On 2 April 2026, the University of Haute-Alsace (UHA) hosted the kick-off meeting of the EuroPedagoKIT project. The event brought together an international consortium of six partners:
- University Haute-Alsace (France, coordinator)
- University of Mons (Belgium)
- University of Patras (Greece)
- Chouaib Doukkali University (Morocco)
- Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova (ASEM)
- National Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Research (ANEAQ, Morocco).
The day began with a keynote lecture by Vassilis Komis (University of Patras) entitled “The Evolution of the Concept of Teaching and Learning Design: From Content- and Learner-Centred Models to the Activity Model.” Vassilis Komis laid the theoretical groundwork for the project by tracing the evolution of instructional design approaches, from traditional content-centred models to contemporary learner-centred approaches.
Participants in the kick-off meeting then took part in a roundtable discussion entitled “Standardising course design: A quality guarantee or a threat to academic freedom?”, moderated by Bernard Coulibaly (University Haute-Alsace). This exchange provided an opportunity to compare the perspectives of the various partners on the balance between structuring frameworks and teachers’ pedagogical autonomy.
The afternoon was devoted to a hands-on training session on the Eduscript Doctor kit, led by Emmanuel Burguete (University Haute-Alsace). The kit enables teachers to script and visually analyse the distribution of pedagogical activities within a course, whether synchronous or asynchronous, face-to-face, remote, or hybrid. The tool makes the different rhythms of a training course visible and guides users towards a pedagogy that is both active and learning-outcome oriented.
The next steps of the EuroPedagoKIT project will focus on deploying the kit within partner institutions and on its public dissemination.
