L&T Chat Show

Chris and I discuss the pointlessness of percentages as a means of marking work and explore some of the alternatives.

For more detail check out Chris' article:

Rust, Chris (2011) "The Unscholarly Use of Numbers in Our Assessment Practices: What Will Make Us Change?," International

Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Vol. 5: No. 1, Article 4.

Available at: https://doi.org/10.20429/ijsotl.2011.050104

Steve and I chat about the potential impact of ChatGPT, some of the positives, negatives and he offers some advice for students and institutions.

Apologies that once more I (Roger) sound like a Dalek with a cold.

Kat explains how she uses music in teaching spaces including helping students to relax in order to be more receptive in class.

Here is a link for music to help reduce heartrate and lower blood pressure:

https://soundcloud.com/uwecfm/sets/cfms-deep-relaxation-mix?si=d048ffb177c34b66acf8e4f70329fc71&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Students have responded extremely positively to this, there are some interesting themes in the comments about the

Some further reading:

Blood, A.J., et al. (1999) Emotional responses to

Harper, G. et al. (2014) Sound and music in film and visual

Judd, M., & Pooley, J. A. (2014). The psychological benefits

Kane, B. (2014) Sound unseen : acousmatic sound in theory

McNamara, R. J., Epsley, C., Coren, E., & McKeough, Z. J.

Nilsson, Ulrica. (2008). The Anxiety- and Pain-Reducing Effects of

Wulff, V. et al. (2021) The effects of a music and singing

Apologies that I (Roger) still sound like I'm trapped inside a box

Johanna and I discuss her work using creative activities to help journalism students to develop their ideas.

Johanna Payton is a Lecturer and Director of Learning & Teaching in the Journalism department at City, University of London. She is in the third year of her PhD, researching creativity and journalism education. A former Guardian editor and freelance writer, she has over two decades of experience covering all things vintage fashion, no-fly travel and sustainable beauty. She is a passionate advocate for creative learning, teaching and living.

Find Jo on Twitter: twitter.com/jopayton

Johanna and I talk about her experiences and experiments with introducing creativity to her classrooms including crafting, gaming and mindfulness.

Find Jo on Twitter: twitter.com/jopayton

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Denise talks about her passion for dialogic education and the development of group discussions in class.

Dr Denise Sweeney, Associate Professor in Higher Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham

Useful further reading:

Inter thinking: Putting talk to work By Karen Littleton, Neil Mercer https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203809433/interthinking-putting-talk-work-karen-littleton-neil-mercer

Rupert Wegerif blog: 'Defining 'Dialogic Education'

https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.rupertwegerif.name%2fblog%2fdefining%2ddialogic%2deducation&umid=62560e79-5c45-4385-88d8-b97389f75d7e&auth=06e76e57000ea428f34b63fea08893688229b6ce-b73e3491ccdfef715a1da88ccd95d8144b7d7352

Jos talks about a regular session they run at the end of seminars/tutorials given students the opportunity to ask 'stupid questions'.

Jos would also be interested in people's thoughts about alternatives to exams (they teach Maths) and can be contacted here [email protected]).

Lynn and I have a fascinating chat about the numerous benefits and advantages of teaching students (including large groups) online.

Dr Lynn Gribble is Associate Professor, School of Management and Governance at The University of New South Wales Sydney. She has taught management to large classes of Master of Business Administration and Master of Commerce students for ten years and has pioneered the use of voice recordings, audience response platforms and learning analytics to personalise every interaction with her students, increasing both their engagement and learning outcomes. Lynn is Senior Fellow of the Advance HE UK.

You can read more about Lynns work online AT:

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4

Pages 277-293

and @MareeWithers

https://cdrg.blog/2022/10/12/finding-imperfection-and-impact-developing-self-reflection-in-our-future-managers/

If you have something you're passionate about and want to share with the wider community, contact me at [email protected] 

This episode focuses on a discussion of inclusion in academic integrity. There is significant over-representation of certain groups of students in academic conduct investigations, for example international postgraduate students. Various interventions are discussed to address this inequality, including pedagogical research, policy changes, expanding educational opportunities.

Dr Mary Davis is academic integrity lead and principal lecturer in education and student experience at OBU. She is currently leading a QAA funded project titled ‘Improving student learning by joining up inclusion/accessibility with academic integrity’ . She also shares teaching resources via her website Making sense of academic integrity. Here is the compilation of news reports about the long term professional and social impacts of academic integrity problems mentioned in the chat.

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If like me you have struggled to find ways to help students to reflect on their work then Jamie has some great ideas. 

Jamie Heywood is an Associate Professor and Academic Lead for Academic Development & Recognition at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU). Jamie leads on initiatives and opportunities across the university which support academic development and recognition, including programmes, awards, CPD and professional accreditation. Jamie has recently worked on the new Teaching at ARU Podcast, which explores teaching and learning themes within ARU and Higher Education. Connect with Jamie through Twitter and LinkedIn.

If you'd like to know more about creative reflection check out these models 

and resources

Critical Incident Questionnaire 

28 Ideas from Clemson University (South Carolina) 

Reflection for Learning (Advance HE)

Ideas from University of Edinburgh (Including Models)

Reflective Writing (Advance HE)

Blog about Creative Reflective Techniques

A short guide to reflective writing (University of Birmingham)

‘The Park’ (Jenny Moon) -  from describing to reflecting and other resources.

Mirror, Microscope, Binoculars (Cooper, 1997)

Recordingof a Creative Reflection Methods Workshop at the International Active Learning Conference