2nd Annual of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference: Promoting Student Success through the Curriculum
The conference will take place on Friday 24th April 2009 in the Charles Wilson Building and will focus particularly on on curriculum developments with regard to:
- First year students
- International students
- Taught postgraduate students
- Assessment and feedback practices
Once again the conference will provide a platform for colleagues to communicate and share ideas, outcomes of development work, research or scholarship and their good practice in learning and teaching.
Please note that registration will open and the full programme will be announced in February
Call for Papers:
The conference will consist of a combination of presentations and interactive workshops from University staff. You are therefore invited to submit abstracts for presentations or workshops using this proforma. These should relate to the conference title and themes and will be selected on the basis of the following criteria:
- Links to the University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy
- Innovation
- Breadth of interest to the community
Please submit your abstracts to Fiona Bell - fiona.bell@admin.gla.ac.uk by Friday, 30th January. The successful abstracts will be published in an online Proceedings of the conference.
1st Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference: Assessment and Feedback
Friday 28th March 2008
Charles Wilson Building
The Principal, Sir Muir Russell gave the opening address and the keynote addresses were from the SRC Vice-President Learning and Development, Gavin Lee and Professor David Nicol, Director of the Re-engineering Assessment Practices (REAP) project, Deputy Director, Centre for Academic Practice and Learning Enhancement, University of Strathclyde. The event combined presentations with workshops led by staff from across the University
Programme for Learning and Teaching Conference
1st Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference
Keynote Presentation by Gavin Lee: Student perceptions on feedback and assessment: "Is it really that bad?"
Gavin Lee Presentation 28th March 2008
Keynote Presentation by David Nicol: Rethinking Assessment and Feedback
David Nicol Presentation 28th March 2008
Sessions
Mr Dougal Campbell, School of Modern Languages and Cultures
Building and Using Moodle 'quizzes' for teaching and assessment
Dr Cathy Bovill, Learning and Teaching Centre
Engaging students by enhancing assessment and feedback
Dr Jo Sharp, Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Encouraging students to take ownership of their learning: the role of tutorials and peer assessment
Dr Joanna Smith, Biology Teaching Centre
Shared spaces in a virtual learning environment for group working in a large class environment: a tool to increase staff-student dialogue and the value of formative feedback
Dr Tim Drysdale, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Where are the weaknesses? Personal Response Systems and Diagnostic Trees in First Year Electronics
Mr Eddie Mack, Department of Educational Studies
Using Moodle's reflective journal facility to feedback on practice and support professional development remotely.
Dr Carol Ditchfield, Medicine - Education and Administration
How do students make sense of formative feedback?
Dr Steve Draper, Department of Psychology and Dr Quintin Cutts, Department of Computing Science
Adjusting students' attitudes so that they benefit from feedback
Dr Stuart Hanscomb and Ms Angela McClanahan, Dumfries Crichton Campus
Creative Practice in Learning, Teaching and Assessment.
