How do you solve a problem like literature searching? Adding professional value to academic skills development David Brown, Acting Academic Liaison Team Manager at Information Services, delivered on 14 November the third 2016/17 Forum workshop. Slides: How do you solve a problem like literature searching? As the title suggests, there is a link between ‘literature searching’ … Continue reading How do you solve a problem like literature searching?
Workshops
Articulate – A toolkit to help us support students in the game of understanding and articulating their competencies
Dr Lorna Warnock (Biology) and Dr Amanda Barnes (Biology) delivered the first Forum workshop of the academic year. Their workshop focused on an HEA funded toolkit they have developed in collaboration with Dr Hillary Jones (University of Sheffield) to help students articulate the professional competencies they will develop through their programme of study. Slides: Student Competencies Toolkit Forum … Continue reading Articulate – A toolkit to help us support students in the game of understanding and articulating their competencies
Deep learning or easy marks? A question of peer assessment
Tuesday 15 March 2016, 12.30pm to 2.00pm Speaker: Ollie Jones, TFTV (Chair: Sara Perry, Archaeology) Peer and self-assessment have increasingly been advocated as a means to encourage deep and effective independent learning. This workshop will look at the theories and practicalities of implementing peer assessment, and discuss some of its common pitfalls and potential shortcomings … Continue reading Deep learning or easy marks? A question of peer assessment
Technology in practice: ‘Creativity in the connected classroom’
Monday 22 February 2016, 12.30pm to 2.00pm Speaker: Sara Perry, Archaeology and Tom Smith, IT Support This workshop offers an introduction to the principles, challenges and best practices of using a variety of Google-enabled digital media technologies in student teaching, research and public communication. Tom will provide a guided tour of the often overlooked, or … Continue reading Technology in practice: ‘Creativity in the connected classroom’
Rethinking feedback in light of the York pedagogy
Monday 2 November 2015, room HG21, Heslington Hall, 12.30-2.00pm The next Forum workshop will be run by Cathy Dantec and Bill Soden and will explore the theme of 'Rethinking feedback in light of the York pedagogy'. Cathy and Bill would like participants to consider the following questions before the workshop: What do you include under … Continue reading Rethinking feedback in light of the York pedagogy
24/06/2015 Technology in practice: Impact of online assessment submission on Learning and Teaching
When: Wednesday 24 June 2015, 12.30-2.00pm [Lunch available from 12.15] Where: Room D/L/037 lecture/seminar room, Derwent College Who: Simon Davis, E-Learning Development Team, Academic Support Office Adoption by departments of e-submission workflows to manage the submission of assessments continues to grow, with clear benefits of convenience and efficiency for students and administrators. This trend has … Continue reading 24/06/2015 Technology in practice: Impact of online assessment submission on Learning and Teaching
27/05/2015 Key skills in the curriculum: ‘Creativity in HE teaching and learning’
When: Wednesday 27 May 2015, 12.30-2.00pm [Lunch available from 12.15] Where: Room HG09, Heslington Hall Who: Sarah Olive, Education This session will consider definitions of creativity, Sir Ken Robinson's work on the value of creativity in and beyond education (he is the author of the All Our Futures (2000) report and his monograph Out of … Continue reading 27/05/2015 Key skills in the curriculum: ‘Creativity in HE teaching and learning’
11/05/2015 Enhancing Engagement: Developing a co-operative learning curriculum
When: Monday 11 May 2015, 12.30-2.00pm (lunch will be available from 12.15), Where: Room JP/003 seminar room, James teaching block P Who: Ros Brownlow, Health Sciences Communities of practice are groups of people who share a concern, a set of problems or a passion about a subject & who deepen their knowledge & expertise in … Continue reading 11/05/2015 Enhancing Engagement: Developing a co-operative learning curriculum
Summer term workshops
Booking for the Summer Term Learning and Teaching Forum workshops is now open – register a place by completing the booking form Enhancing engagement: Developing a co-operative learning curriculum Week 5: Monday 11 May More information Key skills in the curriculum: Creativity in HE teaching and learning Week 7: Wednesday 27 May More information Technology in … Continue reading Summer term workshops
Workshop follow-up: PBL a fairy tale
The Forum workshop earlier this week explored Problem Based Learning (PBL) and provided a fascinating and inspiring insight from the York Law School (YLS) into the realities of designing and delivering an entire curriculum with PBL at its heart. From the outset though the presenters were at pains to point out that this was not a … Continue reading Workshop follow-up: PBL a fairy tale
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