{"id":86377,"date":"2018-04-12T15:48:22","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=86377"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:58","slug":"het-is-tijd-voor-nieuwe-spelregels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2018\/04\/12\/het-is-tijd-voor-nieuwe-spelregels\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s time for new rules in education\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The way universities organise their education is no longer up to date, says Farshida Zafar. She draws inspiration from unexpected quarters: the game world. \u201cIt\u2019s far better to let students determine their own route.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A quiet side street in the centre of The Hague, a building wedged between a skateboarding shop and a Thai restaurant. The blinded door swings open. A boy with tangled, dark hair and a black hoodie stands in the doorway. Behind him, under two clean strips of designer light, a handful of boys in dark clothing loom, each sitting or standing behind a screen. They look curiously; obviously a visit was not expected.<\/p>\n

\u201cOtherwise, come to the development agency I work with a lot,\u201d Farshida Zafar had said. Of course, we could also have met in her room on the campus to discuss Erasmus University\u2019s digital direction. But if we really want to think differently about education, we would do well to forget the university laws for a moment. And that\u2019s why we are here, a place from which academic education could learn a lot, she believes. A game studio. Waving cheerily, she appears \u2013 grey Nikes, black jeans \u2013 at the back of the industrial space, larking a little with the programmers. \u201cLet\u2019s sit right here,\u201d she says. \u201cCoffee?\u201d<\/p>\n\t

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Farshida Zafar is an online education and innovation project leader at the Erasmus School of Law. She led the university-wide vision process for online education within the EUR, and developed numerous new tools, such as a VR court for law students. She has received the Techionista Award<\/a> and the SURF Education<\/a> Award for her contribution to educational innovations.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

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Read part 1 in the series Education Pioneers<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t