Jisc webinar: The changing face of assessment and feedback – how technology can make a difference, 5 December 13.00-14.00 (GMT) Over the past two years, the Jisc Assessment and Feedback programme has worked with over 30 institutions in the UK further and higher education sector to pilot new approaches that address a range of challenges toRead more
With the support of the Higher Education Academy (HEA), the Teaching Centre is hosting an HEA Workshop and Seminar Series 2013-14 event on Wednesday, 22 January 2014. It will run that day from 10am to 4pm and it is being held here at Loughborough University in the Design Studio, Centre for Engineering and Design Education, KeithRead more
For those of you who have not browsed through Europeana before, and you are in anyway interested in European history, culture, film, etc., you are in for a treat! Describing themselves in their Factsheet Europeana – facts and figures as “the doorway to the digital resources of Europe’s museums, libraries, archives and audiovisual collections”, users are encouragedRead more
The journal Nature has this week published an interesting comment piece aimed specifically at educating politicians about the scientific approach to data but which could just as easily be used for many different types of data. The “twenty tips” are as useful in helping us remember how to judge educational data and to avoid simpleRead more
Wednesday 4th December 1.15pm – 2.30pm Design Studio, Keith Green Building LectureTools is a web-based alternative to dedicated electronic voting systems (aka clickers) such as Turning Point which we use here at Loughborough. There are now several academics on campus actively using LectureTools, including Andy Bayley (School of Business and Economics) and Prof Chris SzejnmannRead more
The HEA has just put out a call for proposals for new research relating to their theme of “The impact of the shifting UK HE landscape on learning and teaching” the aim of the research is to “seek to understand, discuss and debate the impact on learning and teaching and the student experience in higherRead more
I’ve previously posted about LectureTools, an online alternative to electronic voting systems such as Turning Point which use dedicated ‘clickers’. We currently have a site licence for LectureTools on a trial basis. The company, spun out of the University of Michigan, is now owned by Echo360 which provides the hardware and software behind our ReVIEWRead more
Friday 6th December 2013 12:00pm – 1:45pm BE.0.53 (in School of Business and Economics) Loughborough Teaching Awards recognise, celebrate and promote excellence in learning and teaching. At this showcase event, recipients of Teaching Innovation Awards 2012 share their findings to benefit other teaching staff and learning support staff at Loughborough. This cross-disciplinary event provides anRead more
The student representatives in the Department of Mathematical Sciences have put together a video aimed at making reps more visible while also signposting students to the different feedback routes open to them – go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYSBr4GObs to learn more. Please note that information on the role of student representatives is available at locations such as these Loughborough Students’Read more
There is growing concern about the detrimental effect of term-time employment on university students’ academic success. Richardson et al (2013) report on the results from an online survey of 1837 students of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, whose responses were later matched to their academic records for a semester. They found: TheRead more