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A menu for enhancing your teaching approaches through technology

A menu for enhancing your teaching approaches through technology. Dr. Ian Glover, Stuart Hepplestone ... and the rest of TEL Workshop at the Sheffield Hallam University Learning and Teaching Conference, 19 June 2014. Context. Teaching often uses safe, familiar methods

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A menu for enhancing your teaching approaches through technology

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  1. A menu for enhancing your teaching approaches through technology Dr. Ian Glover, Stuart Hepplestone... and the rest of TEL Workshop at the Sheffield Hallam University Learning and Teaching Conference, 19 June 2014

  2. Context • Teaching often uses safe, familiar methods • SHU has the technology (e.g. Blackboard Learn and Collaborate are key institutional tools, other online and physical technologies are available) • ... and minimum expectations for e-learning • Desire to transform student experience through: • More active and engaging learning • More varied teaching approaches • Better integration of technology

  3. About the project • Our project is aim to: • raise awareness of the role that technology can play in enabling innovative and engaging approaches to teaching • Our objective is to: • develop a resource that will assist colleagues in identifying different teaching approaches and the technologies that can support and facilitate these strategies

  4. Projectapproach • SHU-based – covers practice at SHU • Grassroots – all academics invited to take part • Constant refinement – updated from feedback • Project steering group drawn from across SHU, including: • Students’ Union • Academics • Central and faculty TEL support staff

  5. Project development • Survey  Workshops  Draft ‘menu’ and materials/case studies • Follow-up staff and student workshops to generate further information and refinements

  6. A look at the resources • Key resources: • TheMenugo.shu.ac.uk/cllmenuext • Worksheet to develop action plango.shu.ac.uk/cllworksheet • Workshop activities • Student-developed online version(s) • Additional resources: • Case studies–elearningatshu.wordpress.com/tag/case-studies • Draft ‘Top Trumps’ Menu by Sameer Vasta CC-BY-NC-SA

  7. Try out the activities: (1) Current practice • 2 minutes, on your own: • Jot down the teaching approaches that you currently use • 6 minutes, in pairs: • Discuss which of your teaching approaches work well and those approaches that work less well

  8. Try out the activities:(2) Identifying approachesand technologies • 20 minutes, in small groups: • Read the front of the cards • Group them based on importance to your students’ experience • Take the most important group and discuss activities that might fit with these approaches • Turn the cards over and discuss how technology could support the activities • Jot down a summary of your discussions

  9. A look at the resources:(3) Action planning • 8 minutes, either in small groups or on your own: • How will you enhance your teaching practice – what approaches, which technologies? • Will there be a balance of approaches and use of technology across all modules? • Develop your action plan, including the support and resources you will need ... • ... and provide a copy of your action plan to the facilitators

  10. What can we do for you? Dr. Ian Glover: i.glover@shu.ac.uk Stuart Hepplestone: s.j.hepplestone@shu.ac.uk TEL blog: blogs.shu.ac.uk/telteam E-learning blog: elearningatshu.wordpress.com

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