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Portfolio assessment in the age of the computer
On the PCHE course, a major component of the assessment is the portfolio. We have to maintain this portfolio throughout the course, and include reflections on our learning and teaching experiences, along with anything else we feel is relevant, such as clippings from articles and planning materials from sessions we’ve taught. At the end of [...]
Ask the readers: Why use technology in teaching?
Today I have a challenge for you, dear reader; but first a little context.
Each year, the PCHE course has a couple of special interest sessions: optional workshops to look at issues related to learning and teaching in HE.
For a number of years this has included a session on blended learning, run by previous PCHE graduate [...]
Equity in education: giving everyone a fair chance
There’s no denying it, it’s a tricky concept. How do we make sure that you offer everyone a fair chance? How do we define fair? Who is ‘everyone’ and what chance are we going to give them? One of the more recent PCHE workshops had us discussing these very questions, so here are my thoughts [...]
Social media resources for learning and teaching
This post is specifically intended to support my seminar given as part of the seminar of the same title, given to my colleagues on the PCHE course as part of the “Expanding your repertoire” special interest session on Wednesday 11th March 2009. I’ll give a brief description of this seminar at the end of this [...]
bluecloud project launch!
The time has come to release bluecloud (formerly known as the Student Learning Community 2.0) on an unsuspecting public. We’ve created a space for the community on the University’s new uSpace social networking platform and seeded it with a few interesting ideas, but what we’d really love is to get more students in reading, writing, [...]
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