UCLan, 24th September

Here are the slides for my 3rd (and final)  workshop on ‘Making Foundation Learning Happen’ at UCLan on 24th September. UCLan 3 w (516 downloads) . Thanks to participants for a lovely mixture of experience, open-ness, wisdom and humour at this session – Foundation learners will be safe in your hands. Thanks also to the Salvation Army, Preston who made us most welcome for the day – ‘may that peace which passeth understanding remain with us all’.

Vivas – oral exams

Here is a short piece on vivas, including a bit about pros and cons, and some tips for getting students into the processes leading to successful oral exams. This is from ‘The Lecturer’s Toolkit’ (from the existing 2007 edition, and the forthcoming 2015 edition). Nothing groundbreaking here, but could be useful. Vivas (584 downloads)

Anglia Ruskin University: Assessment Fiesta: 17th September

Here are the main slides I used in my two workshops on self- and peer-assessment ARU Assessment Fiesta (648 downloads) . I’ve transcribed and included all your post-its – a great summary of the agenda for implementing self- and peer-assessment, thanks.
I did one extra bit in the morning workshop, which I did not manage to include in the afternoon one (age, excellent tapas lunch), so the afternoon folk might like to get someone from the morning group to talk them through the bit leading to that ‘missing word’. Have fun.
Both groups were great to work with. I also particularly enjoyed the roadshow of the excellent things that are going on regarding assessment at ARU – such enthusiasm, initiative and passion – very well done.

UCLan 10th September

Here are the slides we used today, again protected by the password you formulated for me this morning. Sorry I couldn’t get them up earlier this evening – trains were delayed by a signal failure at Preston. UCLan 2 (542 downloads) . Here also is a link to the paper I mentioned about making lectures interactive Active lectures paper (722 downloads) . Thank you for being a great group – we covered a great deal more relevant to Foundation learning than happened with yesterday’s group. Bearing in mind how useful ‘verbalising’ is for deepening learning, you might like to talk through some of the extra things we did today, using the slides as aides memoires, with any colleagues you know who attended yesterday’s session.

John Hattie on teaching

This 30 minute BBC Radio 4 interview with John Hattie is great food for thought for all who wish to make learning happen. He discusses the importance of passion in great teaching, and also many other things that  have marginal or even negative effects. He also mentions getting learners talking, rather than just listening to, or watching teachers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dmxwl What he says about children learning extends well to higher and further education teaching.

Farewell to Chile, and ‘Sally the movie en espagnol’

Flying home with Sally via Paris after our nearly two weeks in Santiago; now back in Paris. We had a great time, and Sally gave two keynotes and a workshop, as well as both of us visiting four Faculties and talking about all sorts of things to do with assessment, learning and teaching. The link takes you to a video of extracts from Sally’s big presentation at the Catholic University of Chile, with Spanish commentary.

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