Wednesday 14 Jan 2015
12:15-13:15
Bring your lunch. We provide the tea and coffee.
In the Programme leaders network sessions, we discuss various national, university, school, and programme level issues that are likely to affect us throughout the year.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
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Showing posts with label Workshops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Workshops. Show all posts
Friday, December 5, 2014
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Workshop - What's happening on the Enhancement Themes?
Wednesday 17 Dec 2014
12:15-13:15
The latest Enhancement Theme, student transitions http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/enhancement-themes/current-enhancement-theme has started and will last for 3 years. There are national initiatives and sub-projects, national funding opportunities, and QMU institutional projects http://intranet.qmu.ac.uk/sites/cap/ETP/DSC/default.aspx Come along and find out what is going on in this important support for enhancement.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
12:15-13:15
The latest Enhancement Theme, student transitions http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/enhancement-themes/current-enhancement-theme has started and will last for 3 years. There are national initiatives and sub-projects, national funding opportunities, and QMU institutional projects http://intranet.qmu.ac.uk/sites/cap/ETP/DSC/default.aspx Come along and find out what is going on in this important support for enhancement.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
Monday, November 24, 2014
Workshop - UK Professional Standards Framework Briefing: How do I meet the standards and why should I?
Monday 1st December 2014
11:15-12:15
The UK Professional Standards Framework
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf covers the main dimensions of teaching and supporting learning within HE. It is written from the perspective of the practitioner and provides a national framework for recognising your L&T experience and expertise.
In this session, we will talk about the different levels of recognition, and how you achieve recognition. If you would like to apply, CAP will help you through the next stages.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
11:15-12:15
The UK Professional Standards Framework
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf covers the main dimensions of teaching and supporting learning within HE. It is written from the perspective of the practitioner and provides a national framework for recognising your L&T experience and expertise.
In this session, we will talk about the different levels of recognition, and how you achieve recognition. If you would like to apply, CAP will help you through the next stages.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Workshop - Online Marking with Grademark
Wednesday 26 November 2014
13:15-15:15
Want to improve your student feedback but fed up scribbling on coursework assignments and having to write the same comment over and over again?
Why not find out more about how GradeMark can help by attending this hand-on workshop. This online service is available via any TurnitinUK inbox within a Hub module and allows a tutor to "mark" student submissions on-screen..
Key Contact: Susi Peacock
Register: CapAdmin
13:15-15:15
Want to improve your student feedback but fed up scribbling on coursework assignments and having to write the same comment over and over again?
Why not find out more about how GradeMark can help by attending this hand-on workshop. This online service is available via any TurnitinUK inbox within a Hub module and allows a tutor to "mark" student submissions on-screen..
Key Contact: Susi Peacock
Register: CapAdmin
Monday, November 17, 2014
Workshop - Deep Reflection: Introduction to Contemplative Practices in Higher Education
Tuesday 25 November 2014
11:15-12:15
There is evidence that young people are finding it increasingly challenging to concentrate and focus and think deeply. Contemplative practices employ a wide range of approaches to facilitate deep reflection within the context of a subject area, or more generally within the context of life. There is growing evidence that contemplative practices and mindfulness techniques have stress-reducing and health enhancing effects within a wide range of contexts. More recently there has been an expansion of the use of these approaches in Higher Education learning and teaching, particularly in the USA. Regular practice is likely to enhance concentration and focus as well as a more general sense of well-being. This workshop introduces the practice and some of the background theory
Key Contact: Iddo Oberski
Register: CapAdmin
11:15-12:15
There is evidence that young people are finding it increasingly challenging to concentrate and focus and think deeply. Contemplative practices employ a wide range of approaches to facilitate deep reflection within the context of a subject area, or more generally within the context of life. There is growing evidence that contemplative practices and mindfulness techniques have stress-reducing and health enhancing effects within a wide range of contexts. More recently there has been an expansion of the use of these approaches in Higher Education learning and teaching, particularly in the USA. Regular practice is likely to enhance concentration and focus as well as a more general sense of well-being. This workshop introduces the practice and some of the background theory
Key Contact: Iddo Oberski
Register: CapAdmin
Thursday, November 13, 2014
FORUM - Programme Leaders Network
Thursday 20th November 12:15-13:15
Bring your lunch. We provide the tea and coffee.
In the Programme leaders network sessions, we discuss various national, university, school, and programme level issues that are likely to affect us throughout the year.
Check our web or intranet sites for more detailed information on the individual sessions
In the second session
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
Bring your lunch. We provide the tea and coffee.
