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Exploring Teaching for Active Learning in Engineering Education
Enganging, Belonging, Learning
This conference is for you who want to motivate student participation and engagement in class. It is for you who want to design safe and engaging learning environments where students experience meaningfulness in the learning activities and develop a sense of belonging. Come and join workshops, presentations of work-in-progress and conceptual discussions that will inspire your future practices as engineering educators, educational managers and researchers.
The ETALEE2026 is organized by the IUPN network
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22 - 23 April, 2026
DTU Ballerup Campus, Lautrupvang 15, 2750 Ballerup
Meet the Keynotes
Søren Hansen
Assistant Professor, Aalborg University
About Søren Hansen
For more than 30 years, Søren has conducted research in the intersection between learning, creativity, and innovation. As an action researcher and consultant, he has participated extensively in research and development projects within education as well as in the public and private sectors. He has developed several models aimed at fostering creativity and psychological safety and has been instrumental in establishing multiple educational programs in creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Learning in Safe and Creative Learning Communities
Psychological safety and creativity are fundamental to the learning communities that students engage in — with teachers, supervisors, and fellow students. Safety and creativity are also two sides of the same coin, supporting and developing each other like best friends while forming the foundation for learning. Søren will present various models from his research and share examples from his own teaching on how educators and academic leaders can create safe and creative learning communities.
Eva Ulstrup
Senior Consultant at TEACH, University of Copenhagen
About Eva Ulstrup
The keynote will be delivered by Eva Ulstrup, Senior Consultant at TEACH, University of Copenhagen.
Eva’s PhD dissertation examined the correlations and discrepancies between pedagogical intentions and student participation in university teaching. Her work identifies five factors that influence student engagement and active participation.
What Influences Student Engagement?
This keynote focuses on student engagement and what teachers can do to motivate their students to actively participate in class. Drawing on Danish and international research, it explores questions such as: Which factors determine whether students listen attentively to lectures or instead turn to social media? What influences whether many students join classroom discussions, or only a few speak up? And what is decisive for whether students engage in preparatory reading or show up to class unprepared?
Program ETALEE 2026
Wednesday April 22
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Welcome and introduction
Keynote 1 Eva Ulstrup
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Parallel Session 1
Lunch
Parallel Session 2
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Networking
Travel to Restaurant
Dinner at Restaurant Bryggeriet Skovlyst
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Thursday April 23
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Welcome back
Keynote 2 Søren Hansen
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Lunch to grap
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Where and When
Join us at DTU Ballerup Campus
Lautrupvang 15, 2750 Ballerup
22 -23 April, 2026
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