If you want to find out more about learning environments or how we can learn from global communities you might be interested in the HEA One Day Flexible Learning Symposium or the HEA Annual Conference 2018.
Both events are open to staff and offer an opportunity to hear a diverse range of opinions from across the sector.
Written by Liz
Module and stage evaluations are now even more accessible and are available for students to complete on their electronic devices. The Evasys system which delivers the online surveys is compatible with iSO, Android and Windows devices. With the addition of extra wifi access across the university it makes it easier for students to take part.
Students should be encouraged to complete the surveys during lectures and seminars if there is time available to do so. Many students don’t respond to surveys as they are not in a suitable place to respond when the email comes in, but if they are encouraged to respond during a lecture or seminar, it will help to boost response rates and make the feedback more reliable. When surveys open for students they are sent an email with a link to take part in the survey. This link is individual to the student and can only be used once. Continue reading “Completing EvaSys Evaluations using Mobile Devices”
Andrea Wilczynski has been providing individual audio feedback to her Stage 2 students studying German.
Using audio feedback allows Andrea to give in depth feedback in a unique way and most importantly students seem to love it, with excellent engagement with the feedback, positive module evaluation results and even a TEA award nomination.
If you are interested in finding out more you can read full details of the Case Study here.
Would you like to use audio feedback with your students? Continue reading “Star Case Study: Audio Feedback in the School of Modern Languages”
by Helen St Clair-Thompson, School of Psychology
In 2015/16 I took part in the university EQuATE programme (Equal Acclaim for Teaching Excellence). This introduced me to staff elsewhere in the university who were interested in similar aspects of learning and teaching, and I soon found myself in a conversation about students’ reading habits. Given the importance of reading we wondered how much time and effort student invest in reading material related to their course.
Working with Alison Graham and Sara Marsham from the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, I then began some research into students’ reading practices. Continue reading “Guest Blog: Exploring the reading practices of undergraduate students”
Are you looking to share knowledge and ideas with higher education professionals nationally and globally?
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) Communities of Practice offer an exciting opportunity for members to take part in discussions, webinars, blogs, thought platforms and more . Communities focus on a number of keys areas including employability, and assessment and feedback.
Interested? Read on to find out more. Continue reading “Higher Education Academy: Communities of Practice”
A number of key themes have emerged from the free text comments provided in the VLE Review staff survey which will be explored in a series of staff focus groups in January 2018.
These will help us to determine what you want to be able to do on a course /module and the functionality that you require in the VLE to meet these aims.
All staff are welcome. An additional Professional Services staff focus group will also be held.
The dates and themes are: Continue reading “Have your say – Virtual Learning Environment staff focus groups”
The arrival of the Teaching Excellence Framework with a core criteria of ‘Student Outcomes and Learning Gain’ has fuelled the ongoing debate about what learning gain actually means, and how it can be measured.
Given the prominence of the topic we are delighted that Dr Camille Kandiko Howson will be presenting a Keynote at our Learning Teaching Conference on Wed 21 March 2018. Continue reading “Learning and Teaching Conference 2018: Dr Camille Kandiko Howson”
Learning and Teaching Conference 2018 – Education for Life: celebrating partnership, encouraging innovation
Wednesday 21 March 2018
We are pleased to announce that registrations are now open. Book your place here
The event will include a diverse mix of sessions including Workshops, Presentations, Lightning Talks and Poster presentations. Further information about the conference can be found on our website. Continue reading “Registration Open: Learning and Teaching Conference 2018 Education for Life: celebrating partnership, encouraging innovation”
Last year we decided to open the great big can of worms that was our School’s Undergraduate Blackboard site.
Dental Sciences was one of the first schools to adopt Blackboard some 15 years ago and was perhaps a lesson in how not to structure it. We just had one very large community with all the learning material from our 5-year non-modular course crammed inside. Continue reading “Guest Blog: School of Dental Sciences Blackboard update”
