Duration
30h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
In Belgium, higher education pedagogy (HEP) is still a young field of research. However, it is enriched by numerous publications, specialized international conferences, and significant reflective activity.
Located within the "Accompanying - Supporting - Advising" graduation profile, this course aims at introducing students to the role of an instructional developer. It offers students the opportunity to lay the foundations for supporting higher education teachers as they reflect on their practice.
More specifically, through an approach that takes into account students' individual pedagogical choices, this course will lead to:
- Discovering the realities of HEP through current issues that affect it ;
- Exploring conceptual contributions within HEP, related to an identified key issue ;
- Preparing and analyzing an interview with a higher education teacher (the interview in itself is included in the PEDA4066-F-a seminar) to become aware of some of their challenges and enabling authentic and focused work on the targeted key issue;
- Analyzing and discussing their own analyses, compared to those of other students, always situating them within the field of HEP;
- Contributing to the creation of group podcasts, which will allow these experiences to be used as a common tool and shared online with higher education teachers.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
Through this course, students will discover a new field: higher education pedagogy. In this new field, the course will lay the foundations for the competence of supporting higher education (HE) teachers in their reflection on their practice. For this initial approach, the students will provide a HE teacher with pre-structured insignts: they will work with him/her within a defined framework, drawing on existing tools and methods.
The specific requirements linked to this competence will be detailed to students during the first two course sessions.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Students will work in subgroups, although some stages of their work will be individual.
To explore the chosen topic, they will search for material (articles, conference proceedings, books, professional testimonials, online sites), interview a professor, participate in internal seminars, and produce a podcast.
Note that this course will be closely linked to a seminar (PEDA4066-F-a), organized into three additional practical sessions : (1) group workshops on mastering techniques, (2) interview with a higher education teacher, and (3) technical production of a group podcast.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Additional information:
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Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
Further information:
Specific books will be suggested, such as Berthiaume et Rege Colet (2013): « La pédagogie de l'enseignement supérieur : repères théoriques et applications pratiques - Tome 1 : Enseigner au supérieur », in order to understand the context of Higher Education pedagogy (WITHOUT the need for purchase).
The online course space (e-campus) will allow for discussion, as well as the sharing of materials used during lectures and reminders of assignment instructions and deadlines. It will be mandatory to upload those assignments to e-campus.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
written exam ( open-ended questions )
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Some of the mandatory assignments (eCampus "devoirs") will be included in the course grade, to supplement/adjust the final written evaluation (written exam). This final written exam will partly concern the individual and group work completed throughout the course sessions.
Important note : each student must have submitted all assignments (individual and group) to be eligible to take the final written exam.
The evaluation for this course will not include the one of the three seminars (see "learning activities" upper), which will be graded separately in PEDA4066-F-a.
Work placement(s)
None
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The course could be revised depending on the number of enrolled students.
Contacts
Teachers: Marianne Poumay (m.poumay@uliege.be) and François Georges (fr.georges@uliege.be)
Teaching assistant: Elise Vanaubel (elise.vanaubel@uliege.be)