We have recently published our schedule of workshops in teaching and learning for this academic year. You will notice that they map to a number of the UKPSF Dimensions of Practice and will therefore support preparation for HEA GOLD Fellowships. Any of the workshops can be customised for programme or… 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 is the keynote address from the 2013 Academic Practice and Technology Conference by Prof Martin Weller. Entitled “Surviving the day of the MOOC”, it presents an overview of Martin’s experience leading a MOOC at the Open University and some personal thoughts on MOOCs in Higher Education. Continue reading
This is the keynote address from the 2013 Academic Practice and Technology Conference by Dr Rachel Armstrong entitled ‘My TEDucation: challenges and opportunities in university learning for a networked and radically open age’. She presents some fascinating insights into the modern discourses and debates around e-learning. 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. Andrew Douch ‘ Humanising the Classroom’ Andrew began by illustrating the slow or inadequate response of educators to changes brought about by technology compared to other professional fields. He showed… Continue reading
Professor Mark Stiles’ opening keynote focussed on the nature of innovation in HE institutions and the difficulty in fostering diffusion, engagement and embedding of good initiatives. He argued that ‘improving teaching and learning’ is no longer a sufficient rationale to gain senior management support. Innovators need to be aware both… 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
What is the experience of transition like, for new post-graduate students? They are not new to University as such – but they may be new to our university. They will have studied at levels 4,5,6 – but what do they expect postgraduate study to be like and are they prepared… Continue reading