Monday 15 May 2017, 12.30pm to 2.00pm Lecture room D/L/036, Derwent College We will be hearing from the recent York Learning and Teaching Award cohort on the following: Jet Sanders, Psychology Applying behavioural insights to feedback engagement and other areas of education How do individuals decide whether to drop out of their course? Or what their … Continue reading YALTA talks – an opportunity to hear four outstanding presentations from the recent York Learning and Teaching Award cohort
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Exploring 360° feedback to develop undergraduates’ communication skills
Tuesday 21 March 2017, 12.30pm to 2.00pm Speakers: Rachel Lavelle and Helen Bedford, midwifery lecturers in the Department of Health Sciences Location: Room LMB/036X lecture room, Law Management Building, Heslington east campus Workshop Summary This workshop will explore the value and challenges of facilitating feedback on communication skills performance from a range of sources (e.g. … Continue reading Exploring 360° feedback to develop undergraduates’ communication skills
Making learning authentic: ‘real-world’ assessments for Masters level study
Monday 30 January 2017, 12.30 - 2.00pm Speaker: Dr Jude Brereton, Department of Electronics Workshop Summary Dr Jude Brereton will report on recent 'real-world' assessment tasks incorporated into a new masters level programme in Audio and Music Technology. Four different types of 'real-world' tasks will be presented: a research blog a data-gathering exercise made available … Continue reading Making learning authentic: ‘real-world’ assessments for Masters level study
University of York Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2017
The York Pedagogy - making it work Tuesday 20 June CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS We are inviting colleagues to contribute workshops and poster presentations. Deadline for workshop submissions is Wednesday 15 February 2017 and for poster submissions, Thursday 6 April 2017. Guidance document for contributors. Proposal form. The York Pedagogy will shape the ways in which … Continue reading University of York Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2017
360° Employability Skills: Understanding, Cultivating and Applying Professional and Continual Development Skills
Workshop presented by Carmen Álvarez-Mayo, Associate Lecturer and Spanish & Portuguese Coordinator, Languages for All, Department of Language and Linguistic Science. 31 October 2016. Slides from the 360° employability skills workshop [PDF] Supporting resources [Padlet] The term employability as we know it has been around since the 1980s, when international corporations, global competition/trade and technology cemented the … Continue reading 360° Employability Skills: Understanding, Cultivating and Applying Professional and Continual Development Skills
An Interdisciplinary Summer for Interdisciplinary Students
Our latest monthly post from the Forum committee, Dr Glenn Hurst from the Department of Chemistry reflects on working collaboratively to facilitate active learning. Following their FORUM workshop on active learning, Glenn Hurst and Jill Webb, from the York Management School worked together once again to facilitate a component of the new summer activity for students studying … Continue reading An Interdisciplinary Summer for Interdisciplinary Students
L&T Session C3: Greater than a sum of it parts? Adding value to combined honours programme design
Maeve Pearson (Academic Support Office), Scott Slorach (York Law School), Roddy Vann (Natural Sciences Programme Director), and Lisa O’Malley (Department of Social Policy and Social Work) Abstract | Presentation | Recording Do combined programmes have the capacity to "add value" to students' learning? This was the question posed by the panel in this insightful workshop at … Continue reading L&T Session C3: Greater than a sum of it parts? Adding value to combined honours programme design
L&T Session A3: The design and assessment of skills based learning points at York Law School
Chris Wilkinson and Patrick Gallimore, York Law School Abstract | Presentation | Recording What do our undergraduates do with degrees? In this workshop Chris Wilkinson and Patrick Gallimore explored the relevance of a law degree to wider education and employment. The majority of students who embark on a law degree do so with the ambition of … Continue reading L&T Session A3: The design and assessment of skills based learning points at York Law School
L&T Session B2: Is there evidence for the filpped classroom in STEM teaching
Mike Dodds, Department of Computer Science Abstract | Presentation | Recording The flipped classroom (or flipping) is a new educational technique which seeks to invert the traditional model of in-classroom lectures and out-of-class homework. Instead, it advocates in-class interactive group learning, and out-of-class instruction via videos or podcasts. Intuitively, this moves classroom time away from mere dissemination … Continue reading L&T Session B2: Is there evidence for the filpped classroom in STEM teaching
L&T Session C5: Making a drama out of learning!
Sinead McCotter, Senior Lecturer HRM (Teaching and Scholarship), The York Management School Abstract | Presentation | Recording This workshop was a revelation and the highlight of the conference! Difficult and sensitive conversations are part of every organisation whether associated with HR, student support, career development or discussion of poor assessment/performance scores. Whilst websites provide factual support, this doesn’t come … Continue reading L&T Session C5: Making a drama out of learning!
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