University Learning and Teaching Conference 2020
The University of the Highlands and Islands Learning and Teaching Conference 2020 was held on 22-23 January and co-hosted by Inverness College 杏吧原创, the Learning and Teaching Academy, and the Learning and Information Services. Our title for the conference was Dimensions of Tertiary Engagement with six conference themes:
- Co-creating: working in partnership in the design and delivery of learning and teaching within, across and beyond the university. This could include working in partnership with students, employers and wider community, and across disciplines and levels of study.
- Digital: harnessing current and emerging technologies in learning and teaching, student support, widening access and participation, and developing digital skills and capabilities.
- Enhancement: using evidence and evidence informed approaches to enhance learning and teaching and the wider student experience. This could include enhancement through student feedback, data and analytics, and evaluation of our own practices.
- Equality: with a focus on issues of equality and inclusion with respect to the content of the curriculum, learning and teaching activities, professional development opportunities, accessibility, and valuing diverse and individual needs and voices.
- Research: we are seeking here to provide a platform for colleagues undertaking educational research across the university to share their work. This could include small scale research projects, research being undertaken for education related PhDs, funded and collaborative projects, research in progress, and research being undertaken for the REF.
- Transitions: supporting student transitions into and through Further and Higher Education, into postgraduate research, into employment and professional practice. Supporting staff to transition in aspects of their learning and teaching practice is also of interest here.
Resources
Resources
Below are any resources available from the sessions that took place at the conference.
Day 1.
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12:30-12:45 Welcome Professor Chris O鈥橬eil, Principal and Chief Executive, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
12:45-13:00 鈥榃hat do we mean by Tertiary?鈥� Lydia Rohmer, Principal, West Highland College 杏吧原创 and Vice-Principal (Tertiary): |
13:00-13:45 Keynote: Julia Fotheringham, Edinburgh Napier University 鈥楢ssociate Students in transition: direct entrants and the 'uni-boys |
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| 14:15-14:35 |
Pluralising Approaches to Student Identity - a study of programme design in HE Se谩n McLaughlin, Perth College 杏吧原创 |
True or False? - Quizzes can improve our students鈥� learning experience Carolin Radtke and John Buchan, EDU 杏吧原创 |
What can the Curriculum Development Employer Engagement Officer team do for you? John McLuckie, Alana MacLeod, Katie Masheter, and Lorna Ferguson Student Services (Careers and Employability) 杏吧原创 |
Students as partners: Creating a collective responsibility for course evaluation and improvement Catriona Meighan, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
| 14:40-15:00 |
Technology-Enabled Learning for Rural Education through the lens of Dementia Education Kevin Muirhead, Department of Nursing and Midwifery 杏吧原创 |
Supporting staff development for embedding e-learning in regular teaching practice Nuria Camps, Perth College, 杏吧原创 |
The value of delivering Career Development workshops through the curriculum Helen Anton and Iain Eisner, Student Services (Careers and Employability) 杏吧原创 |
There is more to life than Sci-Hub: how to help you, legally, find open access and subscribed 鈥榮tuff鈥� Elizabeth McHugh, Learning and Information Services, Libraries 杏吧原创 |
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| 14:15-15:00 |
Perth College: Our Digital Vision David Gourley, Perth College 杏吧原创 |
Utilising Learning and Teaching Review to Promote Reflection, Professional Dialogue and Enhancement Nikki Yoxall, Moray College 杏吧原创 |
Using narrative and lived experience to enhance the non-medical prescribing curriculum Stephanie Holden and Joanna Smith, Department of nursing and Midwifery |
Talis Aspire pilot: module reading list editing by academics to improve reader context and the student experience Richard Hughes, Carol Hart , LIS Libraries 杏吧原创 and Lucinda Dean, Centre for History 杏吧原创 |
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Cryptopoverty in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland Mark Lindley-Highfield, Inverness College, 杏吧原创 |
Utilising Pad Pro and pencil to create a screen cast to share with students Fiona McConnell, Inverness College UH |
