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Assesment Reflection
The assesment reflection (part of UGI, section evaluation and testing) is a tool which was developed to make figures/data available to lecturers, programme committees and examination committees in a convenient way in order to reflect on evaluations. The assessment reflection tool contributes to the quality assurance concerning the assesment vision …
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Fire Alarm During an Exam: What to Do?
Safety always comes first, even during an exam. If the fire alarm goes off, everyone has to leave the building. The education tip below explains the difference between an evacuation alarm and a warning alarm. It also explains how to prepare for an evacuation.
When to Evacuate?It …
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Work Placement: How to Align Expectations with the Students and How to Decide on the Supervision?
How to Align Work Placement Expectations?
One of the key factors for a successful work placement is communicating in advance on what the expectations are. It is natural for all the parties involved to start a work placement from their own initial situation. That’s why it is important not …
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Grade Conversion at Ghent University
What?
The way grades are awarded abroad (and at universities in the French Community) may differ from grading practices at Ghent University. A transparent conversion into Ghent University examination marks is therefore necessary. Ghent University is an international forerunner in terms of ECTS and aims to apply ECTS methodology …
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Heterogeneous student groups: how do you deal with them?
Do you notice different levels of ability amongst students when you lecture or guide them? This education tip gives you several practical suggestions on how to respond to that heterogeneity.
What are 'heterogeneous student groups'?Different student characteristics can be the cause of a heterogeneous group. These …
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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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Fraud Prevention before, during and after a Paper or Digital Exam
A well-organised exam is a significant step towards avoiding errors and fraud. This Education Tip offers some helpful guidelines to make everything run as smoothly as possible. Also, make sure whether your faculty has drawn up specific additional guidelines, as the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration has. Have you …
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Special Status and (Exam) Accommodations: Regulations, Procedures and House Rules
An overview of the various special statuses and corresponding information for students can be found on the student portal.
The procedures for applying for and granting special status and (examination) accommodations are run entirely through OASIS.
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How can you find a suitable work placement?
A good ‘match’ between an intern and an work placement provider is beneficial to both parties. This educational tip explains how both students and study programmes can find possible work placements and which platforms are helpful for finding a suitable work placement.
(Aligning the expectations between intern and work …
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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, …
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Peer Feedback: Learn More From a Peer
Peer feedback is feedback given by peers (i.e. one’s equals). Based on clear assessment criteria, peer feedback teaches students to look critically at the quality of their own work and the behaviour they have displayed, as well as that of others. It is a process that lays bare one’s strengths …
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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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Flipped Classroom: a Traditional Lecture Revisited
If you are looking for ways to use your lecture period more effectively, consider allowing the students to acquire the learning content autonomously in advance and use your lecture period for in-depth learning activities according to the flipped classroom model.
What is a Flipped Classroom?In a …
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Student Talent Development in the Faculty
The following Education Tip gives inspiration to write the chapter on 'Student Talent Development' of the Faculty Monitor. If applicable, separate suggestions are given for the PLAN and the DO. Plan
The faculty pursues a policy that is focused on maximising opportunities for all students. Indicate below the …
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Learning Analytics: What to Learn from Them as a Lecturer?
What are Learning Analytics?
The term Learning analytics refers to “the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts (1), for purposes of understanding and optimizing learning (2) and the environments in which it occurs”.
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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 …
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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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Online Teaching Community
For Whom?
The online teaching community welcomes lecturers, education support staff, and all other staff members contributing to education at Ghent University.
What?An easily accessible MS Teams platform brings together colleagues from related disciplines, or working with similar teaching methods. Members acquire better insight into new …
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Ghent University Practices
Ghent University staff can use the Education Tips platform to gain inspiration from colleagues. In addition to the Education Tips, the platform also bundles Ghent University practices submitted by lecturers and study programmes from all our faculties. Read this Education Tip to find out how to share your own practices …
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Building Self-Regulation Skills
What Are Self-Regulation Skills?
Students actively use self-regulation skills throughout a cyclical learning process (before, during, and after learning) to regulate their behaviour, thoughts and feelings in order to achieve their learning goals.
Self-regulation is a set of strategies that help students take control of their learning process, …
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