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Delivering the APP in Malaysia by Clare McCullagh
Some of the APP participants in UoRM. (Back: Clare N, Clare M, Jerome, Kenneth, Tilo, Pejman, Esther. Front: Carmel, Sam and Cecilia) I’ve just returned from a visit to the University of Reading...
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Facebook, iPads and ‘extreme’ microbes in Iceland by Dr Becky Thomas, Dr...
This post relates to activities carried out on the EU ERASMUS Intensive Programme grant awarded to University of Reading to fund 10 students from each of Belgium, Germany and the UK, plus 5 staff in...
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Croissants and Coffee: Engaging students and building a sense of community in...
Last year I wrote all about the pedagogical value of cake in my seminars. This year I want to extend this notion and talk about the value of croissants and coffee as a means to encourage student...
View ArticleOnline peer assessment of group work tools: yes, but which one? By Heike...
A short while ago I wrote the post “Group work: sure, but what about assessment? This outlines a TLDF- funded project in which Cathy Hughes and I investigated tools for the peer assessment of group...
View ArticleHOT TIP: What is the number one factor behind student success? By Dr Patricia...
There are many things that spring to mind as influencing student success, but did you know that research carried out across 21 UK universities (under the auspicious of the HEA, HEFCE, Action on Access...
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Are you interested in biological recording & monitoring with your students?...
The University of Reading now has ‘KiteSite’ – a free, bespoke mobile app for biodiversity recording on the Whiteknights campus. KiteSite has been designed as a generic tool to support field training...
View ArticleFlipped learning in a team-based situation with a dash of TEL by Dr Cindy Becker
This is my new recipe for extending the academic year and helping to welcome our new students. As with any new recipe, some bits of it went really well and some aspects of it were less impressive – and...
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Goodbye Word; hello floating islands, dolphins and rainbows by Dr Emma Mayhew
So you’re a lecturer at Reading and you find yourself going over and over information in handbooks, course outlines, books and journals with students-anything from tricky academic concepts to essay...
View ArticleHOT TIP: What do we know about the ‘attainment gap’ between Black and...
This is not a topic that has had much airing within the University and so it may not be well known to many. However, we have just completed a substantial project exploring the issue at Reading and are...
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Talking Feedback: Using video to radically change essay marking by Emma Mayhew
On this day, exactly two years ago, I sat in my study staring at Blackboard. 212 little green symbols were showing in Grade Centre. 212 3,500 word essays needed to be marked in the next three weeks....
View ArticleHOT TIP: Three steps towards inclusive teaching by Dr Patricia (Paddy) Woodman
How many times have you heard people say that the Reading student population is becoming more diverse? But what do they mean and what are the implications? Often they mean that they/we are struggling...
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HOT TIP: Student-led peer learning: a win-win for everyone by Dr Patricia...
Student-led peer learning or peer assisted learning (PAL) is popping up in all sorts of universities up and down the land and is gaining momentum as a global phenomenon. It has been in an existence in...
View Article10th LLAS e-Learning Symposium: looking back and looking forward on...
LLAS (Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies) recently celebrated the 10th anniversary of the annual e-Learning Symposium at Southampton. During the past 10 years the e-Learning...
View ArticleReading Lists at Reading: improving the student and staff experience by Kerry...
The University is investing in an online reading list and digital content management system from Talis Aspire. Implementation at Reading begins at Easter 2015. This initial phase will involve Library...
View ArticleTailored formula sheets – the ‘cheat sheet’ idea by Dr Karen Ayres
About 10 years ago I was intrigued when a colleague described taking exams at an Australian university, where he was given a blank sheet of paper on which he could write anything he wanted to take into...
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Mind the skills gap: auditing and embedding information literacy skills...
Academic staff acting as Library Representatives for their school or department, other teaching and learning experts, and Library staff came together over lunch recently for their fifth annual...
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Spin-Off, Remake, Pop-up: Using a Research Exhibition to Showcase...
Earlier this summer term, the Minghella Building hosted a lunchtime pop-up research exhibition under the theme of ‘Screen Relations’, which featured the research undertaken by Film, Theatre &...
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PLanT Project: TypoResources by Peter Loveland, Melissa Towriss, Hannah Tollett
Intro URL: http://peterloveland.com/development/plant/ The PLanT project is a University funded programme that is designed to get students involved with the design and delivery of strategies regarding...
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Education online en-masse: Lessons for teaching and learning through MOOCs by...
On 24 April, 2015: 40 academic educators from 19 institutions came together to discuss key issues in MOOC design and implementation. The one-day workshop, hosted and funded by the University of...
View ArticleWorking in partnership… by Dawn Willoughby
With ever-increasing speed it seems we have reached that time of year again when teaching is finished, exam results are calculated and our thoughts start to turn from the current academic session to...
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