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Engaging postgraduates in teaching and learning - networking events
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tierney, A., Perkins, J., & Shearer, M. (2011, June). Engaging postgraduates in teaching and learning - networking events. Presented at Effective Learning in the Biosciences Conference: Equipping Students for the 21st Century, Edinburgh

The role of postgraduates is increasingly important in undergraduate teaching. In the biosciences, this most commonly takes the form of graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in laboratory practicals, but GTAs may be called upon to take on a number of t... Read More about Engaging postgraduates in teaching and learning - networking events.

Is There Theory Behind Practice? Theorising University Teaching With Digital Technologies
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L. (2015, October). Is There Theory Behind Practice? Theorising University Teaching With Digital Technologies. Presented at European Conference on e-Learning, Kidmore End

This ongoing doctoral research project is concerned with theoretical understandings of university teaching using digital technologies. Lecturers are adopting a range of tools, both in-house and external, for the purposes of teaching and learning but... Read More about Is There Theory Behind Practice? Theorising University Teaching With Digital Technologies.

Radically reconfigured or just broken? How emergency online teaching has altered staff conceptions of learning and teaching
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., & Zike, J. (2021, December). Radically reconfigured or just broken? How emergency online teaching has altered staff conceptions of learning and teaching. Paper presented at Society for Research in Higher Education’s Annual Conference, Online

The pace of this so-called 'pivot' meant that careful online curriculum design and evidence-based approaches were often lost in the urgency to replicate face-to-face teaching. What are the longer term implications of so much of education operating wi... Read More about Radically reconfigured or just broken? How emergency online teaching has altered staff conceptions of learning and teaching.

Digital Pedagogy & Learning Design
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L. (2021, November). Digital Pedagogy & Learning Design. Paper presented at The EdTech & Digital Learning Conference, Online

Evolving ecologies in digital education - A perspective from Scotland
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., & Zike, J. (2022, May). Evolving ecologies in digital education - A perspective from Scotland. Paper presented at Irish Learning Technology Association’s Annual Conference ‘EdTech 2022’, University College Cork

Ecosystems balance in a delicate dynamic of motion and change. When hit with a disturbance, an ecosystem's resilience is tested and any vacuum quickly filled by those well-suited to the new conditions. The ecologies wherein teaching occurs in higher... Read More about Evolving ecologies in digital education - A perspective from Scotland.

Engaging students in creating a curriculum framework –challenges and enablers
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Haddow, C., Zike, J., & Le-Vaul Grimwood, M. (2022, June). Engaging students in creating a curriculum framework –challenges and enablers. Paper presented at Advance HE Curriculum Symposium, Leeds, UK

This session reflects on the challenges of implementing a new curriculum framework during Covid 19, with a particular focus on student engagement. It asks what we have learned from experience and focus group data, as we begin to embed the framework,... Read More about Engaging students in creating a curriculum framework –challenges and enablers.

How poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ course experiences
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., & Radhakrishnan, M. (2023, May). How poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ course experiences. Paper presented at SEDA Spring Conference 2023, Online

This session will present a study that investigates the use of poetry as a reflective tool for first-year undergraduate students in introductory STEM courses. Using poetic content analysis (Illingworth, 2022), the study analyses students’ responses t... Read More about How poetry can be used to better understand undergraduate students’ course experiences.

Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Victoria, M., & Ratz, S. (2023, June). Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures. Paper presented at The Gathering 2023: Learning & Teaching conference, Edinburgh

Higher education institutions continue to see an increasing number of international students who bring with them diverse forms of assessment ‘literacies’ acquired from previous sociocultural and educational contexts. This presentation explores the ex... Read More about Understanding international students' experiences with assessments through rich pictures.

Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ratz, S., & Janssen, L. (2023, June). Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process. Paper presented at The Gathering, 2023: Learning & Teaching Conference, Edinburgh

From 2016-2020 Sibylle conducted a longitudinal study on the trajectory of undergraduate language students at ENU. In their current project, Sibylle and Lisa (a participant of the original study) revisited this research by reflecting on six interview... Read More about Ethical questions of longitudinal research with students: Using duoethnography to critically reflect on the interview process.

Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Drumm, L., Beetham, H., Cronin, C., & McIlwhan, R. (2024, May). Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections. Presented at Fourteenth International Conference on Networked Learning, University of Malta, Valetta, Malta

May 2024 finds us eighteen months on since the release into the wild of unregulated generative AI models and their chatbot front-ends. While Higher Education (HE) has been playing catch-up in terms of policy and regulation (e.g. Russell Group 2023, C... Read More about Generating AI Alternatives: collaborating and creating intersections.

Learned Words: A Poetic Content Analysis of 'Belonging' in Higher Education
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Illingworth, S., & Grimwood, M. (2023, December). Learned Words: A Poetic Content Analysis of 'Belonging' in Higher Education. Paper presented at SRHE Conference 2023 Higher Education Research, Practice, and Policy: Connections & Complexities, Online & Conference Aston, Birmingham, UK