PRISMA Sprinkles

Counseling & Mentoring Sessions
Sprinkles table: columns represent different Sprinkles and rows provide information about each Sprinkle

Abstract

Through the 1:1 sessions, PRISMA inspires and supports instructors (who teach at the BSc level) to introduce interdisciplinary and critical thinking elements – the so-called Sprinkles – into fundamental BSc lectures, so that students can learn how to incorporate technical and social and personal competencies right away. Through the sprinkles, PRISMA aims to help students see the broader picture, develop curiosity for other fields and an integrative perspective on science and technology.

Learning Objectives

  • Students should widen their horizons further than the raw theory of the specific subject they are learning about
  • They should know the historical background that fostered/allowed for the development of the technologies/theories they are learning about
  • They should have seen several practical applications of these technologies/theories
  • They should know what the social impact of these technologies/theories is
  • They should know how the lecture contect connects to other disciplines and who they would need to collaborate with to work on real-world applications. Also, we expect them to be more open-minded an curious regarding other fields different from the own one
  • They should have a critical mindset and question the information they are given
  • They should be able to discuss the ethical implications of what they just learned
  • They should have participated more actively in the course than in classical lectures

Content

A Sprinkle is small element that can be integrated into the lecture and should help the attending students to either interact among them, critically reflect about the subject or put their learnings into context. It should not change the content of the course significantly, but rather the way it is taught. We provide a personalised set of Sprinkles to each participating lecturer. First, we hold an introductory meeting with the lecturer to get a first intuition for the way in which the lecture is being taught. We then prepare an extensive table of suggestions, referring to a certain section in the lecture notes, out of which the lecturer picks a couple to be implemented.

Academic Semester

Spring Semester 2022

Location

  • Online

Audience Size

NA people

Target audience

Everyone

Language

English

Comment

Only for BSc lectures

Organiser

PRISMA

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Collaborators

VSETH, LET
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Time period

22.02.2022 - 01.09.2022