About the DRIVE Program
The TU/e DRIVE program fosters innovation in education through the use of educational technology (EdTech). DRIVE supports and empowers educators to improve the quality of education through the development and integration of digital tools and approaches within their classrooms.
DRIVE stands for Digital, Resilience, Innovation, Visionary, and Empower. These five principles underpin the program's mission: to embrace digital solutions, foster adaptive and resilient learning environments, stimulate educational innovation, develop visionary educational practices, and empower students as active participants in their own learning. The program aims to realize TU/e’s Vision on Education towards (1) learning in a flexible hybrid system to facilitate diverse learning paths, (2) an authentic, integrative, and activating educational concept: Challenge Based Learning, and (3) self-directed learning that acknowledges personal development and professional identity.
Based on the Vision on Education, results of the BOOST! program and (technological) developments in higher education and the world, the DRIVE program focuses on five topics:
- AI in education: Education for, with, and despite AI.
- E-assessment: Innovative assessment options using technology. Including assessment of competence and skill development, and a focus on challenge-based learning, collaborative learning and (peer)feedback.
- Learning Analytics: Use of data with the purpose of understanding and optimizing learning and teaching
- Flexibilization: Accessibility of educational resources for students and teachers beyond the course level, and opportunities for flexible learning and learning pathways
- Virtualization: Learning and teaching of knowledge and/or skills that are not possible with current (on-campus) resources. Including XR, VR, innovative lab education and gamification.
DRIVE consists of four interconnected routes which together support the achievement of the TU/e Vision on Education.
Route I – Educator-driven Innovation
Building on the success of BOOST!, DRIVE Route 1 is open to TU/e educators who wish to experiment with innovative approaches to teaching and learning using digital technologies. The program offers a structured opportunity to apply for funding and support to run pilots within the aforementioned five topics. For more information please visit our Call for Proposals webpage.
For an overview of running DRIVE Route 1 pilots, click here:
Contact Suzanne Groothuijsen (s.e.a.groothuijsen@tue.nl) for all questions about Route I.
Route II – Vision-driven innovation
This route initiates pilots that are necessary to realize TU/e’s Vision on Education, but are less likely to arise through Route I. Route II focuses on building a flexible and sustainable EdTech landscape by prioritizing strategic developments on the five topics at an institutional level. Each topic is led by a topic driver and a topic-specific multidisciplinary team. Together, they develop a roadmap and subsequently initiate pilots within their topic, based on input from educators and students. Together with ALT, learning communities are established around each topic to further strengthen efforts within each topic.
For each topic, a roadmap is established that outlines the vision for development on that topic and the (to-be) initiated pilots. For summaries of the roadmaps per topic, including links to the full roadmaps and contact info of the Topic Drivers, click here:
Contact Tessa Askamp (t.i.askamp@tue.nl) for all general questions about Route II, or the Topic Drivers for any topic-specific questions.
Route III – Scaling up beyond pilots
Education innovation pilots are mostly initiated and executed within a specific context of one or a few courses. All these pilot have added value for the quality of education in that context. Some pilots may also have potential beyond that, for other courses, departments or educational institutions. This route is dedicated to identifying high-potential pilots from BOOST! and DRIVE, and supporting their upscaling from small-scale pilot to larger scale adoption within TU/e and beyond.
For more information on ongoing developments in Route III, click here:
Contact Karel Aarts (k.m.a.aarts@tue.nl) for all questions about Route III and the ongoing developments.
Route IV – Organizational learning
Educational innovation requires an adaptive and forward-thinking organization. This route focuses on monitoring and stimulating the university’s development into an innovation-ready institution. It strengthens the university’s capacity to adapt to changes by improving internal processes, aligning policies, and connecting with national programs like Npuls. This route makes the organization more agile, so it can better support the ongoing implementation and sustainability of educational innovations.
Contact Ludo van Meeuwen (l.w.v.meeuwen@tue.nl) for more information about Route IV.
