Enhancing College-Based Higher Education: Conference Report

In July 2015 I had the pleasure of facilitating a workshop on Flipped Learning at Capturing HE-ness: A Teaching and Learning Conference to Enhance College-Based Higher Education,  which was hosted by the University of Greenwich Access and Partnerships Unit for our Partner College Network.  Before my workshop there were two keynote sessions that… Continue reading

Flipped classrooms at the University of Greenwich: our lecturers discuss

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

Erica Sheward: Delivering effective student feedback using Adobe Connect

Erica Sheward at the Natural Resources Institute (NRI) has been using Adobe Connect in order to improve the quality of feedback given to students. Previous student questionnaires revealed that the students were generally unhappy with how feedback was given within the team. The objective of the project was to understand… Continue reading

Professional Practice: Using Digital Cameras in Public Relations Education

PR students Nara Mackenzie and Joanna Ayre

Paul Simpson challenged his students to record and present themselves and their ideas visually. The objective was to “provide students with enhanced opportunities to put ideas into practice on specific practice-based PR challenges, encouraging student led, and user generated content.” Continue reading

Cameras in PR

Paul Simpson uses cameras with his PR students. As part of their course the students are presented with weekly briefs. In the past the students focused on simply describing the role of images in campaigns but now they are given an opportunity to create the images themselves and experience the… Continue reading