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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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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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Institutional Alumni Surveys at Ghent University
Organizing alumni surveys at Ghent University is not a new feature: central alumni surveys have taken place in the past, but were discontinued due to low participation rates (among other things). In the meantime, faculties and study programmes set up their own surveys. A new round of central alumni …
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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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Peer Teaching
Are you looking to involve students actively in their learning process? Do you want students to benefit from each other’s knowledge and experiences? Consider implementing peer teaching as a teaching and learning activity. This Education Tip explains the concept of peer teaching, its different types, advantages, and points to consider.
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Cultivate Talent: Development of Talent among Students and Staff
To foster talent development among students and lecturers, the study programme follows a policy that promotes well-being and is sensitive to diversity. The study programme ensures optimal orientation, remediation, supervision, and challenge for all students throughout their studies. In addition, the study …
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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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Sharing Lecture Recordings and Learning Materials: Dos and Don’ts
What are the do’s and don’ts of sharing lecture recordings and learning materials? This question has recently been prominent on lecturers’ and students’ (student unions’) minds. The answer to this question is not clear-cut. First and foremost, there is the legal framework provided by the Education and Examination Code. Then, …
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How to Achieve High-Quality Assessments?
As lecturer, when assessing, you may initially think of ways to determine how well students master the learning material and pre-determined competencies. But assessing involves more than that. This education tip explains the difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning and how to use both approaches …
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Right of Inspection for Students
Regulations and Procedure
The following addition has been included in the Higher Education Codex with regard to the right of inspection, taking immediate effect (i.e. from the current 2019-2020 academic year onwards):“With regard to examinations, the principle of public access to documents means that students are entitled to …
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Education and Quality Assurance Updates
September 2026 Updates launching the first term ‘First Lecture’ Sample Slides
At the start of the academic year, clearly communicate what you, the lecturer, and Ghent University as a whole expect of students. The handy overview on Education Tips tells you what you can and must communicate. …
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How to Set Up Seminars
What is a seminar? How does it differ from a practical or lecture? What can you use it for and how do you do that? What are benefits and points of interest? All explanations about seminars are offered in this education tip.
What is a seminar?A seminar …
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Written Exams: Open-Ended Questions
This Education Tip containts information on different types of open-ended questions, when to use them, how to design high-quality open-ended questions and how to mark them.
What are Open-Ended Questions?Open-ended questions are questions to which students have to produce their own answer. There are several types of …
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Student Reflection
Context
Ghent University has a long-standing tradition of student involvement. At Ghent University, student involvement can take different forms: student representatives contribute to and participate in the decision making process with regard to education at different levels (at the level of the study programme, the faculty and the university). …
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How to Enter Exam Marks in Oasis
How to enter exam marks in Oasis as a lecturer-in-charge, promotor, or proxy?
Procedure Go to http://oasis.ugent.be and log in with your UGent username and password. Select the menu ‘Lecturer-in-charge’ or ‘Promotor’ at the top of the page. To enter exam marks … Read more -
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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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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Written and Oral Assignments: How to Give Language Feedback and Assess Language Skills?
If you give your students a written or oral assignment, you will also need to provide feedback and assess their language use. This Education Tip tells you how to do that.
How to Give Language Feedback?Start with determining which competencies the student should acquire with the assignment. …
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How to Organize Group Work?
What is Group Work?
In group work, students work together as a team. Working together is essential. In one way, students acquire knowledge by working together on something; in another way, learning to better work together can be a goal in itself in group work.
When to Opt … Read more