Associate professor (Law), Department of Accounting, Corporate Finance and Taxation (Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration)
Enlight - Together, brilliant new ideas can be turned in meaningful realisations. I was lucky to participate with Frauke Cuelenaere (Faculty Education Services of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University)) in an intensive work trip to the University of Tartu. Since 'internationalisation' is a strategic component of the educational approach of UGent (Ghent University), we explored opportunities to further invest in international cooperation with our Enlight-partner. Based on the Faculty's existing cooperation in a double degree (Master of arts in in Quantitative Economics) and an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Economics of Globalisation and European Integration, we gladly concluded that to the mutal benefit of our students innovative, small-scale initiatives can build 'stepping stones' to internationalisation...from easily accessible international experiences to more challenging international and intercultural immersions. Within Enlight, the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University), grasps 'internationalisation' as a necessary key to answer societal needs. For students, international/intercultural awareness brings insightful perspectives and a sense of 'global citizenship'. The visit's second pillar concerned 'future-proof education'. Apart from online learning, lifelong leaning and flexible curricula, 'AI in education' was talk of the town during the visit to the University of Tartu. That the impact of Generative AI on (writing) competences is a hot topic, leaving no partner in higher education indifferent, was quite clear during the enlightning debate (with stakeholders of Tartu University and Ghent University) on the fate of the 'master's thesis' in an era of AI. The topic was covered by Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij (Director of Education, Ghent University), Bertel D. (Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Member Education Quality Board, Ghent University), Ilona Tragel, Helen Hint, Kristjan-Julius Laak, Marten Juurik and Annemarie (Mit) Leuridan (information on the roundtable: https://lnkd.in/erj3d_D4). Definitely to be continued...since the evolution of AI and (the speed of) its impact on 'higher education' and evaluation and acquisition of competencies is breathtaking and brings food for 'fundamental' thought ! Thumbs up and thanks to all - in Ghent and in Tartu - who made this exchange possible, especially Aune Valk, Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Judith Goris, Thibault Hoogstoel, Ülle Tensing and many others.
👉 Happy 😊 but tired faces upon the successful conclusion of the return visit by UGent at University of Tartu to forge new cooperations and to exchange on 🎓 Future-proof education 🎓 : from online learning, over flexible curricula and lifelong learning, to AI in education ... Kudos to host University of Tartu for the warm welcome! Today 📅 both UGent and University of Tartu education experts hosted a hybrid roundtable on the subject 'What Role Does Thesis Writing Play in the AI Era'. Read more on https://lnkd.in/erj3d_D4. With Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij, Bertel D., Ilona Tragel, Helen Hint, Kristjan-Julius Laak and Marten Juurik #futureproofeducation #ai #education #highereducation #europeanuniversities #europeaneducationarea Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, University of Bern, Université de Bordeaux, Univerzita Komenského v Bratislave, University of Groningen, The University of Göttingen, UGent, University of Galway, University of Tartu, Uppsala University
Onderwijsondersteuner@ugent: focus op generatieve AI, taalbeleid en taalondersteuning academisch Nederlands
6moThank you for your enlightening contributions in the panel discussion!