learning and teaching
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Mini Series on the Future of Education: Part 6 - Reflections on Teaching Regenerative Design
8 weeks after my unit on Regenerative Design started, and it is complete. Last Friday the students sat the exam. Later today and tomorrow I intend to start marking the exam scripts, but before I mark, I wanted to have...
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New sustainability education case studies published
The Centre for Learning & Teaching is pleased to share four newly published case studies showcasing innovative approaches to sustainability education at the University of Bath. Spanning disciplines including psychology, engineering, marketing and management, the case studies highlight how colleagues...
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Introducing GEOG: Leading the University of Bath's Response to Generative AI in Education
I have been at the University of Bath for twenty years, and in that time few developments have presented a challenge, and an opportunity, of the scale now posed by Generative AI (GenAI). Unlike previous waves of educational technology, tools...
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Mini Series on the Future of Education: Part 5 - Future walk around Bath - what will Bath be like in 2050
Back in 2022, when I was researching my book on Regenerative Design I started coming across future imaginings of the world that I found really helpful. Whether James McKays drawings, which featured as part of Paul Chatterton’s book “Unlocking Sustainable...
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Mini Series on the Future of Education: Part 4 - Lecturing, really? A case for collective hope
I love lecturing. It’s one of my favourite parts of the job. The joy of standing up in front of a group of people and telling them stories, sharing something of yourself. Being vulnerable. But here is the thing. Over...
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Mini Series on the Future of Education: Part 3 - Assessment - how designing the unit around an exam opened up new creative ideas
Welcome back to the blog on my new Regenerative Design unit. Last week we were talking about the unit design, and how it covered a wide variety of different activities, some led in workshops, and others self-supporting, but all designed...