Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities

Exploring how flipped learning supports students in developing problem solving skills [SHIFT2015]

By 29th April 2015 29th April 2015 Case Studies, Conferences & Events, Effective Practice, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning, University of Greenwich

This is a follow up post exploring the work of Dr. Tatiana Simmonds (Principal Lecturer, Computing and Information Systems Department) and Zoe Swan (Senior Lecturer in Law). The first post, Flipped classroom at the University of Greenwich: our lecturers discuss, featured an interview conversation between them and the Greenwich Connect team. This blog post offers a… Continue reading

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Flipped classrooms at the University of Greenwich: our lecturers discuss

By 2nd February 2015 2nd February 2015 Case Studies, Effective Practice, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Research and Publications, Tech-Enhanced Learning, University of Greenwich

Ah this flipping flip again … Since Colorado Science teachers Jonathan Bergman and Aaron Sams sparked excitement and discussions around the flipped classroom in K-12 Education, many educators have pointed out that a similar method has been practised for years at universities, mainly by business, law and humanities, when students… Continue reading

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Peer guidance: student-created audio assessment guides

By 29th September 2014 29th September 2014 Case Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Research and Publications, University of Greenwich

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Gavin Rand, who teaches History, Politics, and Social Sciences at the University of Greenwich, had a creative and collaborative idea to utilise the experience of his Level 5 History students to create audio assessment guides for his Level 4 History students. The idea was that student volunteers from Level 5… Continue reading

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More thoughts on Twitter in Learning and Teaching

By 28th July 2014 28th July 2014 Case Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Faculty of Business, Research and Publications, University of Greenwich

In this post Greenwich academics David Watson and Caron Jones share their experiences of using twitter with their students. Continue reading

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Using Pinterest for Learning and Teaching

By 14th July 2014 14th July 2014 Case Studies, Effective Practice, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Faculty of Business, Research and Publications, University of Greenwich

Introduction Pinterest is “is a tool for collecting and organizing things you love” (Pinterest, 2013) but can also be used to share and find online content. The main difference between social bookmarking sites like delicious and Pinterest, is that Pinterest concentrates far more on visual content than text based links.… Continue reading

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Using Twitter for Learning and Teaching

By 14th July 2014 14th July 2014 Case Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Faculty of Education & Health, Research and Publications

Introduction Twitter is “a real-time information network that connects you to the latest information about what you find interesting” (Twitter, 2011) and currently has around 255 million monthly active users (Twitter, 2014). Twitter allows you to post short messages called tweets, that other users can view and in turn you… Continue reading

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Flipped Classroom

By ed 13th January 2014 13th January 2014 Case Studies, Debate & Ideas, Effective Practice, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Faculty of Education & Health, Research and Publications, University of Greenwich

What is “flipped classroom”? Flipped classroom refers to an approach in teaching which reverses traditional session structure and moves lecture content to an online environment that is to be accessed ahead of the class. By doing so the time spent in class is devoted to more interactive forms of learning.… Continue reading

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PeerGuide podcasts

By ed 21st November 2013 21st November 2013 Case Studies, Faculty of Architecture, Computing & Humanities, Research and Publications, University of Greenwich

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