Study Programmes 2016-2017
PEDA4051-1  
Current questions in teaching in higher education, Part 1
Duration :
30h Th, 20h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in education (120 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Marianne Poumay
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
Higher Education Pedagogy (HEP) is a pretty young research field in Belgium. Nevertheless, it comprizes already numerous publications, specialized seminars and a very important reflective activity. In a way that leaves room for their individual interests, this course offers students :
  • to discover the reality of HEP through several up-to-date themes. Therefore, they will notably read and participate in external activities (conferences, workshops) and seminars ;
  • to deepen one of these themes by documenting it (literature, web sites, testimonies) ;
  • to scientifically contribute to the field of HEP by producing a material allowing for discussion and occasionally leading a specialized forum on the chosen theme.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
This course contributes to the development of four competencies (competences 1, 2, 4 and 5) from the ULG reference grid (specific to the Master in educational sciences).
As, through this course, the students discover the new domain of higher education pedagogy, it will more specifically focus on the development of competence 1 and its different contributing learning outcomes.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course activities will depend upon the number of enrolled students. Either individually or in groups (the first steps of their work will in any case remain individual), the students will read several chapters of a reference manual, then choose a topic and deepen it throughout the course. As examples, here are the topics chosen by the students in 2016:
  • active methodologies in large groups (projects, problems, cases, active large groups, etc.),
  • organizing activities in vertical / horizontal groups,
  • course / program evaluation by students,
  • MOOCs and their economic underlying models,
  • the models deeply combining training and practice.
In order for them to deepen the topic they have chosen, students will participate in outside activities, they will read and document their ideas (articles, conference proceedings, books, professional testimonials, online sites) and participate in internal seminars.
To share their work and make sense of their documentation process, the students will draft and post online a "memo" on their thematic. They will then moderate/animate a forum on the web site of a professional HEP association.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Blended mode, combining face-to-face, external and on-line activities, on-line search as well as forum moderation.
Recommended or required readings :
A specific book will be proposed, but deepenings will depend upon the chosen subjects.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Participation in the training activities (choice of a subject, submission of an individual "memo" in October, group memos presentations, online forum) is mandatory in order to access evaluation for this course.
Through a written report comprising important annexes tracking on-line documents and interactions, the students will be asked to demonstrate their development of the C1 competence of the ULG competence grid for that Master : describe, analyse and decode education and training situations in contexts, and in reference to educational conceptual frameworks.
A specific training activity will help them build up that report.
Work placement(s) :
None
Organizational remarks :
None.
Contacts :
Lecturer : Marianne Poumay (m.poumay@ulg.ac.be)
Teaching assistant : Catherine Lesire (catherine.lesire@ulg.ac.be)