Teaching at Nottingham
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Engaging students with their feedback
April 19, 2012
Prof. Katharine Reid: “Stephen Marshall gave various motivations for changing the way we assess student work and was very clear that it was important to be able to demonstrate that the changes had delivered improvements. In terms of staff workload this can easily be achieved, but in terms of the factors that impact on student …
Seeing the bigger picture
April 18, 2012
Sarah Seeley: “In my capacity of Examinations Manager (on-line exams) I was looking forward to the Assessment in the Digital Age Conference and saw it as an opportunity to meet staff across the University and talk about implementation and support and get a better perspective of how I fit in. “As my focus is summative …
Developing curiosity
February 1, 2011
Video >> Saul Becker: “When our students come here we are giving them the best knowledge that is available at that time and we’re also teaching them how to make judgements about the quality of that knowledge, so we are hopefully teaching them that some things are pretty certain and some things are less certain …
Alan Jenkins on mainstreaming undergraduate research
Video >> Alan Jenkins: “The serious issue is that the relationship between people’s interest in their teaching, and commitment to their teaching, and the role of research in the university is now a massive issue, as universities try to grapple with handling those two roles. “We’re also interested in the fact that there is cutting …
Advising students on reading: prioritising reading lists
June 18, 2007
Video >> Kate: “What kind of help and support do you give for students in helping them focus and direct their readings, in your area?” Andrew Fisher, Philosophy: “Well, I think all lecturers do this; in the module guide I give quite a detailed reading list and that is split up by lecture, so in …
Student roles in small groups
July 2, 2004
Video >> There is the sound of many conversations in the room as students work in small groups. Interviewer: “You did, on this occasion, ask for representatives to come out and share and that went very smoothly, and very well. Does it always?” Do Coyle: “Well, it’s partly dependent on the briefing, so we come …
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