Maths students use a variety of easily available apps in their lectures and tutorials. The aim of this project, supported by the Greenwich Connect seed fund, was to introduce the students to more applications to help their understanding of the overall area (in mathematics, this may relate to, for example, history or modern… Continue reading
This Greenwich Connect seed fund project engaged Level 5 History students to create PeerGuide podcasts introducing and explaining the core assessment tasks undertaken by Level 4 students as their core course – “A Tale of Two Cities”. According to previous research poor performance by learners often reflects miscognition regarding the… Continue reading
Students in the Faculty of Business have been using iPads to enhance their participation in taught sessions. During the class group presentations, which occupy several weeks in the course, the non presenting students have, in the past, tended to tune off into other activities instead of actively participating. In order to improve this… Continue reading
Adobe Connect for feedback Erica Sheward at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) has been using Adobe Connect in order to give feedback. Previous student questionnaires revealed that the students were generally unhappy with how feedback was given within the team. To improve this, feedback sessions were organised using Adobe Connect. Students… Continue reading
First year history students were encouraged to use cameras to record their first impressions of university life either by using the video function or by taking photos. The aim of the project, which has been supported by the Greenwich Connect seed fund, was to evaluate how the use of digital… Continue reading
The gaming society formed by the students in cooperation with DarrenLloyd Gent organise game nights on Thursday evenings. It is a space for students of different backgrounds to socialize while playing computer games but also discuss aspects of game design. The society has currently 36 members attending a variety of… Continue reading
In May 2013 we began a rolling programme of supporting innovation projects through the provision of equipment, our “seed fund projects”. This initiative provides a number of technology kits, devices and software for academics to explore new pedagogic approaches with their students, and then to share the findings with the rest of the… Continue reading
*Courtesy of Jamie Murray. [Original video]. Background The “students as producers” concept stems from the wider debate on the purpose of the university and the negative critique of higher education as a dysfunctional entity, in which teaching and research work against each other. Students as producers tries to reconnect the two… Continue reading
Helen Keegan, National Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford gave our first open lecture for the Educational Development Unit and Greenwich Connect on Transformations in Practice and Pedagogy through Networked Creativity. Helen’s presentation slides can be downloaded as a PDF file Continue reading