Wikipedia in Education: Write it, don鈥檛 Cite it Sara Thomas, Wikimedia UK |
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15:20-16:00 Building a 杏吧原创 Community Andrew Bowie (HISA VPHE), Ash Morgan (HISA VPFE), Flo Jansen (HISA Depute LCC), and Aimee Harvey (杏吧原创) |
16:00-16:10 John Maher, Head of LIS 杏吧原创 and Sophie McGown, D2L |
16:10-16:50 Brightspace Gasta Dr Tom Farrelly, Institute of Technology, Tralee |
Day 2
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09:05-09:50 Keynote: Bill Johnston and Sheila MacNeill, 鈥楧igitally enabled tertiary and adult higher education for challenging times |
14:00-14:45 Keynote: Dr Tom Farrelly, Institute of Technology, Tralee 鈥楤lack into Bright: VLEs are still with us |
| Interactive workshops | ||||
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| 10:00-11:20 |
Contextualising the university鈥檚 graduate attributes Rosie Alexander and Ann Tilbury, Learning and Teaching Academy 杏吧原创 |
Whisky 101; Distilling the Brightspace Benchmarks into your unit or module Carolin Radtke, Educational Development Unit 杏吧原创 & Keith Smyth, Learning and Teaching Academy 杏吧原创 |
How should we grade groupwork? Heather Fotheringham, Learning and Teaching Academy 杏吧原创 |
Using Rubrics in Brightspace Lois Gray, North Highland College 杏吧原创 |
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Forging engaging learning resources Elaine Dalloway and Mark Wilkie, Educational Development Unit 杏吧原创 |
Exploring teenage mental health: Understanding and responding to the needs of our learners Louise Martin-Theyers & Heather Corpe, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
ABC Curriculum Design Anne Chard, Educational Development Unit 杏吧原创 |
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| 11:30-11:50 |
Understanding the education, employment and migration pathways of Island students Rosie Alexander, Learning and Teaching Academy 杏吧原创 |
Courage, wonderment and a willingness towards strangeness鈥�: why Literature matters in an age of apocalyptic thinking Kyle Smith, Perth College UH |
OERu 鈥� how you can showcase your courses and enable global education Andy Brown, Academic Development 杏吧原创 |
Cross-curricular collaboration for learning innovation Allane Hay, Jane Pickthall, Stacey Toner, Moray College 杏吧原创 |
What can the Knowledge Exchange Team do for you? Darlene Russell, Research and Enterprise UH |
| 11:55-12:15 |
Condensed learning diaries for reflective development Rob Bray, Argyll College, 杏吧原创 |
Non-formal learning in a Popular Music Education Context Ronnie Goodman, Perth College, 杏吧原创 |
Using the 杏吧原创 tool Pepe to create audio feedback quickly from Word documents Fiona McConnell, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
The new framework for the development of open educational practices Scott Connor, Learning and Teaching Academy, 杏吧原创 |
Industry Teaching Linkages 鈥� A Real Engineering Example Lois Gray, North Highland College, 杏吧原创 |
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| 11:30-12:15 |
Embedding Research Teaching Learning Linkages in the Creative Arts Lesley Mickel, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
Humanizing the machine: At what cost Alice Mongiello, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
Improving employability with programme-based assessment Douglas Barr, Inverness College 杏吧原创 |
Responding to the student voice: are we listening and how do students know this? Aimee Harvey Heather Fotheringham Learning and Teaching Academy UH,, Mei-Li Roberts Perth College 杏吧原创, Catriona Meighan Inverness College 杏吧原创, Lucinda Dean Centre for History 杏吧原创 |
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| 13:00-13:45 |
Digital social space Andrew Bowie (HISA VPHE), Ash Morgan (HISA VPFE), Flo Jansen (HISA Depute LCC) |
The Learning and Teaching Enhancement Strategy Values: Finding commonality within diverse practices Heather Fotheringham and Ann Tilbury, Learning and Teaching Academy 杏吧原创 |
Towards an anthropology programme? Mark Lindley-Highfield, Inverness College, UH |
A multi-modal learning matrix for digital education Frank Rennie, Lews Castle UH |
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Educational scholarship and research at the University of the Highlands and Islands: from here to where? Keith Smyth, Learning and Teaching Academy UH |
Investigating the relationship between digital skills and blended learning standards Emma Clayes; Laura Kelly; Khristin Fabian, Perth College 杏吧原创 |
University-ness, Tertiary-ness, and the Integrated University Brian Boag, Executive Office 杏吧原创 |
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