Internal call for projects in digital pedagogical innovation 2025-2026

Introduction

Inalco is launching a sixth internal call for projects in digital pedagogy as part of the AHFLO' scheme (Accompagnement de l'hybridization des formations en langues et civilisations orientales).

The aim of this call is to support teachers in carrying out any project aimed at developing hybrid and distance teaching.

Any project organized in the form of distance learning, with or without funding, whether or not requiring support from the "Support for digital teaching" unit, must go through the AHFLO' call for projects.

Context

Digital pedagogy is one of Inalco's strategic axes.

It aims to:

• Target new audiences through the opening of distance learning (EAD);
• Incite pedagogical innovation via digital technology to meet the specific needs of the initial and continuing education student public ;
• Promote and develop "small enrolment" language courses;
• Consolidate all of the establishment's courses;
• Develop teaching on issues relating to the ecological transition and sustainable development in Inalco's areas of specialization.

Expected projects

1. Team projects that aim, in the long term, to open or switch to distance learning complete degree courses (institutional diploma, bachelor's degree, master's degree)

There are three modalities depending on needs and potential audiences:

• The comodal modality consists in giving the possibility of following existing face-to-face courses at a distance (synchronous or asynchronous). No new courses or groups are created. Students have no specific EAD enrolment fees, and are free to change their mode of learning - face-to-face or distance - during the semester. This flexible approach enables small languages in particular to reach new target groups, with no constraints on enrolment numbers, and no need for additional operating resources. AHFLO' helps to create the digital resources needed to enable students to follow these existing courses properly at a distance.
• The bimodal modality consists in creating courses dedicated to the distance teaching of already existing courses. The distance courses are then considered as independent courses (with different codes from the face-to-face ones) and it is impossible for students to switch between the two modes of follow-up during the year. This means that students can choose how they wish to follow the course. It is, however, necessary to assess the financial impact in the case involving the creation of one or more additional groups
• The last, entirely distancial modality, concerns a training course opened solely distancially, by transformation of an existing face-to-face training course or by creation, after examination and validation.

2. Individual projects as part of a modular approach (the coherent hybridization of a few CEs within a diploma)

3. Any other project falling within the framework of innovation in digital pedagogy, particularly on poorly endowed languages and issues relating to ecological transition and sustainable development in Inalco's areas of specialization

Attention:

As no net creation is currently conceivable, any creation of a new course must be offset by the deletion of another course representing an equivalent hourly volume, subject to validation in CFVE upstream.

The creation of a new distance learning course can only be envisaged through the complete transformation of an existing face-to-face course, or if it can ensure financial autonomy for its operation (teaching costs less than 50% of revenue made up of student registration fees) subject to validation by CFVE upstream. Projects involving the hybridization of existing courses (in bimodal or comodal modality) or the transformation of existing courses into fully distance learning can be submitted directly during the current AHFLO' campaign.

Constitution of the application file

Colleagues are invited to complete the "Application Form" (appendix), specifying:

• The title of the project and its nature:

1. Creation of a new comodal diploma (prior authorization from the CFVE required)
2. Creation of a new bimodal diploma (prior authorization from the CFVE required)
3. Transformation of an existing diploma into a comodal modality. modality of an existing diploma
4. Transformation or replacement of part of the courses of an existing diploma
5. Creation of a MOOC/SPOC
6. Other

• The project leader and, where applicable, the members of the teaching team,
• The department or course of study concerned,
• The title of the degree(s) concerned,
• The title, number of ECTS credits and number of hours of the CEs concerned, as well as the hybridization category according to the "Référentiel d'équivalences horaires", planned for each CE involved in the project :

1. synchronous course
2. asynchronous course
3. mixed course
4. MOOC and SPOC
5. outside category (eg. subtitling of existing projects)

• The presentation of the project (one demi-page maximum)
• A provisional timetable (in particular the desired date for opening
  the teaching to the public)
• The specific technical resources to be provided by the TICE-DSIRN unit (studio shoots, video postproduction, etc.) or any other needs you may already have foreseen.

In the case of the creation of a bimodal training, is requested, in addition to the above form, the document specifying the following points:

1. model of existing face-to-face training to be offered by distance learning;
2. possibility of using existing budgets (transforming existing face-to-face groups into distance learning, or pooling distance learning groups with existing face-to-face groups)
3. provisional number of registrants (conservative assumption)

Attention:

Applications must include a reasoned opinion from the department/branch council or the Cross-disciplines Commission or the Master's Training Commission.

Please anticipate obtaining this opinion before submitting the application.

Selection procedures

Application files will be examined by the "Commission pour la pédagogie numérique" (CPN), whose composition is specified in the "Guide de l'enseignant EAD".

The selection criteria are as follows: the interest of the project for the establishment, its coherence with the existing training offer within the departments or streams, the hybridization category, the timetable and support resources available at the level of the TICE-DSIRN unit ("Support for digital teaching and multimedia production cell") and the available budget.

The result of the ranking established by the NPC will be validated by the CFVE.

Project follow-up and remuneration

Teams whose projects have been selected by the NPC will receive support from the TICE-DSIRN unit for the assembly of digital resources, according to their autonomy and identified needs.

Projects will benefit from financial support according to the new "Référentiel d'équivalences horaires" (the part relating to EAD voted by the Board of Directors in March 2025) for what concerns the realization of digital resources and remote student follow-up.

If the project requires external services (graphic designers, artists, etc.), financial assistance may be offered.

Timetable

Deadline for submission: Thursday, November 6, 2025

Acceptance reply: Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Contact

For any questions, please contact: View e-mail

Annex

Application form to be sent to the Direction de la Recherche, de la Valorisation et des Études doctorales (DIRVED): View e-mail by Thursday, November 6, 2025 at the latest.

The "EAD Teacher's Guide" has been developed to present all the principles involved in creating digital resources and distance courses, as well as various procedures relating to distance learning. This guide accompanies teachers before and after the opening of a distance learning course is available on the intranet: