Professional Standards Framework for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Lebanese Universities Erasmus Project

Project Title

Professional Standards Framework for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Lebanese Universities

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

E-TALEB is a structural project aiming at developing Lebanese Professional Standards in Teaching and Learning and cooperating for innovation and exchange of good practices and experiences relevant to similar frameworks established in Europe.The main objective of this project is to support the initial and continuing professional development of staff engaged in teaching and foster dynamic approaches to teaching and learning through creativity, innovation and continuous development in diverse academic disciplines and/or professional settings. The project will support in creating a community of researchers in different disciplines who share inter and intra university practices in teaching and learning.E-TALEB will acknowledge the variety and quality of teaching, learning and assessment practices that support and underpin student learning including instructional technology. It will also demonstrate to students and other stakeholders the professionalism that staff and institutions bring to teaching and their support for student learning. As a result, the project will have high national impact, providing at once many outcomes: – Establishing Professional Standards Framework in Teaching & Learning LBPSF;- Offering Post-Graduate Certificate Programme in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for Faculty members;- Collaborating interuniversity activities centered on training and educational programs; – Creating Centers for Teaching Excellence inside each of the participating universities supporting faculty and students in their teaching and learning activities;- Supporting the universities in their accreditation programs by having a formal process for teaching and learning;- Developing human capital and talented experts in teaching and learning in the participating countries;- Sustaining the competitiveness of the Higher Education field in Lebanon, the Middle East and participating EU countries;- Publishing the Lebanese Journals on Teaching and Learning.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 750000 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSITE DE SAINT ESPRIT-KASLIK AUTORITE RELIGIEUSE & Country: LB

Project Partners

• UNIVERSITE LIBANAISE
• UNIVERSITE SAINTE FAMILLE
• BEIRUT ARAB UNIVERSITY
• UNIVERSITE LYON 1 CLAUDE BERNARD
• STIFTUNG EVALUATIONSAGENTUR BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG
• HOCHSCHULE KARLSRUHE-TECHNIK UND WIRTSCHAFT
• CITY UNIVERSITY