There is an active conversation about teaching online, teaching teachers online and teaching about giving feedback online to people who teach online and face to face. I am attending an online conference: Giving Feedback to Writers Online. International and Virtual Conference 26th June 2014- 9.30am-2pm BST (now!). Content now available here. Teresa Guache of the … Continue reading Feedback online
Category: PCTHE
Reflecting on reflections
I have just spent a rewarding hour reading initial reflections on teaching by participants on First Steps into Teaching in Higher Eduction. The people on this course are, for the most part, new to teaching in higher education and are entering into the identity of a teaching academic in their many ways. There are many … Continue reading Reflecting on reflections
FutureLearn Pedagogy Platform: does big matter
Went to a webinar yesterday: OWLET - Open Webinars for Learning and Enhancing Teaching from University Campus Ipswitch. First time using Hangouts. (does not afford "proper" chat). There were according to the G+ post 9 people who "watched" Mike Sharples, Professor of Education Technology speak on "Innovating Pedagogy". Very much a "presentation" with some interaction … Continue reading FutureLearn Pedagogy Platform: does big matter
Renewing our PG Cert in Teaching in Higher Education
After an 18 month period of analysis and reflection involving the course team, student representatives, feedback documents, coursework, outcomes, and external and internal examiners and advisers, we are putting Oxford Brookes University's Postgraduate certificate in teaching in higher education (PCTHE) forward for periodic review and revalidation. Why? We wish to: Enable contextualised workplace-based professional learning … Continue reading Renewing our PG Cert in Teaching in Higher Education
Outcomes-led learning in an open online course, #FSLT14
"Outcomes-led" is still very contentious for many (e.g. Hussey and Smith 2003; Scott 2011). On the one hand, there will be outcomes. Taking any of the reflective cycle models (Kolb in particular) allows one to anticipate some outcomes through an intentional design process. These may be expressed as "intended" outcomes or "expected outcomes". There may, … Continue reading Outcomes-led learning in an open online course, #FSLT14
Designing FSLT14 week 3 – a reflection
Week three is a fulcrum point in the #fslt14 open online course: First steps into learning and teaching in higher education. I have decided not to introduce a new tool, wiki or Google Doc at this point. I had briefly considered a doc-based exercise developing Kolb and Activity Theory. In addition to two short (4 … Continue reading Designing FSLT14 week 3 – a reflection
College of Higher Education: a third space or a thousand miles?
Colleges of (or including) higher education teach - among other courses at other levels - courses leading to degrees of higher education: Foundation Degrees (UK QCF levels 4 and 5), Bachelors Degrees (sometimes just called higher education degree, UK QCF levels 4, 5, 6) and Post Graduate Certificates, Diplomas and Masters Degrees (UK QCF level … Continue reading College of Higher Education: a third space or a thousand miles?
Musing on simultaneous remote presence for T-Lab
We (OK, I) made a bold (OK, foolish) assertion that T-Lab meetings would be live broadcast for those who wanted to participate remotely. This could be achieved with various solutions: a Wimba Classroom in a Moodle site as long as the kit in Boardroom 1 can handle it. AND as long as people could get … Continue reading Musing on simultaneous remote presence for T-Lab
New Lecturers 2013-14 Introduction Day
Fifty or sixty people attended the introduction to the New Lecturers Programme today. Biggest intake in my experience. There was a good buzz throughout the day. This year we quite significantly revised the way the session is run. Less talk from us. More activity for the participants. And a shorter day, as well. Scanning the … Continue reading New Lecturers 2013-14 Introduction Day
A note on content, courses/curricula, and credentials
This note recounts a potted recent history of developments to do with online content and courses and speculates about the future of credentials in respect of the purpose of a university. When learning management systems (LMS) or virtual learning environments (VLEs) were in their infancy around the turn of the century, faculty opposition to their … Continue reading A note on content, courses/curricula, and credentials
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