From 8 to 10 October, our team participated in the ENLIGHT Teaching and Learning Conference in Uppsala. During this international event, we presented four innovative teaching practices that put active learning and student engagement at the forefront.

Our contributions:

• Integrating ChatGPT into Accounting Education: Preparing Future Accounting Professionals
  Eva Blondeel and Jens Verhofstadt presented a study on a GenAI workshop designed to enhance students’ AI literacy, critical thinking, and readiness for AI-augmented professional environments. One student also shared his personal experience with the workshop.
• Unlocking Success: A Gamified Approach to a First-Year Orientation Day
  Prof. Evelien Opdecam and Fanny B. discussed how game elements can successfully engage first-year students and support their transition into higher education.
• Build. Reflect. Redesign: Teaching Costing Techniques with LEGO
  Prof. Everaert demonstrated how LEGO bricks can be used to teach costing techniques through playful, hands-on learning experiences.
• Accounting on Board: Learning by Playing Monopoly
  Laura Claeys and Niels Garwig showcased how an adapted version of Monopoly can be used as an engaging teaching tool for accounting, encouraging co-creation and the sharing of classroom materials.

Three inspiring days filled with innovative ideas, collaboration, and creative approaches to teaching!