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
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
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
Andrew Ferrier from the Faculty of Business used equipment provided by the 2013/14 Seed Fund round as part of an investigation into alternative methods of assessment. The primary goal of assessment is to allow students to demonstrate the depth of subject knowledge that they have acquired. Andrew set out to… Continue reading
Andrew Ferrier in the Business School uses podcasting to develop and assess students’ presentation skills. Throughout the duration of the course students are expected to submit 4 pieces of coursework, one of them in a form of a podcast. Podcasting is embedded within the course programme and assessment with a… Continue reading
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
First year history students were encouraged to use cameras to record their first impressions of university life either by using the video function or by taking photos. The aim of the project, which has been supported by the Greenwich Connect seed fund, was to evaluate how the use of digital… Continue reading
*Courtesy of Jamie Murray. [Original video]. Background The “students as producers” concept stems from the wider debate on the purpose of the university and the negative critique of higher education as a dysfunctional entity, in which teaching and research work against each other. Students as producers tries to reconnect the two… Continue reading