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
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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 C1: Making learning authentic: ‘real world’ assessments for masters level study
Jude Brereton, Department of Electronics Abstract | Presentation | Recording This workshop reported on recent “real-world” assessment tasks incorporated into a new masters level programme in Audio and Music Technology. 'Real-world’ tasks are those which exist outside the 'walls' of the University campus e.g. they have their own life beyond the confines of the classroom and assessment … Continue reading L&T Session C1: Making learning authentic: ‘real world’ assessments for masters level study
Happy New Year and welcome back
Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing and recuperative Christmas break... We are already in the thick of term, but whether you are emerging from piles of marking, working with final year students on their dissertations and projects, planning lectures, or all of these and more all at once, we hope you might … Continue reading Happy New Year and welcome back
Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: 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 almost 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 year, the main conference theme was based around addressing inclusivity, … Continue reading Annual Learning and Teaching Conference: One size does not fit all: ensuring all students reach their potential
L&T Session H – Personalising feedback: Can we bridge the formative-summative gap?
Cathy Dantec and Bill Soden - Language and Linguistic Science and Education Abstract | Presentation: Session H Report The workshop provided us with two perspectives on how the practice of providing formative feedback has developed and its links and implications for summative assessment. Both Bill and Cathy described how they had used screencasts to provide formative feedback to students. … Continue reading L&T Session H – Personalising feedback: Can we bridge the formative-summative gap?
L&T Session C – Power to the people: addressing inclusivity and student motivation through choice in assessment format
Cecilia Lowe (ASO); Kathryn Arnold (Environment); Benjamin Poore (TFTV); Celine Kingman (TFTV); Scott Slorach (York Law School) Abstract | Presentation: Session C | Forum magazine article | Recording (University of York login required) Report If, like me, you were at workshop C entitled ‘Power to the people - student autonomy and assessment’ you will understand why I left with an urge … Continue reading L&T Session C – Power to the people: addressing inclusivity and student motivation through choice in assessment format
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
Power to the people – student autonomy and assessment
Cecilia Lowe (author) Kathryn Arnold; Celine Kingman; Benjamin Poore (co-presenters) explore student involvement in assessment setting THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN FORUM 38: 26 In a FORUM workshop run earlier this year on student attendance and motivation, Ryan & Deci’s 2001 article ‘Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivations: Classic Definitions and New Directions’ was used as … Continue reading Power to the people – student autonomy and assessment
A distinctive York Pedagogy: Implementing the new Learning and Teaching Strategy
THIS ARTICLE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN FORUM 38: 8-9 A new University Strategy was launched last year to define our direction through to 2020. Key objective 2 outlines a commitment to offering outstanding teaching and learning and to implementing a distinctive pedagogy, informed by research evidence on the best approaches to promote effective learning. Defining … Continue reading A distinctive York Pedagogy: Implementing the new Learning and Teaching Strategy
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