Student engagement

Staff involved Amanda Mackenzie, Dept of Pharmacy and Pharmacology Christine Edmead, Dept of Pharmacy and Pharmacology What was done and what technology was used? Peerwise is free online software which supports students in the creation, sharing, evaluation and discussion of...

Dr Richard Joiner introduced the session, which is available to watch online, by giving the audience an example of an Audience Response System (ARS), otherwise known as an Audience Voting System (AVS) or Electronic Voting System (EVS), in this instance,...

Dr Aydin Nassehi began his LITEbox session, available to watch online, by explaining a typical problem with the “standard” classroom approach: students claim to be too busy meaning they often miss lectures, tutorials and out-of-class study time, leading to a...

On 23rd October Professor Carole Mundell shared her Lessons from the Universe to a wide audience of academic staff, support staff, researchers and students. One reflection of the session was: This was a truly inspirational talk which made me think...

This event has now ended, please view a write up with a comparison and instructions on embedding these walls into Moodle Online forums offer a way of enhancing student engagement by exchanging ideas and questions. Yet, the problems associated with...

A flipped teaching toolkit for a quantitative module (a digitising tablet, screen capture and an audience participation system) Date: Wednesday 18 November 2015 Time: 12.45pm - 13.45pm Venue: CB 5.13 Please send an email RSVP to litebox@bath.ac.uk to register your interest....

This event has finished and there is a write up available to read Dr Aslam has been using a blend of Twitter and Skype to organise interactive videoconference sessions with academics, students, aid-workers, social activists and journalists from across the...

Embedding ‘serious’ games in the curriculum: an aide to active learning?   Please watch back a recording of the event for further information.   There is great potential for serious games to facilitate active learning, particularly in courses that are...