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
Higher Education Pedagogy (HEP) is still a pretty young research field in Belgium. It is, however, enriched by numerous publications, specialized international conferences and a very important reflexive activity
The students will discover, through this course, the specific function of "Developer" (D) in Higher Education (HE) and continuing education.
Please note that this function is to be differentiated from that in the context of primary or secondary education: it is organized through reference grids, activities and missions specific to the context of higher education. It is therefore NOT a question of advising secondary school or university teachers, but of supporting university and university teachers of all disciplines, to foster the learning of their own students, in all types of Bachelors and Masters.
This role is also widely found in the field of vocational training; consequently, some course activities will be geared towards this audience as well.
This course offers participants :
- to discover the reality of HE developers through reading and participating in activities and seminars/webinars ;
- to nourish this field themselves through one of their actions (in different ways from year to year).
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course falls within the "Guiding - Supporting - Advising" (ASC) professional track. In practical terms, it will prepare students to take on the role of "Developers" (D).
The targeted competency is "guiding HE teachers/trainers in the improvement of pedagogical practices."
As this is no longer an introductory course on higher education teaching (as the students who take this course have already participeted in an introductory course), students will be expected to adopt a stance of contextualized co-reflection, adapt their approaches to more open-and sometimes ambiguous-situations, take initiative, and begin managing tensions or resistance.
To develop these approaches, students will engage in various activities, such as contributing to the improvement of competency frameworks, adapting/improving learning activities, and facilitating training workshops for trainers or higher education teachers, etc.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
The "Questions d'Actualité en Pédagogie de l'Enseignement Supérieur" (QAPES) course is highly adviced as a pre-acquired for the participants who don't have any experience as teachers or developers in higher education.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Depending on the number of participants, students will work alone or in small groups, although the first steps of their work will remain individual. They will read several chapters of a reference manual.
Students will read and document their ideas (articles, conference proceedings, books, professional testimonials, online sites) and participate in counseling activities organized during class sessions.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Blended learning
Further information:
If ever some of the activities of this course should be organized online, the exact dates of those synchronous sessions wouldl be specified in the online course space.
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- eCampus
- Microsoft Teams
Further information:
A specific book will be used, from Daele et Sylvestre (2016): « Comment développer le conseil pédagogique dans l'enseignement supérieur ? ».
Other readings will have to be considered, targeting different missions of the developer or different stages of his/her professional development, according to the course activities.
Exam(s) in session
Any session
- In-person
oral exam
Written work / report
Continuous assessment
Further information:
Participation in training activities (i.e. face-to-face sessions) is mandatory to access the final exaluation. Some of the intermediate productions could also contribute to the final mark (in that case, students will be notified).
The development of the targeted competence and some of its essential components (specified in class), will be assessed through a guide/portfolio followed by an oral exam, complementing the continuous evaluation.
Work placement(s)
None
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
This course will only be organized in 2026-2027 if a minimum of 10 students are registered and participate in the introductory session on September 17 or inform the teachers of their wish to choose this course in their curriculum for this academic year.
Contacts
Professor: Marianne Poumay (M.Poumay@uliege.be) and François Georges (fr.georges@uliege.be)
Teaching assistant: Lisa Marée (Lisa.Maree@uliege.be)