{"id":108,"date":"2016-03-10T15:15:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T15:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/?p=108"},"modified":"2016-09-30T11:28:31","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T10:28:31","slug":"fed-technology-enhanced-learning-event-write-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/fedstaff\/2016\/03\/10\/fed-technology-enhanced-learning-event-write-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty of Engineering & Design Technology Enhanced Learning: event write up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week saw the first Faculty of Engineering & Design Technology Enhanced Learning event<\/strong>. The event followed on from on from last semester\u2019s LITEbox Technology Panel Debate<\/a> chaired by Peter Lambert.<\/p>\n

Jos Darling (Mechanical Engineering), Marcelle McManus (Mechanical Engineering), Mirella Di Lorenzo (Chemical Engineering) and Aydin Nassehi (Mechanical Engineering) each gave brief presentations. They highlighted their use of different technologies to address specific needs and to engage with students in their own learning and teaching contexts. Around thirty staff attended, in a range of learning and teaching related roles, from all departments and from different faculty teams.<\/p>\n

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Answering questions at the Faculty TEL event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The presenters gave their insights in to a number of developments. Steve Cayzer, an audience member, commented \u2018It was great to see some of the innovative use of technology in the faculty. I found it particularly useful that staff were sharing actual experiences; the pitfalls as well as the opportunities<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n

A full recording of the event<\/a> is now available if you wish to watch again or share with colleagues.<\/p>\n

Jos shared his experience of using online multiple choice quizzes<\/a> for summative assessment. This approach helps to provide timely feedback for large cohorts. He shared the findings of initial pilots, and noted future trials and developments across the University.<\/p>\n

Marcelle gave some great insights in to the use of lecture capture software<\/a> for students to record group presentations. Industry experts can access the recordings at any time to provide feedback to students. Students write questions to their peers and develop new digital skills which are useful for online interviews.<\/p>\n

Mirella explained how she uses Linoit <\/a>(a virtual multimedia message wall or \u2018post-it\u2019 board). This provides an interactive space for students to ask questions and provide feedback. She shared ideas on how this can support student engagement in different contexts (for example with first or final year students). She also highlighted the positive feedback from students.<\/p>\n

Finally Aydin demonstrated how audience response systems can bring presentations to life, allowing large student cohorts to engage and interact during lectures. Aydin gave an interactive demonstration and provided a useful comparison of different technologies (for example 2sli.de<\/a> and Poll Everywhere<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Key themes word cloud: Creative Commons Licence (by-nc-nd). See worditout.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Some key themes<\/strong> emerged through the presentations:<\/p>\n