In the Programme leaders network sessions, we discuss various national, university, school, and programme level issues that are likely to affect us throughout the year.
Check our web or intranet sites for more detailed information on the individual sessions
In the second session
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
CAP Workshop - UK Professional Standards Framework: Writing Blocks
Wednesday 19th November 2014
14:15-16:15
These writing blocks provide you with some protected time to get on with writing your UKPSF applications with support from peers and CAP staff.
Come along to a UKPSF briefing, and then sign up to attend the writing blocks. Bring your laptop.
NB It is not required that you attend all writing block sessions - you can dip in when free, but our pilot project found the more writing blocks you attend, the more rapidly you will complete your application.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
14:15-16:15
These writing blocks provide you with some protected time to get on with writing your UKPSF applications with support from peers and CAP staff.
Come along to a UKPSF briefing, and then sign up to attend the writing blocks. Bring your laptop.
NB It is not required that you attend all writing block sessions - you can dip in when free, but our pilot project found the more writing blocks you attend, the more rapidly you will complete your application.
Key Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
Thursday, November 6, 2014
CAP Workshop - SPSS
Wednesday 19th November 2014 10:15-12:15
This interactive workshop demonstrates the finer points of using the statistical analysis software SPSS.
The workshop explores how to categorise your data and use it to produce meaningful charts and graphs.
Key Contact: Wendy Beautyman
Registration: CapAdmin
This interactive workshop demonstrates the finer points of using the statistical analysis software SPSS.
The workshop explores how to categorise your data and use it to produce meaningful charts and graphs.
Key Contact: Wendy Beautyman
Registration: CapAdmin
CAP Workshop - Writing Retreat
Monday 17th November 2014 9:00-16:30
This one day workshop provides an environment where participants are able to work alongside likeminded individuals; you will have the opportunity to discuss your writing with others as well as being offered protected writing time.
Whether you are writing a grant application, a journal article or working on a section of your thesis, this taster course will provide you with the tools you need to succeed.
Key Contact: Wendy Beautyman
Register: CapAdmin
This one day workshop provides an environment where participants are able to work alongside likeminded individuals; you will have the opportunity to discuss your writing with others as well as being offered protected writing time.
Whether you are writing a grant application, a journal article or working on a section of your thesis, this taster course will provide you with the tools you need to succeed.
Key Contact: Wendy Beautyman
Register: CapAdmin
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
CAP Workshop - Good Practice in Giving Students Feedback on Assessment
Friday 14th November 2014 12:15-13:15
Universities are heavily criticised by students for the quality and quantity of feedback we give them on their assessment. How can we improve feedback, without incurring excessive workloads? In this short session we will be discuss realistic options for engaging students in their learning through feedback, and think about feedback as part of our L&T strategies.</div>
NB. If you would like to run this session for your programme team, just let us know
Ioberski@qmu.ac.uk
Key Contact: Iddo Oberski
Register: CapAdmin
Universities are heavily criticised by students for the quality and quantity of feedback we give them on their assessment. How can we improve feedback, without incurring excessive workloads? In this short session we will be discuss realistic options for engaging students in their learning through feedback, and think about feedback as part of our L&T strategies.</div>
NB. If you would like to run this session for your programme team, just let us know
Ioberski@qmu.ac.uk
Key Contact: Iddo Oberski
Register: CapAdmin
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
CAP Workshop - Advanced Clickers Masterclass
Tuesday 18th November 2014 14:15-16:00
On Tuesday 18th November, Conor Dumigan, an external expert on TurningPoint, will be holding a masterclass on using clickers (personal voting systems) for learning, and research. This session will provide an overview of the new features and functionality of TurningPoint version 5. Advice will also be provided on how to use interactive techniques based on “who wants to be a millionaire” with your students. The workshop also considers using clickers as a method for gathering research data.
Key Contact: Susi Peacock
Register: CapAdmin
On Tuesday 18th November, Conor Dumigan, an external expert on TurningPoint, will be holding a masterclass on using clickers (personal voting systems) for learning, and research. This session will provide an overview of the new features and functionality of TurningPoint version 5. Advice will also be provided on how to use interactive techniques based on “who wants to be a millionaire” with your students. The workshop also considers using clickers as a method for gathering research data.
Key Contact: Susi Peacock
Register: CapAdmin
Friday, October 31, 2014
CAP Workshop - Curriculum for Excellence - What does it mean for us?
