L&T Chat Show

Curie and I have a fascinating conversation about how various different drawing forms and activities can be used to aid learning. For more information: Dr Curie Scott is an Education consultant and coach working on drawing for wellbeing. As an educator and researcher, she is interested in embodied cognition, the co-construction of knowledge via making, visual research, and using art for well-being...

Nicole and I talk about her experience both as a researcher and supervisor and her experiences using and teaching the use of a journal. Some great ideas around the process of journaling and how they work. Dr Nicole Brown is a writer, social researcher, and associate professor working on the cusp of research/practice/teaching. She is Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd and...

Jo and I discuss the impact of emotion in the research process and what can be done to assist those involved in research to explore and understand their emotional responses. Ferrie, J. & Scott, A. (2021) The PhD and Missing Skills: Capacity and Capability Building for Engagement with Industry. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice Vol. 9 (3) pp. 22-31 Ferrie, J. & Lachapelle...

Theo joins me again to continue the discussion on the work he's being doing on compassion and student learning.  The first couple of films here: https://compassioninhe.wordpress.com/films/ will help illustrate what compassionate team meeting communications is all about. For more details about all the resources and how to join the network, be part of an open directory of staff from around 72 u...

In this episode Jenni explains a process whereby she helps students to understand the benefits of feedback being used as feedforward by encouraging them to write feedback on real student work. Students look at multiple pieces of work and compare the strengths and weaknesses of each. If you'd like more information please check out Jenni's Linkedin page   www. Linkedin.com/in/jennirose . You'll...

Victoria and I talk about ways in which learning can be made more relevant by applying classroom learning using applied learning weeks, where students can work together in multi-disciplinary groups working on a given brief. If you'd like to know more about Victoria's work you can find her here: https://learning.drvictoriawilsoncrane.co.uk/ Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-wilson-crane Twi...

This week Mary Jacob and I talk about designing Active Cognitive Tasks (ACTs) to help your students engage in active learning. Mary is a member of the Active Learning Network and has a chapter about ACTs in a forthcoming SEDA book, Active Learning in Higher Education, edited by Wendy Garnham and Isobel Gowers. At the 2022 Global Festival of Active Learning, she led a workshop on designing ACTs. In...

An absolutely fascinating chat with Bo about design thinking and lost of ways in which it can be used in the classroom. If you'd like to know more, check out her own podcast on design thinking done in conjunction with AdvanceHE https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/tags/dr-bo-kelestyn If you have something you're passionate about and you'd like to share it with the wider learning & teachi...

Jack and I talk about the work he has been doing at Abertay University where they have created a 20 credit space in all 1st year programmes to support student success and transition to university. This 20 credit space is made up of 5 credit microcredentials and students are required to undertake 1 core microcredential (ABE101 Being Successful at Abertay) which helps them to identify their strength...

Today I talk with my guests about various aspects of co-creation, if you'd like to find out more then check out Tanya and John's initial collaborative blog post from summer 2020: https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/the-potential-for-co-created-learning-and-teaching-in-digital-and-hybrid-spaces/ and their subsequent, collaborative article published earlier this year: Lubicz-Nawrocka, T. &amp...

Theo and I discuss how the brain works, compassion and student interactions. This is part 1 as we covered so much ground I don't think we could do it justice, if you enjoy the show, keep your eyes peeled for part 2. Here are the references for what we covered: Compassionate Mind Foundation Established as a charity in 2006, The Compassionate Mind Foundation (CMF) is the home of Compassion Focused T...

Tom and I talk about the various ways of encouraging engagement whether online or in a live setting through the use of various platforms. Tom is currently working on enable.port.ac.uk which is a team based approach to learning design with resources like explore.port.ac.uk helping people to understand the tools available. If you'd like to learn more about Tom's work you can check out his youtube ch...

Sue has developed a handbook on embedding study skills, which can be downloaded for free here   https://www.musostudy.com/toolkit/musostudy-handbook.pdf and if you'd like more details you can visit the web site here www.musostudy.com

After an extensive study across numerous countries and academics James Fenton, Julio Giminez, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Percy and Mariangela Spinillo have produced a book International Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Academic English in Turbulent Times. Published by Routledge and available to order now using discount code FLE22 for 20% off.

Alison introduces some ideas about the use of play-based learning, linked to her book The Value of Play in HE: A study, which is available free at https://engagingimagination.com/the-value-of-play-in-he-a-study-free-book/ and if anyone is interested in contacting her directly you can do so using engagingimaginationdotcom@gmail.com  

Tab is one of the organisers of the Active Learning Network that operates as a global community for those interested in more engaging learning and teaching. Today he talks to me about offering students the opportunity to explore ways of learning through making decisions and creating their own journey. He covers aspects such as the zone of proximal development, opportunities for students to be more...

Today Nayiri talks to me about an activity that embeds a micro-course on sustainability in a module and helps them consider wider implications. Nayiri Keshishi Teaching Fellow (Learning Development), University of Surrey n.keshishi@surrey.ac.uk Bio: Nayiri is a Learning & Development Teaching Fellow, with over seven years' experience in the design, development and delivery of engaging learning...

Hiral and I talk about the way spaces impact on learning. For further information check out these links: Our podcast series: https://futurelearningenvironments.org/podcasts/ The design-research studio on university learning spaces (students' visions of their campus, based on their experiences): https://futurelearningenvironments.org/le-dr-lab/ Survey of capabilities in HEI that I mentioned and the...

A cryptic title to this weeks episode perhaps. Amy introduces some group classroom activities to promote learning and trust amongst students. Take a listen and let us know what you think. If you're interested in contributing you can contact me at roger.saunders@dmu.ac.uk as we prepare for season two.

Nadine discusses the introduction of a 4 week module at the beginning of the first year for Business and Management students (345 students approx.). Aiding transition and getting students to a place where they are thinking about industry and employment very early on in their academic journey. 

Gary and I talk about how students can benefit from authentic learning and assessment experiences. If you'd like to connect with Gary his Twitter handle is @Gary_F_Fisher If you're interested in contributing to the podcast please contact Roger at roger.saunders@dmu.ac.uk

How to use creativity and help your students become more creative. If you have an idea for a podcast contact Roger at roger.saunders@dmu.ac.uk

How to get students to talk about issues by using visual images as a starting point. For further information you can check out David's website https://www.davidrobertsonline.org/professional

How do you get students to open up, engage and perhaps get to grips with some difficult subjects? Alan talks about his experiences with Lego serious play and the way he's used it in various classrooms teaching various subjects. You can find Alan's article here: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1472669620000523 which is to my article, 'Using Lego® Serious Play® in Higher Education with Law Students: Encour...

There are lots of ways of providing feedback, many of which students seem to ignore. In this episode Steve talks about his experience of using audio feedback and the engagement from students who feel it provide a more authentic voice and is more individualised to them.