Open Lecture on Learning Gain

Our initial Open Lecture for the 2017-18 academic year was on Learning Gain and was delivered by Prof Simon Lancaster from East Anglia University, who reflected on his personal experiences based on feedback from his own students but also from his participation to an institutional project on learning gain. Learning gain is often used to measure the learning… Continue reading

Save the date! Rosie Miles, Social Media, Play and the Gift of Teaching, 9th March 2017, 5-6pm

Save the date!  Rosie Miles, University of Wolverhampton Social Media, Play and the Gift of Teaching University of Greenwich, Stockwell St S11_0004 ​ 9th March 2017, 5-6pm Rosie Miles is Reader in English Literature and Pedagogy at the University of Wolverhampton, and also a poet.  Rosie has published books on… Continue reading

Save the date! Tom Stafford, University of Sheffield, Experiments in Learning

Save the date!  Tom Stafford, University of Sheffield Experiments in Learning Greenwich Campus, Queen Anne 080​ January 31st 2017, 5-6pm     Tom Stafford is Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Sheffield. He is also the department’s Director of Public Engagement. His research focusses on learning… Continue reading

Simon Thomson: Don’t Flop When You Flip

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. When we “flip” our classrooms it can be a daunting experience. There is a shift in emphasis from the “teacher” as knowledge provider (Sage on the Stage)… Continue reading

Dr Edd Pitt – Students’ utilisation of feedback: a cyclical model

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. In this presentation, Dr Pitt proposes a conceptual cyclical assessment and feedback model which attempts to further understand the problematic nature of feedback within higher education. Whilst… Continue reading

Ellie Russell: Student engagement – the never ending story

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Engaging students as partners is a very popular concept but very challenging to make a reality. As such it is easy for partnership to become a buzzword… Continue reading

Paul Warwick: Sustainability Education in HE – towards a pedagogy of hope, challenge and controversy?

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. In this session Paul considered the potential for Sustainability Education within Higher Education, drawing from recent international and national policy and research in support of an integrated… Continue reading

Dr Gwyneth Hughes: Is competition good for learning? Exploring ipsative assessment as an alternative.

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Ipsative assessment is a powerful and under-used approach that provokes a radical rethink of the purposes and methods of assessment. Ipsative assessment means making comparisons with a… Continue reading

Ed Foster: Can we improve student engagement through the use of learning analytics?

This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. There is a great deal of interest in learning analytics at present within the sector. The process of learning analytics is one that draws lessons from the… Continue reading