Semi-live blogging from the Faculty research conference. Yet more 1000-mile questions. In general, academics need to learn that not keeping to time is unprofessional and disrespectful of colleagues and audience. Roger Griffin on Nomic modernity. Cites Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, as well as old and new academic writers in a compelling whirl of suggestions about … Continue reading Humanities and Social Sciences Research at Brookes
Flipping questions
These are the questions about flipped teaching that we will be discussing: Why would you reduce the time spent on "homework" and increase the time given to didactics? Is the significant difference only that texts are presented as multimedia? How do you design for the periods between class? Is higher education is moving from a … Continue reading Flipping questions
Victim of the system
I am very frustrated by not having access to our VLE/LMS today. The system, which is externally hosted by ULCC is "down". It is Thursday 2 weeks after assignments were due. I and the team have 60+ papers to mark and/or moderate and upload grades. I am committed to my students to getting this done … Continue reading Victim of the system
The role of the PVC International (PVCI)
Alastair Fitt, Vice Chancellor, on the role of the PVC International (PVCI), Thursday 23 April 2015 These comments and reflections are mine and do not necessarily represent the views of the Vice Chancellor, Oxford Brookes University or any other member of the audience. The Vice Chancellor’s talk, which opened the Internationalisation Steering Group’s Away Day, … Continue reading The role of the PVC International (PVCI)
Brookes Learning & Teaching Conference (#bltc15)
Before the conference Richard Francis, David Aldridge and I led two "Walk and Talk" sessions on "a framework for inclusive learning?" (pdf). I have been exercising this framework in several contexts, most fully, perhaps, at the SEDA conference (Roberts & Francis 2014). However, I have to say that although the discussions were superb, the framework … Continue reading Brookes Learning & Teaching Conference (#bltc15)
Richard Waller: Cultural Capital – getting in, getting on, getting out
Academic Enhancement and Standards Committee (AESC) – Away Day, Oxford Brookes University, Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 1400 – 1500. Views and interpretations are my own. Post updated through the day. Richard Waller Associate Professor of the Sociology of Education, University of the West of England (UWE). draws on research from the Paired Peers project. Mobilising … Continue reading Richard Waller: Cultural Capital – getting in, getting on, getting out
Gwen van der Velden: Student Engagement in Learning and Teaching Quality Management
Academic Enhancement and Standards Committee (AESC) - Away Day, Oxford Brookes University, Tuesday, 17 March 2015, 1130 - 1300. Views and interpretations are my own. Post updated through the day. Gwen van der Velden is Director of Learning and Teaching at Bath University. Heads, QA/QE, eLearning, Educational Development and English Language Teaching. Gwen and her … Continue reading Gwen van der Velden: Student Engagement in Learning and Teaching Quality Management
Resilience: a theme for learning in higher education?
Preamble: Reading "Resilience" This post is written for the Principal Lecturers Thematic Event at Oxford Brookes University on Thursday 12 March. The post will be updated through the day [semi-live blogging]. I should say that this piece is my perspective and does not necessarily represent the views of others or the institution. I did a … Continue reading Resilience: a theme for learning in higher education?
Widening Participation Working Group Away Day (Oxford Brookes University)
Semi-live notes from very interesting and data filled Oxford Brookes University Widening Participation Working Group Away Day at Marston Road. (Of 30 people in the room only one obviously black man and two Asian women. Matches our BME student profile? c. 10%) The day was framed by demographics about where Brookes sits, and politics in … Continue reading Widening Participation Working Group Away Day (Oxford Brookes University)
Teaching conference #fslt15
Reflecting mid-week in the fifth and last week of First Steps into Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (FSLT). In four one-hour webinars, two on Monday and two on Tuesday, I have seen and participated in 12 Virtual Conference presentations by participants in week 5 of this open online course. And, for the first time … Continue reading Teaching conference #fslt15
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