Learning trajectories academic skills: writing, presenting and working in groups

Project introduction and background information

This project focusses on supporting students’ skills development by developing learning trajectories (leerlijnen) and related assessment strategies with respect to a range of skills with emphasis on writing, presenting and working in groups. We make students responsible for their own learning by going through the feedback and improvement cycle for each skill at least once in their BSc. Making students responsible for their own learning using a skills portfolio is a way of organizing skills education in the BSc. In the BSc courses students will regularly practice with the skills, as a basis for learning, and from there students can choose their own learning goals depending on their needs. They have to show this in their portfolio which they have to hand in at the end of the BSc. This will increase students’ motivation and active participation in their skills education.  

Objective and expected outcomes

To support students’ skills development by developing learning trajectories (leerlijnen) and related assessment strategies with respect to a range of skills with emphasis on writing, presenting and working in groups.

Results and learnings

We work together with three programmes with overlapping domains in order to keep it simple. However, we are planning to develop materials and modules in such a way that they can be used by other programmes and we are planning to keep them informed about our progress.