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27 Nov 09
Descriptive Account: Current Trends in Laboratory Class Teaching in University Bioscience Programmes
"Students and academics agree that there is a need to make learning and teaching in the bioscience laboratory more challenging and engaging. During recent years there have been many published accounts of novel laboratory exercises designed to enthuse and stimulate students through active learning. The purpose of this review is to raise awareness of these innovative methods that exploit computer-based approaches, encourage enquiry-based learning and may even involve students in cutting edge research during scheduled undergraduate laboratory classes.
Keywords: Laboratory teaching, enquiry-based learning, computer-based learning, social interaction, undergraduate research"
24 Nov 09
Responding to Learners Pack : JISC
" This resource pack synthesises the outcomes from the Learner Experiences of e-Learning theme of the JISC e-Learning Programme which funded a total of ten projects from 2005 to 2009, and had the sustained involvement of over 200 learners and more than 3000 survey respondents to explore learners’ perceptions of and participation in technology-enhanced learning in a digital age.
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About - JISC Learner Experience Phase 2 - Brookes Wiki
"This web site synthesises outputs from the JISC Learner Experiences of e-Learning programme. The programme spanned two phases over four years from 2005-2009. It comprised nine research projects in total (two in phase 1 and seven in phase two), employed mixed method approaches, and had the sustained involvement of over 200 learners and more than 3000 survey respondents. Five national workshops were run disseminating the methods and findings."
LLiDA Wiki: Main/Home Page
"This wiki contains outputs from the JISC funded study into Learning Literacies for the Digital Age (LLiDA). It was used during the project to share and develop ideas and work."
23 Nov 09
Small group teaching index
"Small group discussion fulfils several important goals of higher education. It encourages students to organise their thinking by comparing ideas and interpretations with each other and to give expression, and hence form, to their understanding of a subject. It is therefore immensely important as a vehicle for learning. Small group discussion has extrinsic value too. There is an increasing need for professionals to demonstrate oral skills in committees and in more general communication with clients and colleagues. Cooperation and teamwork have become essential features of most work situations, as have skills in listening, drawing out information, and persuading. There are greater expectations of the graduates' ability to communicate and this is further underlined by the high standards set by radio and television which make for more critical audiences. But perhaps most importantly, small group discussion can or should give students the chance to monitor their own learning and thus gain a degree of self-direction and independence of the tutors, in their studies. All these purposes are of excellent pedigree. Yet often they are not realised to a satisfactory level and both tutors and students may end up with a sense of frustration. "
20 Nov 09
REAP: Re-engineering Assessment Practices in Scottish Higher Education
The Re-Engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project involved the implementation and evaluation of new models of assessment practice supported by technology in large cohort first-year classes across three Scottish Higher Education institutions – the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow Caledonian University Business School and the University of Glasgow. It also examined how to embed new assessment practices within institutional strategies and within quality enhancement processes. REAP was one of six projects funded by the Scottish Funding Council under its e-Learning Transformation Programme.
Teachers as learners - the development of academic staff
Teaching is just one element in the learning process, though one for which teachers themselves have been perhaps too ready to claim predominance.\nNevertheless, the multiplicity of social and inter-personal practices which we call teaching play an inescapable part in shaping the environments of both formal and informal learning. The promotion of teaching and of academics in their role as teachers is the subject of this issue of Academy Exchange.
09 Nov 09
Teaching in Labs - The University of Auckland
A good resource on best practice in laboratory teaching
CAD - Learning design process
"The eLearning Group provides support for the design and development of elearning courses and materials for University staff. Academics from across the faculties may submit an initial inquiry at any time. If the project is achievable within the scope of available skills and resources, a development process is defined in the form of a project brief. Projects may involve any or all of the following stages, depending on the specific require"
Welcome to the LMS Evaluation Committee Website
Final report of VLE evaluation (Blackboard) by University of North Carolina
LearnCentral
We’ve been waiting a long time for computers to dramatically change education, but for the most part, that promise remains unfulflled. Unlike in the business world, where the computer quickly became a fxture on every desk and transformed both day-to-day tasks and the business landscape as a whole, computers have not transformed the goals of educators, or even the methods used to achieve those goals.
05 Nov 09
at Learning Theories
Theories and Models of Learning for Educational Research and Practice. This knowledge base features learning theories that address how people learn. A resource useful for scholars of various fields such as educational psychology, instructional design, and human-computer interaction. Below is the index of learning theories, grouped in somewhat arbitrary categories. Note that this website is an iterative project and these entries are a work in progress; please leave comments with suggestions, corrections, and additional references.
Learning and Teaching Notes
A useful set of T&L guides.
04 Nov 09
Constructive Alignment and Biggs
"A good teaching system aligns teaching method and assessment to the learning activities stated in the objectives, so that all aspects of this system are in accord in supporting appropriate student learning. This system is called constructive alignment based as it is on the twin principles of constructivism in learning and alignment in teaching."
LMS Review Process and Documentation | UCTL
"Due to the merger with the Christchurch College of Education in January 2007 the University now has two supported Learning Management Systems (LMSs), Blackboard and Interact (known in the College as StudentNet). At the time of the merger it was agreed to support both systems until a review could be undertaken in 2008, with a view to moving to a single platform for 2009/2010. "
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