A Vision for the Future BEng/MEng in Civil Engineering
April 23, 2015
Video >> Civil engineering is about integrating information for solving real world problems and students need to see their learning as integrated rather than in boxes defined by discipline. However, there is also a step change up from being a student to then being responsible for constructing a building. In this presentation we share our …
The Power of Course Design: the case of the Spanish N(ottingham)OOC
Video >> Factors such as high numbers of participants and unpredictable mixed abilities have been claimed as responsible for the relatively weak presence of language courses amongst open online courses. The purpose of this talk is to present an attempt to bridge this gap by leveraging course structure and activity design. The empirical context is …
“Not more change!!” Professor Ranald Macdonald’s keynote speech from the 2015 TTP conference
Video >> Professor Ranald Macdonald’s keynote speech explored the nature of educational change in the complex landscape of today’s higher education. Professor Macdonald, Emeritus Professor of Academic Development, Sheffield Hallam University, is respected for his scholarship of teaching and learning in Higher Education and has written on the nature of educational change and strategies for making change for the better, and not just …
Reviewing the 3rd Year in the School of English
April 20, 2015
Professor Jo Guy: “One of the things we’ve been told consistently by our external examiners is that we have some of the best feedback they’ve seen—the ‘gold standard’; yet this judgment is not reflected in NSS surveys. So we’ve had this problem of not being able to understand why, despite putting a great deal of …
Programme review in practice: The Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering
March 30, 2015
2014 saw M3 begin a Teaching Review with the intention of improving the student experience by providing more coherent programmes that deliver the learning outcomes whilst reducing assessment workload for students and staff. In partnership with the Teaching Transformation Programme, staff are looking at ways in which learning outcomes can be met effectively, efficiently and …
Perspectives and Priorities from UNMC
March 23, 2015
As the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) approaches its 15th year of operation in Kuala Lumpur and its 10th year of operation on the campus in Semenyih, 2015 provides an exciting backdrop to drive forward the teaching and learning agenda, which is being developed across the University through TTP as well as to develop …
Teaching and Learning at UNNC
March 18, 2015
2014-15 sees us still in the middle of birthday celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the UNNC campus and we will end festivities in April 2015 with an International Student Summit led by representatives from all 3 of our student associations in China, Malaysia and the UK and with contributions from students from HE …
#NUBSAMMC – Combining Teaching with Twitter in the Business School
February 16, 2015
Convention dictates that students put their phones away during lectures, but this rule isn’t quite so applicable in Dr Robert Cluley’s sessions due to his use of Twitter as a tool to facilitate and enhance communication and the sharing of resources with and amongst students. Convening an undergraduate Advertising and Marketing module in the Business School, …
Unique Support for First Year English Students
February 11, 2015
Exploring the Academic Community module in the School of English From treasure hunts in the Hallward Library to discussions about how best to resolve a health crisis in student halls of residence, the School of English’s first year ‘Academic Community’ module offers a grounding in the ethos of academic life and an invitation to participate …
WebPA: Peer-Assessed Group Work in the Faculty of Engineering
December 17, 2014
WebPA is an online, automated tool that facilitates peer-moderated marking of group work Students mark their fellow group members’ performance and this mark is combined with the teacher’s mark to give an overall score WebPA helps avoid the problems associated with imbalanced contributions to group work, making the process more fair Sean Moran, Faculty of …
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