The 2nd Annual Learning and Teaching Conference
The 2nd Annual Learning and Teaching Conference was held between Tuesday 16th of September and Thursday 18th September 2014.
2014's conference theme was 'Inspiring Teaching: Sharing Teaching and Technology Tales.'
The six main strands of the conference were:
- Student engagement in active learning.
- Ehancing assessment and feedback.
- Innovative approaches to teaching.
- Application of technology to educational challenges.
- Emerging tools and technologies.
- Getting involved in pedagofic research.
Below is the timetable for the 2014 conference, and contains links to resources such as PowerPoint presentations, handouts, contact profiles and location profiles.
Day One, Monday 15th September:
| Time | Event | Location | Resources |
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| 14:30 |
Kate Wright |
C66, Hugh Owen | |
| 16:00 | END OF THE DAY |
Day Two, Tuesday 16th September:
| Time | Event | Location | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | Early Registration | ||
| 10:30 |
Session 1 - Getting Started with AberLearn BlackBoard Workshop Johanna Westwood |
C66, Hugh Owen | |
| 11:30 | Registration and Lunch | MedRus Penbryn | |
| 13:00 |
Session 2 - Welcome Professor April McMahon, Vice Chancellor Open Address and Academi Aber Academy Launch Professor John Grattan, Pro Vice Chancellor Keynote Address - More Effective Use of (Teaching) Time and Space Professor Simon Lancaster, School of Chemistry, University of East Anglia |
MedRus Penbryn | |
| 14:30 |
Session 3 - The CADARN Learning Portal Dr Tom Bartlett Enhancing Student Engagement Beyond Assessment Dr Antonia Ivaldi |
MedRus Penbryn | |
| 15:15 | Tea Break | MedRus Penbryn | |
| 15:30 |
Session 4A - Inspiring Teaching through Action Research Pure Action Research with Geography Students Dr Kevin Grove What is Action Research and What Opportunities Does it Offer University Teaching? Saffron Passam From Action Research to Pedagogical Publication - Interview Findings Graham Lewis |
MedRus Penbryn | |
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Session 4B - Teaching with Tablets Daniel Burgarth Malcolm Leitch |
A14, Hugh Owen | ||
| 16:35 |
Session 5A - Academi Aber Academy Open House: Introduction and Tour Media Lab Demonstration and Workshop Lizi Hesling, CADARN Learning Portal |
Academi Aber Academy, Hugh Owen E4, Media Lab, Hugh Owen |
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Session 5B - Video Diary Room Interviews Dr Joanne Maddern, Technical Support |
E5, Recording Studio, Hugh Owen Library | ||
| 17:30 | END OF THE DAY |
Day Three, Wednesday 17th September:
| Time | Event | Location | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 |
Session 1 - Making a Video: Quick and Easy Mary Jacob, Dr Gareth Hall |
A14, Hugh Owen | |
| 09:20- 10:20 |
Session 2A - Learning through Role Plays: Lessons from Intelligence Studies Dr Claudia Hillebrand Dr Gareth Norris |
A14, Hugh Owen | |
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Session 2B - Using Quizdom to Engage Students and 'Flip' Lectures Rachel Howell Basil Wolf |
A12, Hugh Owen | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 |
Session 3 - Engagement with Employability Dr Hazel Davey |
A14, Hugh Owen | |
| 10:30 |
Access Aberystwyth App Launch and Coffee Sponsored by AberPrentice Rebecca Davies, Carolyn Parry |
Hugh Owen Foyer | |
| 11:00 |
Session4 - AberPrentic - A Model for Multi-Disciplinary Student Employability and Enterprise Development Carolyn Parry, Neil Taylor, Julie McEwan, Dr Dave Poynton Keynote - Reading Lists at Liverpool: A Case Study Dr Lisa Shaw, University of Liverpool, Clair Sharpe, University of Liverpool |
A14, Hugh Owen | |
| 13:00 | Lunch | Hugh Owen Foyer | |
| 13:30 |
Session 5 - Poster Session The CADARN Learning Portal Dr Tom Bartlett 'Expressing Opinions' an Art History Distance Learning Initiative Alison Pierse AU Exemplary Course Award Mary Jacob Instructional Video for Engancing Student Learning Tom Holt Enhancing AberLearn BlackBoard Presence Kate Wright |
Lobby outside A12, Hugh Owen | |
| 14:00 |
