Are you interested in how technology can support engagement with external people and organisations to enrich your teaching? Do you already use technology in this way?
Would you like to share your work and explore new opportunities for research-enriched teaching?
The LITEbox team will be pleased to hear from you – contact Dr Jessica Francombe-Webb, Project Leader (email: j.m.francombe-webb@bath.ac.uk)
Get involved in our community of engaged practice
Following the award of a Teaching Development Fund (TDF) grant the LITEbox team, in collaboration with the Public Engagement Unit (PEU) and e-Learning team, will be creating new opportunities for staff to explore the benefits of using technology to facilitate engagement with external publics to enrich their teaching . These will include:
- A series of workshops to explore the opportunities and barriers when using technology to facilitate external engagement in learning and teaching contexts.
- Creation of an open data suite of examples of innovation/good practice to include case studies, blog entries, podcasts and other materials.
- A joint PEU/LITEbox ‘Public Engagement Conversation’ to report project findings.
- A workshop providing space for discussion of findings and innovative practice at the annual ‘Exchange 2016’ event in May.
Commenting on this new project Dr Jessica Francombe-Webb said:
“We are delighted to have been awarded this funding as this will enable us to build on the work of LITEbox so far by introducing a new strand. The TDF funding will specifically enable us to create a community of practice which shares ideas to innovate this particular aspect of research-enriched teaching.”
For this project, the four LITEbox Co-Leaders, Drs Emma Rich, Reader and Jessica Francombe-Webb, Lecturer, Dept for Health, Mr Rob Hyde, AV Service Manager, Ms Sarah Turpin, Head of Academic Skills Resources, Academic Skills Centre are joined by Dr Kyriaki Anagnostopoulou, Head of e-Learning, LTEO and Mr Ed Stevens, Public Engagement Officer, Public Engagement Unit.
Ms Samantha Wratten has been appointed as the new LITEbox Project Officer working alongside current LITEbox Officer, Tim Maulin.
Further information: contact Dr Jessica Francombe-Webb (j.m.francombe-webb@bath.ac.uk) or Samantha Wratten (s.k.wratten@bath.ac.uk)
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