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Transparency and communication within study programmes
The study programme’s vision on communication
The Programme Committee is the body that is responsible for the education policy, education organisation and quality assurance of a study programme. Various internal and external stakeholders (e.g. students, teachers, alumni, representatives of the professional field) are involved in the education (policy) process: it …
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What role do work placements have in the Ghent University vision on education and the educational monitor?
Qualitative work placements perfectly connect to the six strategic educational goals, which are the translation of the Ghent University vision on qualitative education. These educational goals, in turn, are further developed in the operational goals of the programme monitors. The tip is based on the Ghent University vision on work …
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Portfolio: a Versatile Teaching and Assessment Method
Are you looking for a way in which students can keep track of their learning progress? Or are you looking for an assessment method that allows room for student creativity? This and many other applications are possible with the portfolio.
What is a Portfolio?A portfolio is a targeted collection …
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Voluntary work placements: operational framework
On June 29, 2020, the Education Council of Ghent University approved the policy text ‘Ghent University vision on work placement’. This note includes the following about voluntary work placements:
Allowing voluntary work placements and activities in Belgium and abroad is a faculty decision. Voluntary work placements are work placements and … Read more -
Work placement Glossary
Using the right terminology for a work placement is important. Below you will find the correct terms used at UGent, in Dutch and English.
Dutch 1. Soorten stage Stage Geheel aan geïndividualiseerde begeleidingssituaties en zelfstandige leersituaties tijdens een periode van ervaringsleren in de beroepspraktijk waarbij de student wordt ingeschakeld in … Read more -
Lecture Recordings at Ghent University: Policy Framework
Lecture recordings at Ghent University are implemented in a well-considered and feasible manner. This is based on research, the importance of on-campus presence, and our general Ghent education policy.
Evidence-basedRecent research into lecture recordings (Dommet et al., 2019; Bailly et al., 2022) tells us that:
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The Captain System
What is the captain system?
The captain system is a kind of group work in which students work together on a weekly basis in groups of three to six people. In each class session, one group member is appointed as captain.
The captain may be assigned various roles:
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Quizzes (Ufora)
The Ufora tool Quizzes (Tests in Dutch) is an online assessment environment that is embedded into the electronic learning environment Ufora. The tool can be used as an assessment tool but also as an online exercise platform for students. Setting up, holding and grading the assessment all happens in the …
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How to Go About Correct and Efficient Marking?
Lecturers want to (and should) assess every student fairly. At Ghent University, we use our assessment policy and quality assurance measures to raise awareness among lecturers vis-à-vis possible assessment biases – and in so doing, we reduce the effects of such unintended bias – and to focus on techniques for …
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Project-based Education: a Cross-curricular Solution to a Complex Problem
Are you looking for a teaching method that allows students to tackle complex, interdisciplinary or cross-curricular issues? Do you want to enhance the integration of content and skills on the long term? Project-based education is a strong teaching method to reach these goals!
Project-based Education: What?A project is a …
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How to Build Learning Paths in Ufora
A digital learning path, explicitly outlined by the lecturer in the form of a trajectory, is a useful tool for students to gain knowledge and insights. Creating learning paths in Ufora using the ‘Content’ tool is easy. This Education Tip shows you how.
What is a Learning Path?A learning …
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Interim Assessment: an Overview of the Possibilities
During teaching, it is important to build in moments of interim assessment at so-called ‘key moments’. This way you can not only determine a score (i.e. assessment of learning), but also get information on how students are progressing in their learning process (i.e. assessment for learning). Interim assessment …
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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 apply these …
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Work Placement: Points to Consider for Study Programmes
What?
A work placement is a set of independent learning and individual coaching situations. During experiential learning in professional practice, students participate in the day-to-day business of a host organisation. The purpose of a work placement is to practice and apply profession-oriented knowledge, skills and attitudes. It is the course …
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Self-Assessment
What is Self-Assessment?
Self-assessment is the process in which students critically analyse and evaluate their actions and/or performance quality using a set of predetermined criteria. It enables them to identify and reflect on their strengths and weaknesses.
Self-assessment teaches students how to improve their achievements. It is a potent teaching …
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Learning Materials: How to Make Them Clear and Accessible?
By learning materials, we refer to all the supporting materials that your students need to achieve your predetermined goals, e.g. your syllabus, slides, (academic) articles, (transcripts of) knowledge clips, etc. Drawing up, structuring and designing your learning materials in a well-considered manner will support your students' learning process and thus …
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On-Campus Written Exam: Closed Questions
This Education Tip contains information on different types of closed questions, when to use them, how to design high-quality closed questions and how to assess them.
What are Closed Questions?Closed questions require the student to recognize the correct answer and choose one or more options from a list of …
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Blended Mobility
Blended Mobility: What?
During blended mobility initiatives, students take a course unit at a foreign partner institution which comprises an online component and a short-term physical component. These components are flexible in sequence and length. Students earn credits through a Transcript of Records, which is recognised by their home institution. …
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What does the COP Work Placement do?
Ghent University has formed a Community of Practice about work placements (COP Work Placements) to support study programmes and work placement providers with learning process supervision of students undertaking an work placement.
This COP work placements offers primary information (for example: How can you phrase, realize and evaluate work placement … Read more -
How to Stimulate Students' Language Development?
As a lecturer, you can boost your students' academic language acquisition. Such a language-developing didactic approach is based on three pillars: creating a context, interacting with your students and offering language support. This educational tip explains the three pillars, illustrated with practical examples.
How do you create a context?The …
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