Bill Soden explores the potential for flipping our teaching as a means to more interactive classrooms The York Learning and Teaching strategy highlights the use of technology to “…optimise the contribution to learning and the guidance of students’ independent study”, suggesting at the same time that online resources /asynchronous activities can be a means to … Continue reading Flipping classrooms! The potential for flipped learning approaches in implementing the new Learning and Teaching strategy
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Using technology to propel student learning
Matt Cornock, e-learning team, explores how learning technologies support students independent study Module lecture content may introduce new concepts for students to learn or inspire students to think differently about the world in which we live. Whether the lecture is delivered in a room, is written in a textbook or delivered virtually using a recording, … Continue reading Using technology to propel student learning
Archaeology’s Assessed Seminars
In this article Michelle Alexander, Steve Ashby and Nicky Milner showcase one of the flagship Archaeology undergraduate modules, Assessed Seminars, taught at the end of the third year, which engages with many of the concepts within the new York Learning and Teaching Strategy, and in particular student-led learning. Archaeology’s Assessed Seminar module already meets the … Continue reading Archaeology’s Assessed Seminars
Book Review: Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Book Review: Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning Brown, P. C., Roediger III, H. L., & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. Sam Hellmuth, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, and Richard Waites, Department of … Continue reading Book Review: Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Progression in modular degree programmes: making them greater than the sum of their modules
Modular degree programmes offer students richness in choice but are also accompanied by concerns regarding cohesion and progression. Here Claire Hughes explores these issues and discusses approaches to defining and mapping the expected progression in our degree programmes. A coherent learning experience in a modular system A modular higher education system brings with it increased … Continue reading Progression in modular degree programmes: making them greater than the sum of their modules
Value added graduates
In the first of our monthly posts from Learning and Teaching Forum committee members, Phil Lightfoot asks, 'How do we build a York graduate?' How do we build a York graduate? Do we always have a clear idea what kind of graduate our degree programmes will produce, and are we confident in the effectiveness of … Continue reading Value added graduates
Strategies for successful learning: Request for contributions to the next Forum magazine
The next edition of Forum, the University of York in-house Learning and Teaching magazine, is due to be published at the start of the Autumn term. The magazine is published by the Learning and Teaching Forum to disseminate good practice and discuss issues relating to learning and teaching. Previous editions can be found on the website, https://yorkforum.org/forum-magazine/ Making it stick in different disciplines … Continue reading Strategies for successful learning: Request for contributions to the next Forum magazine
Additional academic members for the Learning and Teaching Forum committee
The Learning and Teaching Forum is seeking additional academic members from each of the faculties to sit on its steering committee. The Learning and Teaching Forum aims to bring together and support colleagues involved in teaching and learning support across the University. The official terms of reference of Forum are: To work with the University … Continue reading Additional academic members for the Learning and Teaching Forum committee
L&T conference 2015: One size does not fit all: ensuring all students reach their potential
One size does not fit all: ensuring all students reach their potential The 2015 Learning and Teaching conference was held on 10 June 2015 with 150 delegates from across the university and externally present. This is the University’s annual event to celebrate, showcase and disseminate the wealth of good practice in learning and teaching across the University.This … Continue reading L&T conference 2015: One size does not fit all: ensuring all students reach their potential
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