academy
Margit Eidenberger
Kate Meier

Registration
Register here
Registration deadline: the 30th of June 2021

Flyer

NEW ERASMUS 2021-2027

Theme of the course
During their professional education and postgraduate studies and their working life, many health care professionals (but also other professionals) nowadays plan some time abroad encouraged by their faculty management to broaden their personal and professional expertise. Others plan multi-centered cooperation/research activities, which include the home university as well as selected partners. International coordinators are the ones to support these activities and should therefore be up-to-date and familiar with the Erasmus+ to facilitate all of the before-mentioned activities,

Within the European Union, the Erasmus+ project was established to increase student and staff exchanges. The costs of these activities are EU funded and can be reimbursed to participants, if they apply for it through their international office.

Eventually different persons shy away from applying because of bureaucratic demands or other shortcomings, such as language proficiencies. The EU encourages all applicants, and especially those with a not so well-financed background or other social hindrances to apply for funding.

Health care professionals can benefit in learning new and different points of view related to one´s own study topic. Coming back, they will be able to proffer new insights and also in the long-term, society can benefit from an intereuropean/worldwide exchange, which is one of the goals of Erasmus.

They will profit in building/deepening personal capabilities (e.g. social, language, research, cooperation) and professional expertise and how to represent one’s own profession. They will also broaden their inter-cultural competencies and become global citizens.

Main objectives of the webinar and consultancies:

• To enhance the familiarity with prerequisites to plan Erasmus funded activities.
• To learn about different steps to be undertaken in reasonable time slots with home university and partner university for student/staff exchange or shared research/cooperation.
• To help international coordinators in doing the specific task of facilitating staff/student exchange
• To be given tips on how to write a successful proposal for application meeting the pre-fixed deadlines.
• To enhance familiarity with templates/documents demanded by the European Commission and the participating agencies NAs and the EACEA.
• To learn about personal skills to be possibly improved by using Erasmus and how these will be possibly implemented into a.o. health care professions and society, as well as in other professions, linked to the COHEHRE wide range of members and partners.

Programme
The New Erasmus 2021-2027 consists of 3 parts

1.General activity
New Erasmus for Lecturers – New challenges and “how to connect“ interdisciplinarity and Intereuropean dialogue”, “inclusiveness” and “green deal”
Webinar: 21.10.21 15:30-16:30 CET

2.Consultancy 1
New Erasmus for students & staff (blended) mobility – prerequisites, overview of possibilities and internships for 2021-2027 in accordance with opportunities offered by International Offices
Deadline for questions for consultancy 1: 5th of November
Corresponding address for questions: Margit.eidenberger@fhgooe.ac.at 
Online: 09.11.21 15:30-17:00 CET

3.Consultancy 2
New Erasmus for projects
Deadline for questions for consultancy 2: 19th of November
Corresponding address for questions: Margit.eidenberger@fhgooe.ac.at 
Online: 23.11.21 15:30-17:00 CET

At the Spring conference in Rotterdam May 2022, a Webinar (2h) will be organised with open consultancy as follow-up.

Target Group
Lecturers who are interested to go abroad in the new Erasmus period or who are interested to work in cooperation with other universities (from programme and partner countries). International coordinators who are going to facilitate staff and student exchanges.

Keywords
New Erasmus, student/staff exchange, shared cooperation/research activities, inter-university/inter-European/worldwide links

Registration
Free participation.
Register here

CREATING A SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO FIGHT POVERTY

Keywords
social innovation / incubation / poverty /  Human Centered Design / SDGs / Impact / sustainability / team work / reflective learning /  interdisciplinarity / empathy / compassion / change.

Short description
“No Poverty” is the Sustainable Development Goal number 1. Poverty is a global problem on many levels. Living in poverty causes inequality and hardship in nutrition, education, health and various other aspects. Poverty is often inherited. Social entrepreneurship is one way to address these issues. Students work in interdisciplinary teams to explore, research and understand real world problems around poverty and empathize with people to solve problems and create solutions. Creativity and the ability to develop better solutions together are key competences in future work life.

Validation
5 ECTS

Dates
6 weeks from 04.11.2021-11.12.2021
See Info Sheet below for the schedule.

Tools
Online team work on Microsoft Teams & online collaboration tools (camera and mic required)
Working time in Central European Time zone (CET)

Outline / schedule
100% online course
Workload 10-15h/week or at least 90 hours
80% of teacher-led activity is mandatory

Teacher-led activity two times a week for 6 weeks (mandatory)
Mon & Thu 17:00 – 19:30 CET & Sat Kick-off and Closing 14:00-18:00 CET

Detailed information on programme, fees, registration, payment…
See information sheet below.

