The course purpose is to support academic teachers (including PhD students who teach) in designing course learning outcomes, assignments and feedback rubrics students using LOUIS1. At the end of the course participants should be able to…

• Integrate transversal competences into their course module with intuitively understandable learning outcomes, in line with the Bologna requirements.
• Design an assignment students that allows assessment of achievement of both subject-specific and transversal learning outcomes of their course module.
• Design a feedback rubric to give adequate feedback on the students’ strengths and weaknesses in the achievement of both subject-specific and transversal learning outcomes of their course module.

Through the course, participants will also increase self-awareness for LOUIS competences like Problem Solving (from ‘identification’ to ‘implementation’ and ‘evaluation’), Integrative Learning (transfer), and Teamwork (learning from others). The course is an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), featuring:

• Before the on-site event one online group session and an individual participant-trainer session,
• A five days’ interactive training (Amsterdam, 1-5 June 2026), and
• After the on-site event again individual participant-trainer sessions and an online group session.

Participants may be eligible for an Erasmus+ mobility grant from their home university. The BIP is implemented under the responsibility of prof. Marjolein Zweekhorst of VU Amsterdam’s Athena Institute by a team of experience trainers in the LOUIS approach, with practical experience in using LOUIS themselves. All participants will need to be present in all online and on-site parts of the BIP. Only participants who attend all required sessions and submit their course information and BIP assignment on time will receive the certificate of successful completion of the BIP.

Apply now!

Those interested should send their application, with motivation and CV to: Coordinator Kees Kouwenaar, kees.kouwenaar@kpnmail.nl Deadline for applications: 2 April 2026. For further information contact Kees Kouwenaar (on behalf of prof Marjolein Zweekhorst): kees.kouwenaar@kpnmail.nl.