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How to Organize (Blended) Practicals?
What is a practical? How do you prepare a practical? How do you ensure that students get the most out of your practical? This Education Tip provides answers to these questions and focuses closely on your role as a supervisor of practicals.
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Apollo 8 - Project 3: Future-proof Study Programmes
Future-proof Education at Ghent University: What?
Prompted by economic, social and environmental needs, the transformation of higher education is at a tipping point.
Moreover, the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitalisation process and provided additional innovation opportunities. With this project, and based on criteria stipulated in various European …
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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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The Buddy System
What is the Buddy System?
A buddy is a senior student who coaches a (new or junior) student. Buddies are not per se mentors who guide other students in terms of (course) content. Rather, they function as a liaison, an accessible and informal contact person for questions about student …
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What is a Training Agreement?
for each work placement, except for orientation work placements, a training agreement (also commonly referred to as "learning agreement") should be signed. This is a legally binding contract between the host organisation (as the ‘receiving’ organisation), Ghent University (as the ‘sending’ institution) and the trainee. Should various trainees be … Read more
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Generative AI in Ghent University Education: Impact and Approach
Latest update: 4 August 2026
Generative AI tools impact Ghent University education, the intended competencies/learning outcomes we want to foster, and the way we teach and assess. Learn how to adapt your teaching practice and how to use GenAI in the following Education Tip.
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Community Service Learning: Connecting Students and Society
If you want your students to contribute meaningfully to society, you might consider incorporating Community Service Learning (CSL) into your course unit.
Community Service Learning: What?Community Service Learning (CSL) is a learning-based teaching method that combines academic education with civic engagement in real-world environments, such as communities …
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Why does Ghent University think work placements are important?
Ghent Universty attaches great importance to work placement because they offer an added value, both for the students and the programmes. This educational tip will discuss that added value. The tip is based on the Ghent University vision on work placements, as approved by the Educational Council.
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How to Incorporate a Policy on Diversity into Your Study Programme
Diversity in Your Study Programme: Relevance?
Today’s society is very diverse. Inevitably, this means that our university and our study programmes face a number of challenges. Society needs highly educated knowledge workers who know how to deal with the present diversity. It is important, therefore, that students learn to …
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Study Programme Competencies (Programme-specific Learning Outcomes - OLR)
The following Education Tip provides inspiration for the chapter 'Study Programme Competencies (Programme-specific Learning Outcomes - OLRs)' in the Education Monitor. Separate suggestions are given for the PLAN and the DO sections, if applicable. Plan What are study programme competencies or study programme-specific learning outcomes?
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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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Ghent University Goes Blended
What is Blend@UGent? Definition
Blend@UGent is a well-considered and well-aligned mix of online and on-campus education. This means students actively work with learning contents, both individually and in interaction with each other and lecturers.
Ghent University redesigns its learning environment into a blend of active, evidence-based teaching, …
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Authentic Assessment of Communication Skills: Video Annotation as a Solution
This education tip is a report of a 2017 competitive educational innovation project
What?Authentic testing focuses on assessing students’ skills and insights in a situation that is (largely) in line with future professional practice. Authentic assessment expects students to demonstrate competences in a way in which professionals …
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Are You Allowed to Post YouTube Videos on Ufora?
If you want to use YouTube videos in your Ufora course, you should be aware of the relevant legislation. Read TechTransfer’s legal advice here and find out under which circumstances you can use those videos without any problems.
What Are the Conditions for Using YouTube Videos?…
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Study Programme Feedback by Students
Each year, all students in the last year of their study programme (e.g. at the end of the Bachelor’s programme) are given the chance to give feedback. Feedback on a study programme in its entirety is an important factor of quality assurance on the three policy levels: the university level, …
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Excursion: Introducing Your Students to Real Contexts
Does exposing students to the real context of a company, organisation or project provide added value? Then take the students on a excursion
What is an Excursion?On a excursion, you take your students to a company, an organisation, an institution, a museum, etc. You can either guide …
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Peer Assessment: Students Assessing Each Other
The method of peer assessment allows your students to also score each other's product in addition to providing content feedback (= peer feedback).
What is Peer Assessment?Using peer assessment or peer evaluation, students evaluate each other's input or performance by means of criteria that are either …
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Competency Model: the Competencies Fostered in our Training Offer
Ghent University’s training offer for individual lecturers (developed by the Education and Study Programme Support Team) aims to foster your teaching competencies. Among other things, it comprises:
didactic competencies we consider an essential prerequisite for premium-quality education. These competencies contain a growth perspective and are used in education … Read more -
Feedback after the Exam Period
In accordance with Article 60 of the Education and Examination Code, every student has the right to receive content-related feedback (which must be provided within the official feedback period). This feedback is an important element of the student’s learning process.
This Education Tip delves deeper into:
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How to Assess Group Work?
Think thoroughly about how to evaluate group work as the evaluation method strongly determines how the group functions. Determine in advance what you are evalutating. Determine who evaluates and make sure that the evaluation is valid, reliable and transparent.
What do you evaluate in group work?Determine, as …
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