Research
The Faculty of Computer Science is active and internationally renowned in various disciplines, including theoretical computer science, software engineering and artificial intelligence. It conducts research in these disciplines, from their theoretical foundations to practical applications, in collaboration with industry. It also promotes an interdisciplinary approach to the societal impact of computer science, notably through collaboration with several research institutes.
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Service to society
Informatics is one of the pillars of our society. The Faculty of Computer Science therefore has a particular duty to provide services to society.Concretely, these services materialize in particular through the creation of synergies between researchers and industry, through involvement in a partnership with the Government of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation, and through the provision of knowledge and know-how.
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e-Government Chair
The University of Namur created the e-Government Chair in order to offer, mainly to the public sector, independent expertise concerning digital governance. The Chair ensures a technological and scientific watch in the various aspects of digital governance (technical, legal, managerial and strategic) and pursues consultancy, training and scientific research missions.
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EduCoNum Chair
The Digital Education Chair aims to support research related to the issues of digitizing our society and educating citizens and workers in digital media and technologies. As a grouping of interdisciplinary expertise in the field of digital education, it enables innovative and complex approaches to these issues. The Chair is in line with UNamur's strategic development axes and supports a network of collaborations between its members and between disciplines.
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Members
Members mainly come from two research institutes within the University of Namur:the Namur Digital Institute (NaDI) whose research is devoted to the various issues of digital technologies, in their technical, societal, educational, ethical, media, regulatory and management aspects;the Institut de Recherche en Didactiques et Éducation de l'Université de Namur (IRDENa) whose mission is to foster the emergence of new research objects and methodologies in the field of education, stemming from a variety of disciplinary anchors.The twenty or so members, academics and researchers, active within the Chair currently fall into seven disciplinary fields: computer science, computer didactics, media and digital literacy, information literacy, educational science, science and technology studies and gender studies. In order to enrich the issues addressed, the Chair will of course be open to all researchers and academics interested in the theme of digital education within the university.
Co-chairing the Chair
Anne-Sophie Collard, Professor Guillaume Mele, Technopedagogue
Composition of the Chair
Fanny BarnabéFanny BoraitaKathleen De GroveCarole DelforgeSara Dethise MartinezXavier DevroeyBruno DumasBenoît FrénayEsther HaineauxJulie HenryAlyson HernalsteenBenoît VanderoseCharlotte SineCamille TilleulThe members of the Chair have already developed several research projects and activities related to digital education. One of the recent projects is by Guillaume Mele and Charlotte Sine: "MOOC: aim for success, become a super student!"Funding: UNAMURBased on 20 years' experience of methodological support for students, this project aims to develop personalized, automated online courses on FUN-MOOC, a platform designed primarily to transmit content. The success of the MOOC testifies to the researchers' experience in implementing online courses and creating complex pedagogical architectures.Duration: 01/09/2018 - 31/08/2024
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François Georis
Teaching secondary 4 to 6 (sections 4 and 5)
Do you want to teach biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics or economics in the last three years of upper secondary education andhave a bachelor's degree in one of these disciplines?UNamur offers a master 120 in teaching section 4 program specially designed for you. do you have a master degree in one of these disciplines?UNamur offers a master 60 program in teaching section 5 specially designed for you.
120 masters in teaching section 4
Do you have a disciplinary bachelor's degree and want to train to teach in upper secondary education? UNamur organizes masters 120 in teaching section 4 in several fields, enabling you to complement your disciplinary curriculum with training in teaching. UNamur is the referent for these courses, organized in codiplomation with Hénallux. The section 4 master's degree in music teaching is also organized, in co-graduation with IMEP.
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Masters 60 in teaching section 5
Do you have a disciplinary master's degree and want to train to teach in upper secondary education? UNamur organizes masters 60 in teaching section 5 in several fields, enabling you to train in pedagogy and applied didactics. UNamur is the referent for these courses, organized in codiplomation with Hénallux. The section 5 master's degree in music teaching is also organized, in co-graduation with IMEP.
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The benefits of these programs
teacher training rooted in the needs of the field
and taking into account the realities of the teaching profession a reinforced curriculum on didactics and teacher training
a focus on practice
all along the training
excellent preparation
if you intend to work as a trainer or training manager in an organization (company or association).
a reflective approach
to increase your opportunities for action throughout your career.
access to a Master's degree specializing in teacher training
required for permanent appointment to a university .
training organized around an adapted schedule
to meet the needs of working students
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Contact
Nathanaël Laurent
Coordinateur pédagogique des masters en enseignement section 4 et section 5
nathanael.laurent@unamur.be
Secrétariat de la Faculté des sciences de l'éducation et de la formation
Place Saint Aubain, 14 - 5000 Namur
+32 (0) 81 72 50 69
secretariat.fasef@unamur.be
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Teaching in higher education
Are you a (future) teacher trainer in higher education and want to acquire the right teaching qualification? The Master of specialization in teacher training and the CAPAES are for you!
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