Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship: Exploring Transitions in Higher Education for Students and Staff 11th and 12th July 2018*, University of Bristol http://tinyurl.com/q8uhhx4 In this fourth conference in the Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship series the focus is on exploring the transitions and mechanisms by which students and staff are supported and support each other…
A new report has recently been published on commuter students and their engagement with university. Sixty commuter students from nine universities explored their experiences of student engagement in academic, enhancement and social activities, and university responses.
The report has been published by Liz Thomas (independent researcher and consultant for higher education and Professor of Higher Education at Edge Hill University) and Dr Robert Jones (researcher in the fields of higher and further education and widening participation), in conjunction with The Student Engagement Partnership (TSEP).
Sheffield Hallam University has invested in the development of active learning spaces in the last two years. This has involved LEAD working closely with colleagues in faculties and central directorates to explore what we need to support student-centred approaches to learning. A key reference point for this work is Rob Beichner’s SCALE-UP concept which has been adopted…
Crossing Boundaries #Twalk with #LSSIG
On 28th July the UK Learning Spaces Special Interest Group came to Sheffield for the inaugural meeting hosted by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University. We incorporated a walking tweetchat into the event to explore the idea of crossing boundaries…
Whoever you are, wherever you are… Join us in a Learning Spaces #Twalk on 28th July 2017 We are running a second #Twalk (a walk with a tweetchat) about learning spaces, this time with the theme ‘Crossing Boundaries’. Lasting an hour from 14:30 BST, it will be part of the Association of Learning Technology’s…
Join us on a Learning Spaces Walk here at Sheffield Hallam on Wednesday 31st May for an hour between 1 – 2 pm. This swiftly moving event is designed to create a structure to discuss the role of ‘place’ in our student’s learning experience and provides an excellent CPD and networking opportunity for academic staff. The…
Andrew Middleton and Ian Glover (LEAD) facilitated the flipped workshop to the delegates at the LTA Conference, Thursday 29th June 2017. The presentation slides, as above, were in fact the set of instructions provided to delegates in preparation of attending the workshop, in conjunction with these,…
Andrew Middleton (LEAD) and Sue Beckingham (ACES) were invited to attend the #futurehappens ‘hack’ hosted by LSE on the 5th May to explore the possibilities and implications of social media as a learning space for higher education. We were joined by nearly 50 other academics, decision makers and students and together worked through a series…
Did you know that, in addition to Teaching & Assessment Essentials we also curate a range of resources captured at our conferences and events? These can all be accessed by selecting “Resources from Past Events” via the site menu. Covering a wide range of topics, from using Snapchat in the lecture theatre to making the most of any learning…
#SocMedHE16 – The Empowered Learner?
Andrew Middleton (Head of Academic Practice and Learning Innovation) positions social media as a critical component of a new connected and hybrid learning space in which personal and personalised media establish a platform of self-defined learning space in which learning and teaching takes new forms. Considering alternative user-driven, learner-centred spaces, as well as changing behaviours in more conventional spaces.