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During the last decade the need for didactic professionalization at universities has increased. Since the early 2000s, an increasing number of workshops, seminars and conventions were organized to enhance the teaching skills of lecturers and faculty members of the faculties of Bioscience-engineering, Engineering Science and Science. These professionalization activities consisted of different formats, and were supported by both university broad and discipline specific educational services within the university. Soon the three abovementioned faculties started to collaborate, as a fair amount of professionalization demands were identical within the different faculties. However, a need for a more tailored and approachable format was felt. This need was urged by the establishment of two new faculties, Architecture and Engineering Technology, also causing a geographical expansion from one to seven campuses. This paper elaborates on the development and benefits of an alternative peer-to-peer format, including the implementation of video-conferencing technology and adjustments to anticipate new trends in educational development or organizational preconditions. A SWOT-analysis of the current format is conducted, taking into account participation rates, opinions and findings of participants. Finally possible improvements and future plans are discussed.