This is the video from the first of our Open Lectures in Teaching and Learning for the 2014-15 academic year, in October 2014 Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been much advocated and debated over the last three years. But now as the phenomenon slips down the other side of… Continue reading
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 in meaningful ways with their learning is arguably one of the most important issues facing higher education (HE) in the 21st Century. In recent years,… Continue reading
This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Education for Sustainability is gaining increasing importance in the higher education sector although historically there has been a greater focus on the sustainability of University campuses rather… Continue reading
This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. The HERE (Higher Education: Retention and Engagement) Project explored how to support students with their transition into the first year, looking primarily at why students stay rather… Continue reading
This video can be seen alongside others from the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Student engagement now occupies a prominent focus in UK universities. However it is a complex concept and also confused by the ambiguity between the term being used… Continue reading
Helen Keegan, National Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford, gave our first open lecture of 2013/14 on Transformations in Practice and Pedagogy through Networked Creativity. Our next open lecture, “Engaging Students through Partnership” will be given by Colin Bryson and Ruth Furlonger (Newcastle University). It takes… Continue reading
This video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. Jonathan Garnett is the Director of the Institute for Work Based Learning (IWBL) at Middlesex University. Jonathan has twenty years’ experience at the leading edge of the development and operation… Continue reading
The video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. In this, the first Open Lecture of 2012-13, Geoff Rebbeck explores contemporary ideas on the emergence and use of personal learning space, and the challenges successful use make to curriculum… Continue reading
The video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. James’ session took a critical look at “reflective practice”. Since its popularisation by Donald Schön in the ‘eighties, it has gained great popularity as a component of professional education programmes.… Continue reading
The video can be seen alongside others from the LTA Open Lecture series and annual conferences on the EDU Vimeo channel. The last open lecture for this academic year is on 21 March 2012, when Dr James Atherton (Retired Academic, National Teaching Fellow) will present on reflective practice. Continue reading