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Who supervises the work placements?
Ghent University distinguishes between an academic promoter and an work placement supervisor for work placement guidance:
The academic promoter is the lecturer responsible for the work placement course unit within the study programme. They are the final responsible for the work placement course unit and decide on the final mark. … Read more -
Independent Work: Supporting Students to Process Learning Materials Properly
Do you expect your students to process teaching material individually and independently? Have you noticed that students do not always know how to get started? Then independent work is the solution.
What is Independent Work?Not all teaching material is covered in class. Students should acquire and process parts …
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What to Do in Case of Blank Exams or the "Absent" Code?
Not every student takes a complete exam for every course unit. This education tip helps you determine when to mark an incomplete exam and when to use the 'absent' code. It also advises on what to do if you can no longer find a student's exam or paper.
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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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Integrating Sustainability in Your Study Programme
Many of the contemporary social challenges such as climate change and the growing social inequality are ‘wicked issues’. This means that there is not only scientific debate about facts, knowledge and the nature of the problem, but also debate in society. In the latter case, the questions that play are: …
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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.
Contact this …
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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 policy agendas, …
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Cultivate Talent: Student & Staff Talent Development
To cultivate the talent development of its students and lecturers, the study programme pursues a policy that promotes well-being and is sensitive to diversity. The study programme ensures an optimal orientation, remediation, supervision and challenges for all students throughout their entire study trajectory. In addition, the study programme adequately …
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Glossaries: a Uniform Overview of Teaching and Assessment Methods
What are Glossaries?
Lecturers use the course sheet(s) to indicate which combination of teaching and assessment methods they use in their course unit(s). Our course sheets, and therefore also our students, benefit from clarity and uniformity. Therefore it is important that we all use “the same language”. For that purpose, …
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Interdisciplinary Education: Preconditions for Success
According to Ghent University’s skills model, the Educational Concept and its six Strategic Objectives, students have to learn to cooperate in an interdisciplinary way. Study programmes should incorporate this interdisciplinary dimension purposefully and explicitly. This educational tip teaches you how to shape these interdisciplinary educational activities.
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Proctorio: Surveillance of an Online Exam
(Online) Proctoring is an online exam surveillance method that can be used during assessments that are fully administered online, taking place either in one’s own (home) environment or on campus. Ghent University uses Proctorio as a provider of online proctoring. Online exam surveillance by Proctorio is organized with the help …
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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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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 (this must takes place within the feedback period). This feedback is an important element of the student’s learning process.
This Education Tip delves deeper into:
the regulations for scheduling feedback …
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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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Staff Talent Development
The following education tip provides inspiration to write Chapter 'Staff Talent Development ' of the Faculty Monitor. If applicable, separate suggestions are given for the PLAN and the DO. Plan
The faculty develops an HR policy that is in line with the university-wide frameworks (the professorial staff career model, career …
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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 to …
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Response Lecture (Online)
What is it?
During a response or interaction lecture, students discuss and delve into structured subject matter, they answer questions related to this subject matter and, conversely, you offer them an explicit opportunity to ask you, the teacher, about any uncertainties. Since a response lecture falls under the heading of …
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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?
At Ghent University the terms …
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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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How to Put Internationalisation into (Your Teaching) Practice?
The Importance of Internationalisation in Teaching Practice
Internationalisation is often reduced to ‘study abroad’ initiatives or student exchange, but it entails so much more. Ghent University’s strategic objective “Internationalisation” aims to maximize opportunities to acquire international and intercultural competencies for all students, including “at-home” students. Find out how you can …
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