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Virtual Mobility
Virtual Mobility: What?
Virtual mobility entails students taking one or more online course units at a foreign partner institution without physical travel. An internationally recognisable term for this principle is online distance courses. The co-ordinating institution awards the credits (ECTS), which are then recognised in the student’s home curriculum.
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Work Placement Competencies: Points to Consider
A high-quality work placement starts with a clear set of work placement competencies. Taking its cue from Ghent University's vision on work placements, as approved by the Educational Council this Education Tip highlights what points to consider with regard to work placement competencies.
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Fieldwork: Students Gaining Real-Life Experience
Do you want to give students a first real-life experience to ensure that they develop (technical) skills and also positively influence their attitude towards their field of study? Then fieldwork may be a suitable extension to your teaching practice.
What is Fieldwork?Fieldwork is a teaching method that …
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Omeka S: improving digital literacy through virtual exhibitions
What is Omeka S?
Omeka S(emantic) is a free and user-friendly open-source web publishing platform that allows you to
create, manage and share a digital collection of metadata; build a virtual exhibition through various media.Omeka S focuses on institutions and researchers who …
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Critical thinking: how do you teach that?
Critical thinking is not inherent in human nature. People tend to look for arguments that support their opinion, and avoid, ignore or minimise counterarguments. However, it is a university’s job to familiarise students with the essential 21st-century ability to learn to think critically. But how do you integrate that into …
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Written Exam: Closed Questions (Multiple Choice)
This Education Tip provides information on various types of closed questions, when to use them, how to design effective closed questions, and how to assess them.
What are Closed Questions?Closed questions require the student to recognise the correct answer and choose one or more options from a …
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Digital tools and methods: a faculty-wide Ufora course Digital Humanities: Learning Paths
In the context of the faculty educational innovation project ‘learning path digital literacy’ (in Dutch), the Faculty of Arts & Philosophy developed a faculty-wide Ufora course on digital tools and methods. This concept of a shared faculty learning platform makes it possible to bring expertise together and to spread …
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Sustainability: how can you implement this into your teaching practice?
Many of the current societal challenges such as climate change and growing social inequality are wicked issues. This means that there is not only a scientific discussion about these issues (What factual knowledge is there about that theme? What exactly is the problem?), but also a social discussion. In the …
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Cherry-Picking vs. Rocket Science: Choices and Opportunities for Tomorrow’s Education
Our education reverberates with yesterday’s crises and today’s challenges. Spurred on by individual lecturers and study programmes, Ghent University’s education community develops new practices to meet the needs of today’s professional field and society. Future-proof education, digital skills and lifelong learning take centre stage. But how can we capitalize …
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Education and Study Programme Support Team Contacts
On 10 February 2021, the Education Council ratified Ghent University's Education Support Services 2.0, consisting of general support services for study programmes and lecturers, and tailor-made support services for faculties and study programmes developed by the Education and Study Programme Support Team.
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Fraud, Plagiarism and Other Irregularities: How to Respond
At Ghent University, we promote fair play and strive to award veracious credit certificates. Before an exam or assignment, always inform your students about what constitutes fraud, plagiarism or irregularities at our university. Refer them to the Education and Examination Code (abbr. to OER in Dutch) and any additional faculty …
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Voice problems: how do you prevent them?
As a lecturer, you depend on your voice. However, there are many lecturers who suffer from voice problems. With these education tips you will be on your way to becoming The Voice of the UGent.
Pay attention to your body postureBe sure to stand in front of …
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Deferred Exam: When is a Student's Absence Legitimate?
What are legitimate reasons for a student to be absent from an exam and be entitled to a deferred exam? What are not legitimate reasons? You will find out in this Education Tip.
What are Legitimate Reasons of Absence from Exams?If a student is absent on the …
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Overview Faculties' Education Innovation Projects: from 1997 till Present
Looking for interesting education innovation projects? The overview below shows you a list of pdf-files organized per year with either summaries of the faculty innovation projects, project reports (up until 2013) or project proposals (from 2014 onwards). Allow yourself to be inspired!
(Please note that the files are …
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How to Assess Written and Oral Assignments?
How to Assess
Assessing a written or oral assignment is not always a straightforward matter. A student’s final mark depends on and takes into account various criteria. Assessors must take care to:
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Entrepreneurial Action: How to Put it Into (Your Teaching) Practice?
Teaching students to think and act in an entrepreneurial way is an important challenge for education. An entrepreneurial attitude prepares students for a future with new types of jobs, new social needs and complex problems.
Many people usually only associate entrepreneurship with starting or running their own business or …
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Assessment Matrix: the Perfect Tool for Valid Assessments
If you want to take a closer look at your assessment (methods), we can offer you an excellent tool to help: the assessment matrix. The education tip below provides you with more information.
What is an Assessment Matrix?An assessment matrix is a two-dimensional summary table that displays …
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On-campus and Online Oral Assessments
Find out here how to draw up and organise an oral exam, what points to consider when administering and assessing the exam, and what to keep in mind in the case of an online exam.
What is Oral Assessment?During oral assessments, individual students or groups of students …
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What Is Constructive Alignment and Why Is It So Important?
What is Constructive Alignment?
Constructive alignment means bringing into alignment the predetermined competencies, the learning and teaching activities, and the assessment types. It is one of the most influential principles in higher education.
When designing a programme or course unit, you should consider the following three questions:
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