As part of a LITEbox project, funded by the University's Teaching Development Fund (TDF), exploring the role that new and existing technologies can play in supporting teaching and learning techniques in the classroom that enable students to engage with the public and other communities, an exciting series of workshops have been scheduled. You are invited to register for workshop #1 and #2 to secure yourself a place.
Workshop #1 (Wednesday 14 December 2016 - 12.15-13.05 pm - CB 4.8): Dr Fran Laughton, Director of Teaching & Resources, Dept. of Physics - “Developing engaged curricula: The challenges of technology and reflexivity”.
Fran will give a 30-minute presentation exploring her approach to developing and delivering engaged curricula for Physics students. This presentation will be followed by group discussion, to be chaired by Dr Jessica Francombe-Webb, LITEbox Project Leader, considering issues such as:
- how students find engaging with technology
- levels of confidence in using technology as a teacher
- pedagogic benefits arising from this kind of engaged teaching
- potential challenges of using technology in this way.
Register for Fran's workshop here.
Workshop #2 (Wednesday 8 February 2017 14:15 - 15:05 pm - venue to be confirmed): Dr Darragh McGee, Lecturer, Dept. for Health - “Developing engaged curricula: Film as (affective) critical pedagogy”
Darragh will give a presentation focusing on the relationship with the filmmaker and how the integration of film into the curricula has increased the engagement of his students and added pedagogic value to learning and teaching.
Register for Darragh's workshop here.
There will be two further workshops as part of this series taking place in March and April next year. Further details will be published in due course.
This series of workshops represents Phase 2 of this fascinating project, which has been funded to explore and disseminate innovative engagement with new and existing technologies across the University that create opportunities for students and external publics (e.g. national/international scholars, third sector organisations, businesses, local and national government, peers) to engage with one another in diverse ways that enhance the learning experience.
Funded by TDF, this project builds on the work of the Alumni-funded University-wide initiative LITEbox and is seeking to share and disseminate ideas to innovate this aspect of research-enriched teaching.
The project has three phases, as follows:
- Phase 1: map current use of technology to connect students with external publics.
- Phase 2: identify examples of good practice across the institution and talk to staff about their experiences. A series of ‘engaged’ workshops will be co-convened to share experiences of staff, students and external publics, drawing on experiences across the University (x 3) as well as an example external to the university (x 1 webinar).
- Phase 3: work in collaboration with the e-Learning Team, AV, the Public Engagement Unit and a student focus group, to evaluate and review these practices and develop a series of easily accessible online resources. This will include an online ‘hub’ of data e.g. blog posts, podcasts, case studies and online videos.
The LITEbox team hopes you can join us for one or more of these workshops.
Further information: Dr Jessica Francombe-Webb, LITEbox Project Leader or Samantha Wratten, TDF Project Officer.
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