Registration
Extended registration deadline : 31.10.2021
Register here

Flyer

Information sheet

WINTER SCHOOL

Short description
We offer a unique opportunity to meet Swiss and international students to discuss similarities and differences when collaborating interprofessionally within the health and social system. Together, students of health professions and social work participate in role-play activities, study visits, group projects and interactive lectures to learn about working together in interprofessional teams, in different health and social systems and with clients from different cultures.

Target group
We welcome international future Health and Social Work Professionals from our partner institutions to join the 400 ZHAW BSc students in their third year of study in the fields of Midwifery, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Health Promotion & Prevention and Social Work.

Validation
 2 ECTS subject to 50-60 hours of student work. Preparatory assignment, full-time attendance during the 5 course days and successful end of week assessment are required. Participants can book one full-time course per week.

Dates
10.01.2022-02.02.2022, Zurich, Switzerland

Tools
Some courses are held online and others on-site. Please note that full-time presence in Winterthur is required for the on-site courses. Online courses do not require presence in Winterthur; you can study from the comfort of your home. Due to current epidemiological uncertainties, the format of the on-site courses might be subject to change.

Detailed information on programme, fees, registration, payment…
Check out the details here

NEW ERASMUS 2021-2027

Ready for the next deadline for Erasmus?

Theme of the course
During their professional education and postgraduate studies and their working life, many health care professionals (but also other professionals) nowadays plan some time abroad encouraged by their faculty management to broaden their personal and professional expertise. Others plan multi-centered cooperation/research activities, which include the home university as well as selected partners. International coordinators are the ones to support these activities and should therefore be up-to-date and familiar with the Erasmus+ to facilitate all of the before-mentioned activities,

Within the European Union, the Erasmus+ project was established to increase student and staff exchanges. The costs of these activities are EU funded and can be reimbursed to participants, if they apply for it through their international office.

Eventually different persons shy away from applying because of bureaucratic demands or other shortcomings, such as language proficiencies. The EU encourages all applicants, and especially those with a not so well-financed background or other social hindrances to apply for funding.

Health care professionals can benefit in learning new and different points of view related to one´s own study topic. Coming back, they will be able to proffer new insights and also in the long-term, society can benefit from an intereuropean/worldwide exchange, which is one of the goals of Erasmus.

They will profit in building/deepening personal capabilities (e.g. social, language, research, cooperation) and professional expertise and how to represent one’s own profession. They will also broaden their inter-cultural competencies and become global citizens.

Main objectives of the webinar and consultancies:

• To enhance the familiarity with prerequisites to plan Erasmus funded activities.
• To learn about different steps to be undertaken in reasonable time slots with home university and partner university for student/staff exchange or shared research/cooperation.
• To help international coordinators in doing the specific task of facilitating staff/student exchange
• To be given tips on how to write a successful proposal for application meeting the pre-fixed deadlines.
• To enhance familiarity with templates/documents demanded by the European Commission and the participating agencies NAs and the EACEA.
• To learn about personal skills to be possibly improved by using Erasmus and how these will be possibly implemented into a.o. health care professions and society, as well as in other professions, linked to the COHEHRE wide range of members and partners.

Consultancy: Are you ready for the next deadline for Erasmus?
Deadline for questions for consultancy 3: 20th of January 2022
Corresponding address for questions: margit.eidenberger@fhgooe.ac.at
Online: 25.01.22 15:30-17:00 CET

At the Spring conference in Rotterdam May 2022, a Webinar (2h) will be organised with open consultancy as follow-up.

Target Group
Lecturers who are interested to go abroad in the new Erasmus period or who are interested to work in cooperation with other universities (from programme and partner countries). International coordinators who are going to facilitate staff and student exchanges.

Keywords
New Erasmus, student/staff exchange, shared cooperation/research activities, inter-university/inter-European/worldwide links

Registration
Free participation.
Register here

PEDAGOGICAL BUILDING BLOCKS

for ONLINE LEARNING

Theme of the course

Pros & cons of online teaching pedagogical approaches

Main objectives of the webinar

• to gain knowledge of how different pedagogical approaches and online learning are related.
• develop practical skills and ideas on how to support your teaching with different pedagogies and digital tools. Transferring the knowledge gained to ones own teaching reality.
• to gain an understanding of the challenges that online learning has to different pedagogical approaches.
• to get an insight via “best practice examples” from different disciplines on how to efficiently teach online.

Target Group
Higher Education Institution Staff and managers interested in deepening their pedagogical knowhow for teaching online and be able to inspire online learning.

Dates

Online, Microsoft Teams, Central European Time

March 2nd, 15h-17h

March 16th, 15h-17h

March 30th, 15h-17h

April 13th, 15h-17h

April 28th, 15h-17h

Registration

Registration deadline: Monday February 28th
Register here

Detailed information on programme, fees, registration, payment…

See information in the flyer.