This session took place as part of the 2022 Learning and Teaching Forum Conference. The presenters were Adrian Gonzalez and Jenny Pollard. Abstract: Aim: Highlight the value of multi-scale and multi-partner collaborations and reflect on the role that public bodies and students play in fostering positive change. Takeaway: An understanding of how the Sustainable Business: … Continue reading Fostering partnerships for the public good; collaboration, innovation and impact

This session took place as part of the 2022 Learning and Teaching Forum Conference. The presenters were Sally Beckenham. Abstract: Aim: Empowering future climate change activists Takeaway: A new way to think about how to teach climate change Teachers within universities and beyond have long noted the difficulties of approaching the subject of climate change, … Continue reading Solutions-based learning, critical pedagogy and the challenge of climate change education

This session took place as part of the 2022 Learning and Teaching Forum Conference. The presenters were Helena Cox. Abstract: Aim: My talk will focus on student and public engagement, including life-long learning and impact. I will talk about using art to reach out to the public, and I will touch on both local, national, … Continue reading University Art Collection as a bridge between academia and the public – from research and teaching to community cohesion and engagement

This session took place as part of the Learning and teaching @York in the Coronavirus Pandemic: Continuing the conversation (Spring term 2021). The presenters were Mark Egan. Abstract: Mark provided a summary of his experiences of informal podcast-inspired sessions for students involving relaxed academic discussion of topics related to the module. The module leaders and … Continue reading ‘Fireside chats’: Weekly podcasts in an autumn 2020 module

This session took place as part of the 2020 Conference. The presenters were Lucy Atkinson and Martin Philip. Abstract: This lightning talk aims to highlight the range of graphic novels in the University of York library. Over the past 18 months they have been broadening this collection to include newer titles, with a focus on … Continue reading The Graphic Novel Collection – Learning with Pictures

This session took place as part of the 2020 Conference. The presenters were Géraldine Enjelvin, Megumi Bailey, Holly Williams. Abstract: Since November 2017, we (from the Language & Linguistic Science department) have guest-taught a 1h30 session on Kamishibai in the Perspectives on Literacy module (Education Department). Kamishibai, an ancient Japanese picture-storytelling tradition, has been revived … Continue reading Our own Special Ks: Kamishibai and its “kyoiku” (educational) power

This session took place as part of the 2020 Conference. The presenters were Annis Stenson, Clare Burgess, Thom Shutt and David Gent. Abstract: N/A You can access the recording of this session at this link here: What makes students engaged in learning? An overview of the Student Engagement project (UoY Panopto log-in required)

This session took place as part of the 2020 Conference. The presenters were Andy Needham, Jess Bates, Mike Groves, Andy Langley, Steph Piper. Abstract: We report on the creation of an innovative learning method as part of the recently redeveloped Accessing Archaeology year one undergraduate course in Archaeology, which allows students to appreciate theory in … Continue reading Creating Innovative Learning Methods in Archaeology: Integrating the Practical and the Theoretical in Artefact Studies