Workshops and Events 2012-13

The module requires around 5 hours study time per week to complete the assignments (typically 1-2 small summative tasks each week) and achieve the learning outcomes. The structure of the course is such that there is some flexibility to allow changes to deadlines to enable participants to balance their individual study needs.

The course covers the principles of assessment, assessment design, looks at some technologies that can be used in the assessment process and also considers techniques such as self and peer assessment.

Want to use TV & radio clips in your teaching or your studies?  This session will provide an introduction to Box of Broadcasts, the free off-air recording system which allows you to record and edit UK TV & radio broadcasts for use in academic studies.

Clickers, or personal response systems, are effective tools to facilitate in-class interaction to promote active learning.  TurningPoint can be used to stimulate discussion and can help reduce student isolation in large classes.  This workshop will introduce participants to the TurningPoint system which is available from the Library and Learning Centre and explore ways this technology might be used within teaching.

This session is open to all academic staff and staff responsible for supporting learning and teaching.

This session covers the copyright pitfalls when working with online content, and gives advice on solutions and good practice. The work of the Library and Learning Centre's Digitisation Service will also be highlighted.

Do you need to conduct surveys or questionnaires as part of your research, teaching or learning?  This session examines the range of tools available to create effective surveys and questionnaires.  The bulk of the session will focus on the University's standard Bristol Online Surveys (BOS) tool, but will also look briefly at other tools such as Survey Monkey,  Poll Everywhere and Turning Point.

This workshop builds on and develops your knowledge and experience in teaching and supporting learning in a higher education environment.  The workshop will involve a 'micro-teaching' element where you get the opportunity to present and receive feedback on your presentation in a supportive environment.  It is aimed at postgraduate tutors and postdoctoral researchers involved in teaching.

In order to attend the workshop you ARE REQUIRED to prepare a brief (5 minute) presentation to deliver at the workshop.  PowerPoint presentations should be emailed to Lorraine Walsh at least one week prior to the workshop.

If you're serious about your research, you'll want to be using EndNote to keep track of the references you need.  This session will look briefly at the process of academic referencing, but will mostly act as an introduction to the EndNote referencing tool.  Alternative web-based referencing tools will also be covered briefly.

Feedback is crucial to student learning but giving effective feedback can be challenging. This workshop aims to help participants to develop, implement and evaluate effective approaches to providing feedback. The session will: explore the role of feedback; the relationship between assessment criteria and feedback; consider different methods of delivering feedback to students across a module or programme; and examine some of the issues presented when critiquing student work.

Duration 2 hours

This tailored workshops brings together programme teams/departments/schools and students to explore issues around existing feedback practice and consider action points that could enhance practice.  The workshop is facilitated by educational developers from the Library & Learning Centre and programme of activities negotiated in advance with the organiser.

How do you protect your intellectual property?  How do you ensure that the research you do reaches the widest possible audience, and does so legally?  This session will examine topics such as open access publishing, legal attribution, Author agreements and Creative Commons licensing.

Adobe Connect is the premier web conferencing solution, facilitating one-to-one or multiparty communication over the web in real time. Features of this system include:

• Live video and audio
• Interactive text chat
• Document, desktop and file sharing
• Remote desktop control

This one hour instructor-led session introduces participants to the system, provides a hands-on opportunity to experience web conferencing and offers details on the support for the use of Adobe Connect at the University of Dundee. This session will be of interest to academic or research staff wishing to support tutorials or conduct online meetings between fellow researchers or project teams.

This hands-on session is designed for new users, or those needing a refresher in using My Dundee. Topics covered will include building a module, adding content and using communication tools. Participants might find it useful to bring some relevant material with them to the session on memory stick or CD, and to ensure that they have access to the modules they need (email eLearning for this).

This session will introduce Questionmark Live, a web-based tool that enables subject-matter experts (SMEs) to easily create questions and export them for use in Questionmark Perception assessments. This session will be of interest to existing users of Questionmark or those staff who are looking for a fast and simple tool to generate questions for use in online assessments.

Are you currently, or about to commence tutoring undergraduates?  Would you like to know more about developing techniques for preparation, delivery and effective learning?  This session focuses on small group teaching and is aimed specifically at postgraduate tutors and postdoctoral researchers involved in teaching.

Please take the VARK online learning styles questionnaire before the session and bring your results along to the workshop.

Stay ahead of the game in research publishing in your discipline!  This session will show you how to keep abreast of developments in research publishing using tools such as database alerting services, the ZETOC current awareness tool and RSS feeds.

This online module, accredited at 10 SCQF (Masters level) points through the School of Education, Social Work & Community Education, comprises 5 weeks of online tuition (approximately 5 x 3 hours). Participants will be able to build on their understanding of e-learning through exploration of a weekly topic with associated tasks and activities. Specific topics include: instructural design, using collaboration and keeping legal. Each topic will be assessed through a combination of groupwork, individual reflection and production of an example VLE module.

The Learning Conversations model is designed to enable rich and non-threatening conversations following teaching/lesson observations carried out by line managers and teaching colleagues. A development programme supports this. It is based on coaching and effective questioning methodologies. During the post lesson feedback session, descriptive rather than evaluative language is used by the observer. This professional, yet non-judgemental, approach allows an equitable relationship to be established between the observer and observee and is designed to encourage reflective thinking practices and strategies for self-evaluation. The results can be significant in developing improved learning and teaching approaches.

As a result of this short session participants will:

• understand the focus in Learning Conversations on the learning of both colleagues, observer and observee, through observation and the dialogue that follows
• learn how to use descriptive language in lesson observation to provide 'data' for rich and formative dialogues
• use some simple coaching skills as part of lesson observation to empower colleagues to plan and implement their own development
explore their own learning through some highly practical, and hopefully engaging, collective activities focused on lesson observation and descriptive feedback

Not sure how to publish your research?  How to prepare your submission?  This session looks at the use of metrics to identify the key journals in your field, how to select the journal you want to publish in, and to track the impact and dissemination of your work.

Are you involved in large-scale research projects, or projects which draw on large sets of data?  This session will look at using large datasets, creating and using metadata and the storage and exchange of research information.

An opportunity to learn more about what is in place to help you to identify and support those staff and students who may be unwell or becoming unwell. Discuss the work of University Disability and Health Services in this regard and tell us what else you'd like to know.

This is a drop-in session and a light lunch will be provided.

This workshop will introduce you to using a technology-enhanced learning (TEL) approach to your teaching practice, supporting you in the development of both a practical and theorectical understanding.  You will be provided with an opportunity for 'hands-on' experience, and supported in reflecting on the pros and cons of the use of social media to support learning.

To reserve a place email inspirED.

This interactive workshop is aimed at all academic staff, especially those who give talks to conferences and lectures, or those who have found when teaching and lecturing that their voices are under strain.

The session will cover:

• The importance of our voices in gaining and maintaining the attention of our listeners
• How our speaking technique can assist the lecturer
• Common difficulties that speakers have with their voices
• Techniques that can assist them
• Thinking about our stance and postures
• What we can do to improve the lecturing environment
• Pacing our efforts
• The more effective use of microphones
• Vocal warm ups

There will be a short (3-5 minute) presentation from each participant - extracts from a current lecture topic - followed by feedback and comment from the tutor on use of voice, aspects of delivery etc. The presentation will cover action planning for maintenance of a healthy voice including exercises that can assist.