Wednesday 12th November 2014, 12:15-13:15
Curriculum for Excellence(CfE), the new Scottish school curriculum is now running in all secondary schools. The first CfE school pupils will enter university in 2015. School pupils will have undergone quite a different educational experience than previous entrants, with a focus on developing generic skills. They will have experienced interdisciplinary L&T approaches, and the aspiration is that they will have developed as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors. In this briefing session, we will consider what the implications might be for our QMU curricula. This will be of particular interest if your programme is preparing for validation & review
Facilitator(s): Roni Bamber
Info & Register: CapAdmin
Curriculum for Excellence(CfE), the new Scottish school curriculum is now running in all secondary schools. The first CfE school pupils will enter university in 2015. School pupils will have undergone quite a different educational experience than previous entrants, with a focus on developing generic skills. They will have experienced interdisciplinary L&T approaches, and the aspiration is that they will have developed as successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens, and effective contributors. In this briefing session, we will consider what the implications might be for our QMU curricula. This will be of particular interest if your programme is preparing for validation & review
Facilitator(s): Roni Bamber
Info & Register: CapAdmin
CAP Workshop - ATLAS (Active Teaching, Learning & Assessment Space in PebblePlus
Wednesday 12 November 2014, 12:15-14:15
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This workshop introduces tutors to ATLAS – the Active Teaching, Learning and Assessment Space to which learners, organised into groups or sets on workspaces, submit work from Pebble+ for feedback, peer review, or validation. At this workshop we will provide an introduction to the ATLAS dashboard, discuss workspace administration and outline the steps of the standard assessment process.
We will also demonstrate the functionality of assessment tools, including formative and summative feedback, grading, and comment banks and feedback templates for streamlining feedback. There will be opportunities for hands-on practice and discussion.
Facilitator(s): Sue Murray
Info & Register: CapAdmin
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This workshop introduces tutors to ATLAS – the Active Teaching, Learning and Assessment Space to which learners, organised into groups or sets on workspaces, submit work from Pebble+ for feedback, peer review, or validation. At this workshop we will provide an introduction to the ATLAS dashboard, discuss workspace administration and outline the steps of the standard assessment process.
We will also demonstrate the functionality of assessment tools, including formative and summative feedback, grading, and comment banks and feedback templates for streamlining feedback. There will be opportunities for hands-on practice and discussion.
Facilitator(s): Sue Murray
Info & Register: CapAdmin
CAP Workshop - Improving students assessments with TurnitinUK
Mon 10 Nov 11:15 - 12:15
Want to improve your students' academic writing? Did you know that TurnitinUK can help? Even if you are familiar with TurnitinUK, it now has an improved interface so this is also an opportunity to find out how that works. TurnitinUK is an online service that can be accessed via the HUB and that enables students to compare their work with a range of electronic sources including the internet and electronic databases. The service then provides an 'originality report' that students can use to improve the quality of their referencing and paraphrasing. The report may also suggest sources that the student may have missed.
Facilitator(s): Sue Murray & Iddo Oberski
Register & more info: CapAdmin
Want to improve your students' academic writing? Did you know that TurnitinUK can help? Even if you are familiar with TurnitinUK, it now has an improved interface so this is also an opportunity to find out how that works. TurnitinUK is an online service that can be accessed via the HUB and that enables students to compare their work with a range of electronic sources including the internet and electronic databases. The service then provides an 'originality report' that students can use to improve the quality of their referencing and paraphrasing. The report may also suggest sources that the student may have missed.
Facilitator(s): Sue Murray & Iddo Oberski
Register & more info: CapAdmin
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
CAP WORKSHOP - UK Professional Standards Framework Briefing: How do I meet the standards and why should I?
Tuesday 04 November 2014 10:15-11:15
The UK Professional Standards Framework
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf covers the main dimensions of teaching and supporting learning within HE. It is written from the perspective of the practitioner and provides a national framework for recognising your L&T experience and expertise.
In this session, we will talk about the different levels of recognition, and how you achieve recognition. If you would like to apply, CAP will help you through the next stages.
The UK Professional Standards Framework
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf covers the main dimensions of teaching and supporting learning within HE. It is written from the perspective of the practitioner and provides a national framework for recognising your L&T experience and expertise.
In this session, we will talk about the different levels of recognition, and how you achieve recognition. If you would like to apply, CAP will help you through the next stages.
Thursday, October 23, 2014
CAP Workshop - How Effective and Efficient is your Assessment?
Tuesday 04 November 2014 14:15-15:15
We are all under increasing time pressure, so how can we assess well, without buckling under the strain? In this workshop we will discuss ways of making assessment more efficient, without losing benefits to students.
