L&T Chat Show

Gustavo and I discuss his work on universal design for learning and in particular the role of choice in assessment. Dr. Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos is the module leader of Sustainable City Economies and Strategic Perspectives for Marketing modules, and the course leader for the MA Management (online) at the Westminster Business School. He is the digital champion at the school of Management and Marketin...

Sami and I discuss decolonisation, what it is and how to address it. In particular looking at ways for staff to reflect on their own experiences and how to provide students with opportunities to discuss what it might mean to them.   https://www.linkedin.com/in/sysafadi

Lee and I discuss various ways in which we can plan for more inclusive learning materials and stray onto the topic of chatGPT Key resource – Designing for Diverse Learners: Designing for diverse learners website: https://designingfordiverselearners.info/ Designing for Diverse Learners [4.0] National Teaching Repository: https://figshare.edgehill.ac.uk/articles/poster/Designing_for_Diverse_Learners...

Chris and I discuss the pointlessness of percentages as a means of marking work and explore some of the alternatives. For more detail check out Chris' article: Rust, Chris (2011) "The Unscholarly Use of Numbers in Our Assessment Practices: What Will Make Us Change?," International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 4. Available at: https://do...

Steve and I chat about the potential impact of ChatGPT, some of the positives, negatives and he offers some advice for students and institutions. Apologies that once more I (Roger) sound like a Dalek with a cold.

Kat explains how she uses music in teaching spaces including helping students to relax in order to be more receptive in class. Here is a link for music to help reduce heartrate and lower blood pressure: https://soundcloud.com/uwecfm/sets/cfms-deep-relaxation-mix?si=d048ffb177c34b66acf8e4f70329fc71&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing Students have responded...

Johanna and I discuss her work using creative activities to help journalism students to develop their ideas. Johanna Payton is a Lecturer and Director of Learning & Teaching in the Journalism department at City, University of London. She is in the third year of her PhD, researching creativity and journalism education. A former Guardian editor and freelance writer, she has over two decades of e...

Johanna and I talk about her experiences and experiments with introducing creativity to her classrooms including crafting, gaming and mindfulness. Johanna Payton is a Lecturer and Director of Learning & Teaching in the Journalism department at City, University of London. She is in the third year of her PhD, researching creativity and journalism education. A former Guardian editor and freelance...

Denise talks about her passion for dialogic education and the development of group discussions in class. Dr Denise Sweeney, Associate Professor in Higher Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham Useful further reading: Inter thinking: Putting talk to work By Karen Littleton, Neil Mercer https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203809433/interthinking-putting-talk-work-k...

Jos talks about a regular session they run at the end of seminars/tutorials given students the opportunity to ask 'stupid questions'. Jos would also be interested in people's thoughts about alternatives to exams (they teach Maths) and can be contacted here jos.gunns@bristol.ac.uk ).

Lynn and I have a fascinating chat about the numerous benefits and advantages of teaching students (including large groups) online. Dr Lynn Gribble is Associate Professor, School of Management and Governance at The University of New South Wales Sydney. She has taught management to large classes of Master of Business Administration and Master of Commerce students for ten years and has pioneered the...

This episode focuses on a discussion of inclusion in academic integrity. There is significant over-representation of certain groups of students in academic conduct investigations, for example international postgraduate students. Various interventions are discussed to address this inequality, including pedagogical research, policy changes, expanding educational opportunities. Dr Mary Davis is acade...

If like me you have struggled to find ways to help students to reflect on their work then Jamie has some great ideas.  Jamie Heywood is an Associate Professor and Academic Lead for Academic Development & Recognition at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Jamie leads on initiatives and opportunities across the university which support academic development and recognition, including programmes,...

Who hasn't wanted to improve their personal tutoring? Today I talk to Ben, Andy and Dave about their experiences, research and findings when it comes to how to improve tutoring services. A very practical approach based on a wealth of knowledge, most recently encapsulated in their 2022 book "Personal Tutor's and Advisor's Handbook" drawing on contributions from 50 practitioners across the sector an...

Writing can be a lonely business so how about finding ways to help develop a supportive community. Emma and I discuss her experiences in doing just this. For further information check out the article Emma wrote: http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7741/1/DAVENPORT_Investigations22_FINAL-Accessible.pdf You may also find these interesting Murray, R. (2014) Writing in Social Spaces: A Social Processes...

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...