Sharing Practice in E-Learning seminar in December
Educational and Staff Development are again hosting a series of E-Learning Case Studies. In these sessions e-learning practitioners from around QMUL will present their work and invite questions from attendees on their projects and methods. The first of these for the 08/09 academic year is on 8th December 2008 in the ESD Conference Room (FB 3.11, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End). It runs from 11:00 – 13:00.
If you would like to attend, you can book onto this session at http://esdcourses.org.uk
Our three presentations are:
Sally Mitchell and James Taylor, from the Language and Learning Unit, will present on their use and development of Interloc, a Digital Dialogue Game, in collaboration with London Metropolitan University. The software is used to promote critical discussion and reasoned dialogue.
Brendan Curran, from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, will present on a methodology to approach teaching practical skills to large student numbers. The method provides an individual learning experience for each student, uses small group sizes, and utilizes: on-line exercises hosted by Pearsons; in-house videos; and trained facilitators to teach lab techniques. It has been introduced very recently and has, to date, proven popular with staff and students.
Patricia Revest, from the School of Medicine and Dentistry, will present on her use of the Audience Response System (ARS) TurningPoint on the undergraduate Medical Programme. This allows the presenter to receive rapid feedback during the class and quickly gauge learning while boosting student engagement.
Please get in touch if you have any queries about this session and feel free to forward it to anyone (internal or external to QMUL) who you think may be interested.