More info: Iddo Oberski
Register: Matt at CapAdmin@qmu.ac.uk
We are all under increasing time pressure, so how can we assess well, without buckling under the strain? In this workshop we will discuss ways of making assessment more efficient, without losing benefits to students.
More info: Iddo Oberski
Register: Matt at CapAdmin@qmu.ac.uk
CAP Workshop - UK Professional Standards Framework Briefing: How do I meet the standards and why should I?
Tue 04 Nov 2014 12:15-13:15
The UK Professional Standards Framework
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf covers the main dimensions of teaching and supporting learning within HE. It is written from the perspective of the practitioner and provides a national framework for recognising your L&T experience and expertise.
In this session, we will talk about the different levels of recognition, and how you achieve recognition. If you would like to apply, CAP will help you through the next stages.
Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
The UK Professional Standards Framework
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ukpsf covers the main dimensions of teaching and supporting learning within HE. It is written from the perspective of the practitioner and provides a national framework for recognising your L&T experience and expertise.
In this session, we will talk about the different levels of recognition, and how you achieve recognition. If you would like to apply, CAP will help you through the next stages.
Contact: Roni Bamber
Register: CapAdmin
Friday, October 17, 2014
WORKSHOP - Challenges of Working with International Postgraduate Students
24th October 2014 9:30 – 16:30 at QMU
FULLY BOOKED
This is a follow up event from the fully booked workshop that took place at the University of Leicester in October 2013.
Despite the
new high level of HEU fees at undergraduate level, International students
remain critical to the health and financial sustainability of UK
higher education. At postgraduate taught level, there has been
a 200% increase in the intake of International students since 1999.
International
students who come from a diversity of backgrounds and educational systems
can be both enjoyable and challenging to recruit,
teach and supervise. This is particularly true of those for
whom English is not their first language.
This conference will explore the journey of the international student into postgraduate education, from the point of recruitment through induction to the kinds of support needed for students at different stages of study, including preparing dissertations, how students can develop an independent academic voice when English is not their first language and the kinds of pedagogies and strategies that can be used both when there is a truly international cohort and when there is a cohort of international students predominantly from one country.
The focus of the event is on learning from and contributing to good practice in supporting International postgraduate students.
This conference will explore the journey of the international student into postgraduate education, from the point of recruitment through induction to the kinds of support needed for students at different stages of study, including preparing dissertations, how students can develop an independent academic voice when English is not their first language and the kinds of pedagogies and strategies that can be used both when there is a truly international cohort and when there is a cohort of international students predominantly from one country.
The focus of the event is on learning from and contributing to good practice in supporting International postgraduate students.
There are a
limited number of free spaces available to QMU staff. If you are interested in attending please
contact Matt at CapAdmin@qmu.ac.uk
Thursday, October 16, 2014
CAP Workshop - How Effective and Efficient is your Assessment?
Thursday 30th October 2014 14:15-15:15
We are all under increasing time pressure, so how can we assess well, without buckling under the strain? In this workshop we will discuss ways of making assessment more efficient, without losing benefits to students.
More info: Iddo Oberski
Register: Matt at CapAdmin@qmu.ac.uk
We are all under increasing time pressure, so how can we assess well, without buckling under the strain? In this workshop we will discuss ways of making assessment more efficient, without losing benefits to students.
More info: Iddo Oberski
Register: Matt at CapAdmin@qmu.ac.uk
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
CAP Workshop - An introduction to ATLAS - the Active Teaching, Learning and Assessment Space in PebblePlus
Wed 29 October 2014 10:15-12:15
This workshop introduces tutors to ATLAS – the Active Teaching, Learning and Assessment Space to which learners, organised into groups or sets on workspaces, submit work from Pebble+ for feedback, peer review, or validation. At this workshop we will provide an introduction to the ATLAS dashboard, discuss workspace administration and outline the steps of the standard assessment process.
We will also demonstrate the functionality of assessment tools, including formative and summative feedback, grading, and comment banks and feedback templates for streamlining feedback. There will be opportunities for hands-on practice and discussion.
More information: Susi Peacock or Sue Murray
Registration: CapAdmin
This workshop introduces tutors to ATLAS – the Active Teaching, Learning and Assessment Space to which learners, organised into groups or sets on workspaces, submit work from Pebble+ for feedback, peer review, or validation. At this workshop we will provide an introduction to the ATLAS dashboard, discuss workspace administration and outline the steps of the standard assessment process.
We will also demonstrate the functionality of assessment tools, including formative and summative feedback, grading, and comment banks and feedback templates for streamlining feedback. There will be opportunities for hands-on practice and discussion.
More information: Susi Peacock or Sue Murray
Registration: CapAdmin
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