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360° Employability Skills: Understanding, Cultivating and Applying Professional and Continual Development Skills

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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

L&T Session B2: Is there evidence for the filpped classroom in STEM teaching

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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 B3: From building research skills to professional development: using blogging in humanities teaching

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Emily Bowles, Department of English and Related Literature Abstract | Presentation | Recording This workshop introduced the potential of blogging: not only to support existing learning outcomes and course-specific skills, but also to extend modules further and incorporate careers skills at the programme level, adding value for Humanities students that will assist them in the most common areas … Continue reading L&T Session B3: From building research skills to professional development: using blogging in humanities teaching

Blowing bigger bubbles: Using social media to share good practice in learning and teaching

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Simon Lancaster, University of East Anglia, explores the power of social media to share practice. This article was originally published in Forum 37: 8-9. [8] Look hard enough and you can find examples of innovative and engaging practice in every department, faculty, student support agency and institution. Sometimes the endeavours of our colleagues will be … Continue reading Blowing bigger bubbles: Using social media to share good practice in learning and teaching

23/02/15 Technology in practice: Creativity in the connected classroom

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When: Monday 23 February 2015 (week 8) 12.30-2.00pm [Lunch available from 12.15] Where: Room HG09, Heslington Hall Who: Tom Smith, IT Support Services and Sara Perry, Archaeology 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. … Continue reading 23/02/15 Technology in practice: Creativity in the connected classroom

03/11/14 Making video for active learning

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When: Monday 03 November 2014 (week 6) 12.30-2.00pm Where: Room HG21, Heslington Hall Who: Chris Copland and Huw Llewelyn-Jones, Centre for English Language Teaching Huw and Chris will introduce how they use the medium of video to stimulate language skills and cultural awareness in international students.  They will demonstrate some of the techniques they have … Continue reading 03/11/14 Making video for active learning