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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 sent … Read more
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How to Assess Exemption Requests?
Assessing exemption requests is not always a straightforward matter. This Education Tip gives an overview of the most important points to consider when assessing exemption requests based on previously acquired credit certificates and previously acquired qualifications.
Please note: when a student requests an exemption based on previously acquired competencies, these …
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Curios
Curios is the online testing environment that is developed, maintained and supported by the Educational Technology Office of the Ghent University Information and Communication Technology Department. The environment has its own authoring environment and integrates smoothly with Ufora.
Curios is an extensive (and therefore somewhat more complex) testing environment with …
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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?
During the exam period, the Oasis team provides on-call support for technical issues related to entering exam marks and the deliberations.
Outside office hours you can reach the helpdesk at 09 264 96 89.
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Simulation education: a realistic, safe learning environment
Do you want to offer students opportunities to learn from real-life situations? Do you want to make this possible in a safe learning environment? Then working with simulations is a good option!
What is simulation education?In simulation education, you mimic a realistic context to give students the opportunity to …
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Internationalization of Students and Lecturers in the Faculty
The following education tip provides inspiration to write Chapter 'Internationalization' of the Faculty Monitor. If applicable, separate suggestions are given for the PLAN and the DO. Plan
The faculty internationalisation policy plan is in line with Ghent University’s vision and is attuned to the objectives as formulated in the Integrated …
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Student Presentations
Presentations, be they individual or in group, are a good way to assess the students’ language skills in combination with their knowledge, understanding and application. Read up on some tips here!
What is the “Presentation” Assessment Method?A presentation allows individual students or a group of students to present a …
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The Basics of Designing a Study Programme
Have you always wanted to know more about the ins and outs of a study programme? Is Programme Committee membership something that appeals to you? And do you want to know more about Ghent University’s study programme quality assurance? Are you a newly invested Programme Committee Chair and have you …
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Students’ Diversity Competencies: How to Put Them into (Teaching) Practice?
Strengthening your students' diversity competencies means preparing them to function in a diverse society and professional context. On the one hand, you can offer your students content-related knowledge about diversity as a social reality in relation to their discipline; on the other hand, learning to co-operate in a diverse setting …
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Master’s Dissertation: the Conditions
By decree, university students have to complete their studies with a Master's dissertation. It shows that a student can work analytically and synthetically, solve problems autonomously or make artistic creations. Ghent University imposes on all its study programmes a number of provisions as determined by the Education and Examination Code …
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Communication Tools in Ufora: an Overview
Clear and structured communication via Ufora is an absolute necessity for your students, especially in times of online or blended education. This page discusses how best to communicate, i.e. which are the proper Ufora tools.
You can find this page now on intranet: https://ugentbe.sharepoint.com/sites/intranet-ict/SitePages/en/Communiceren-via-Ufora.aspx?connectsource=TopicNavigator
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Structural Contact with Minors during the Work Placement: Mandatory Check of the Criminal Record Certificate
The Flemish Government has decreed that as of 1 February 2023 any organisation offering activities which involve the education, psycho-medical-social assistance, youth counselling, child protection services, supervision and animation of minors must carry out a mandatory check of the criminal record certificate of certain new employees. This mandatory check …
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What is New in the 2024-2025 Education and Examination Code?
During its meeting on 31 May 2024, the Board of Governors approved the Education and Examination Code for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Find out here what are the most notable changes and relevant additions for lecturers.
Plagiarism and AI ToolsConsidering the rapid evolutions in the field of GenAI, it …
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Virtual Reality? For Real! A Education Innovation Project
The Faculty of Sciences' 2017 education innovation project Virtual Reality (VR) offers a unique way of turning abstract concepts and phenomena into something concrete by means of direct sensory experiences. Read about he project's findings below.
What is Captain Einstein?The Faculty of Sciences experimented with its own VR creation …
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DUGA: a Quiz App for and by Ghent University Staff
DUGA (Dare to Game) is an app to organise online quizzes.The leaderboard provides a competition element before, during or after your lecture.
You can find this page now on intranet: https://ugentbe.sharepoint.com/sites/intranet-ict/SitePages/en/DUGA.aspx
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Central Education Monitor
In order to fully understand the monitors it is important to be aware of the underlying PDCA model, the operational objectives and indicators. Click here for more information on how the PDCA model should be interpreted when consulting a monitor.
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How to Assess Participation?
We all want our students to be involved and to participate actively in class. But how to assess that?
What is Participation?Participation includes students' commitment to e.g. talks, discussions, practicals, exercises... Please note, however, that the assessment of participation can only to a limited extent count towards the final …
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Master's Dissertation Survey
Each year, final-year students are given the chance to give feedback on their study programme by means of the Study Programme Feedback. Since 2020, the Study Programme Feedback question set contains a separate section on the Master’s dissertation: all final-year students in a Master’s programme are asked to give feedback …
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Extend Horizons: Internationalisation in the Study Programme: Students and Staff
The study programme pursues an internationalisation policy vis-a-vis students and staff. It invests in international initiatives in the curriculum, student mobility, and Internationalisation@Home experiences. This helps students develop their international and cultural competencies.
What?Ghent University study programmes introduce their students and teaching staff to international perspectives. Programme Committees …
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The Faculty’s Education Policy
The following education tip provides inspiration to write the chapter on 'The Faculty’s Education Policy ' of the Faculty Monitor. If applicable, separate suggestions are given for the PLAN and the DO. Plan
In line with the Ghent University Quality Assurance Conduct (Dutch: Eigen Regie), the faculty draws up a …
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