Stichting Beeld & Geluid (Image & Sound Foundation) offers tailored educational classes for students of participating universities of applied sciences (hbo’s) across the Netherlands, covering themes such as civics, media literacy and disinformation.
As part of their offering, Beeld & Geluid has used Civinc as an innovative way to stimulate the discussion on these topics and draw out different perspectives amongst the student group. As part of a plenary lecture, students log into a Civinc session on their computer, respond to tailored thematic statements on the topic at hand, and are instantly matched to a peer with different views. In anonymous one on one chats, dozens to hundreds of couples exchange views at the same time.
The added value, according to Patricia van Rijswijk (teacher and course designer at Beeld & Geluid):
“The beauty of it is that peer pressure plays no role whatsoever when discussing any complicated or sensitive topic.”
Want to use it with your students? Civinc is free to use in higher education, so just shoot us an email (hello@civinc.co) or create your own account.
Civinc is completely free to use for teachers in Dutch hbo & wo. Fill in the form below and we will set you up with an account, so you can launch a dialogue session with your students in no time. Questions? Shoot an email at hello@civiinc.co!
If you would like to know more about the platform, brainstorm about if/how it can be relevant for your context, or ask a specific question: Contact us by filling out the form below, or shoot us a message directly at hello@civinc.co.
