Lectures, Laptops, and Learning
November 26, 2013
“The beauty of YouTube is that it’s … chock-full of fantastic educational content for students and teachers alike to access and learn from.” Dr Philip Moriarty: “That quote is taken from a short blog post entitled “Serve up Some YouTube EDU This Summer” (which I stumbled across just as the summer was ending). “As someone …
The Sustainability ‘NOOC’: learning from a multi-disciplinary online course
November 25, 2013
Dr Sarah Speight: “In spring 2013, I led a pilot project to foster a sense of community amongst students and staff across our three campuses through learning together. Working with Learning Technologist Helen Whitehead, we constructed the first ‘NOOC’ or Nottingham Open Online Course, called ‘Perspectives on Sustainability’. “Helen and I came to the project …
Teaching and Learning Review
November 22, 2013
The use of School Review to evaluate all of a school’s activities on a periodic basis is being discontinued from this session, as many of the elements of this methodology are contained within the recently implemented Academic and Financial Strategy Framework (AFSF). As a result, a new system of Teaching and Learning Review is being …
Teaching and learning governance
November 21, 2013
The move to Faculty Teaching Committees within the University has prompted several changes in our governance arrangements for teaching and learning: Chairs of Faculty Teaching Committees (i.e. Directors of Teaching & Learning in each Faculty) will be ex officio members of the University’s Teaching & Learning Board (TLB). The membership of TLB has consequently been …
Teaching and Learning at UNNC
November 20, 2013
Prof Julie Sanders: “It has been a busy start of the year here at UNNC. Our student induction weeks took place at the start of September and included family ‘Q and A sessions’ in each of our three Faculties and lots of student-led events. We now have a growing group of international students from over …
University perspective and priorities
Professor Stephen Doughty: “As we embark upon the 2013/14 academic year at The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, we are also in the process of laying out the UNMC Roadmap for 2013-2020. Hence there is a constant shift between focus on the near-term and the significantly longer-term. In both foci, improving and enhancing the Teaching …
The Teaching Transformation Programme
November 19, 2013
Prof Alan Ford: “It has been an exciting year internationally and nationally in teaching and learning, with headline grabbing news in online learning – MOOCs – and potentially radical proposals emerging for a redesign of the UK assessment regime through the adoption of GPA. Here in Nottingham we have made our contribution to these developments, …
Using Pencasts to create online learning objects
November 8, 2013
Video >> Gail Hopkins: “Computer Science is a technical subject, some areas of which can be challenging for students to grasp. Additionally the subject is such that it is important to grasp earlier concepts before moving on to more complex ideas. Therefore it is especially important that students understand concepts in a timely manner and …
Learning in groups – seminars and projects
October 14, 2013
Video >> Student views on the value of learning with others and ways to make sure the group works together well. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
Making use of the library
October 7, 2013
Video >> Library staff and our students talk about what’s in the libraries and how they use them in their studies. Visit the University’s Studying Effectively website for more on learning at University.
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