Session 6A - Teaching Room Demonstration, Drop in Session Lauren Harvey |
A14, Hugh Owen | |
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Session 6B - Manage Your Reading Lists with TALIS Aspire Workshop Laura Unwin, Joy Cadwallader |
C66, Hugh Owen | ||
| 14:30 |
Session 7 - Aberystwyth University Exemplary Course Award Mary Jacob |
A14, Hugh Owen | |
| 15:30 | Tea Break | Academi Aber Academy, Hugh Owen Library | |
| 15:45 |
Session 8A - Manage Your Reading Lists with TALIS Aspire Workshop Laura Unwin, Joy Cadwallader |
C66, Hugh Owen | |
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Session 8B - Helix Workshop Johanna Westwood |
Academi Aber Academy | ||
| 16:20 |
Session 9A - Academi Aber Academy Open House: Introduction and Tour Mary Jacob Media Lab Demonstration and Workshop Lizi Hesling |
Academi Aber Academy Media Lab, E4, Academi Aber Academy |
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Session 9B - Video Diary Room Interviews Dr Joanner Maddern, Russ Basford |
Day four, Thursday 18th September:
| Time | Event | Location | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00-10:30 |
Session 1A Chair: Dr. Stephen Atherton Some Tips for Improving Learning – Provoke, Relate, Reveal Ian Keirle, Senior lecturer , IBERS Assessment for Learning: the Use of Quizzes to Enhance Student Learning Basil Wolf, Lecturer, IBERS |
MedRus 1 Penbryn | |
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Session 1B Chair: Paul Richardson Student-made videos for assessment & teaching Rupert Marshall, Reader in Animal Behaviour, IBERS
Bernie Tiddeman, Senior Lecturer & Head of Department, Department of Computer Science
Study Skills and Learning Transition, the Fresher’s Perspective Sahm Nikoi, Information Services
The Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities Joint Recognition Scheme for Continuing Professional Development in Teaching and Supporting Learning: Applying for Higher Education Academy Fellowships Graham Lewis, Coordinator, Centre for the Development of Staff and Academic Practice
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Hugh Owen A14 | ||
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee | MedRus 1 Penbryn | |
| 11:00-11:55 |
Session 2 Chair: Johanna Westwood Pantopto: Innovative Uses of Video in HE Debra Garretson, Panopto |
MedRus 1 Penbryn | |
| 12:00-13:00 |
Session 3 Facilitator: Mary Jacob, Information Services Improving Feedback Skill-Share
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | MedRus 1 Penbryn | |
| 13:30-3:00 | Session four | ||
| 1:30-1:55 |
Teaching Room Demonstration Drop in session
Lauren Harvey, Information Services |
Hugh Owen A14 | |
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Johanna Westwood, Information Services |
Hugh Owen C66 | ||
| Five Minute Transition | |||
| 14:00-15:00 |
Session 5A Chair: Ayla Gol Tanya Rogers; Sue Lithgow; John Neslon; Marianne Taylor, Open Learning Unit, Department of Information Studies
Martine Spittle; Julia Jenkins, Advanced Training Partnership, IBERS,
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MedRus 1 Penbryn | |
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Session 5B Chair: Dafydd Sills-Jones Do Not Teach Mathematics, Play With It Nitin Kumar Naik, Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science
Navigating the Site Map: From Analogue to Digital Space Dr. Louise Ritchie, Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies |
Academi Aber Academy E3 | ||
| 15:00-15:30 | Tea | MedRus 1 Penbryn | |
| 15:30-17:00 |
Session 6 Chair: Paul Richardson, Jisc Common Sense and the Craft of Teaching: Communal Modes of Support Dr. Richard Davies, Lecturer, Department of Education and Lifelong Learning
In the Liminal Space: Software Design as a Threshold Skill Dr. Lynda Thomas, Teaching Fellow, Department of Computer Science
#OutInTheField: The Use of Twitter in Revitalizing Human Geography Methods Training Greg Thomas & Will Andrews, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Plenary Professor John Grattan, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Student Experience and International |
MedRus 1 Penbryn |