L&T Chat Show

Who hasn't wanted to improve their personal tutoring? Today I talk to Ben, Andy and Dave about their experiences, research and findings when it comes to how to improve tutoring services. A very practical approach based on a wealth of knowledge, most recently encapsulated in their 2022 book "Personal Tutor's and Advisor's Handbook" drawing on contributions from 50 practitioners across the sector and building upon their earlier work.

For further details check out:

Andy Stork's website - https://andrewstork.co.uk/

Ben Walker's website - http://benwwalker.co.uk/

Dave Lochtie's website - https://www.davelochtie.com/

Or take a look at the publications:

The Higher Education Personal Tutor’s and Advisor’s Companion (2022)

Effective Personal Tutoring in Higher Education (2018)

Becoming an Outstanding Personal Tutor (2015)

If you'd like to contribute to a future episode contact Roger Saunders at [email protected]  

Writing can be a lonely business so how about finding ways to help develop a supportive community. Emma and I discuss her experiences in doing just this. For further information check out the article Emma wrote:

http://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/7741/1/DAVENPORT_Investigations22_FINAL-Accessible.pdf

You may also find these interesting

Murray, R. (2014) Writing in Social Spaces: A Social Processes Approach to Academic Writing. SRHE

Murray, R. (2006) The Handbook of Academic Writing. OUP

If you have something you're passionate about or that you think colleagues might be interested in hearing about why not share it in an episode, just contact me on [email protected]

Curie and I have a fascinating conversation about how various different drawing forms and activities can be used to aid learning.

For more information:

Dr Curie Scott is an Education consultant and coach working on drawing for wellbeing. As an educator and researcher, she is interested in embodied cognition, the co-construction of knowledge via making, visual research, and using art for well-being. She trained as a medical doctor and taught health professionals for 15 years. She moved to Education and embedded creative teaching approaches into a teaching qualification for novice lecturers. Extending her PhD research work on drawing, Curie coaches and runs thinking through drawing workshops. Her reflective workshops using expressive drawing, making-by-hand, and metaphor, reconnects people to their bodies and surrounding environment.

Curie’s book on Drawing for Health and Wellbeing is a research based book for the public. it will suit anyone working in Health and Wellbeing spheres and offers several practical drawing exercises that can be used straightaway. It’s perfectly priced for Christmas 😁  at Amazon or other booksellers. (image below if helpful)

Amazon Link https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drawing-Arts-Health-Curie-Scott/dp/1838673288/ref=sr_1_2?crid=EVHLQ1B3B9LU&keywords=curie+scott+drawing&qid=1647434238&sprefix=curie+scott+drawing%2Caps%2C59&sr=8-2

formal citation Scott, C. (Oct 2021) Drawing: Arts for Health series, Crawford, P. (Ed) Emerald Publishing.

Those in Higher Education will find her article for the CreativeHE network on drawing for learning and teaching useful p.21) on https://www.creativeacademic.uk/uploads/1/3/5/4/13542890/cam20.pdf

Connect:

curiescott.uk

@curiedrawing  (instagram)

Nicole and I talk about her experience both as a researcher and supervisor and her experiences using and teaching the use of a journal. Some great ideas around the process of journaling and how they work.

Dr Nicole Brown is a writer, social researcher, and associate professor working on the cusp of research/practice/teaching. She is Director of Social Research & Practice and Education Ltd and Associate Professor at University College London. Nicole’s creative and research work relate to physical and material representations of experiences, the generation of knowledge, the use of metaphors, and more generally, research methods and approaches to explore identity and body work.

Her books include Lived Experiences of Ableism in Academia: Strategies for Inclusion in Higher Education, Ableism in Academia: Theorising Experiences of Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses in Higher Education, Embodied Inquiry: Research Methods, and Making the Most of Your Research Journal. Her next books are Creativity in Education: International Perspectives and Photovoice, Reimagined.

Nicole's creative nonfiction has been published in the Journal of Participatory Research Methods, So Fi Zine and The AutoEthnographer.

Nicole shares her work at https://www.nicole-brown.co.uk and she tweets as @ncjbrown and @AbleismAcademia

Jo and I discuss the impact of emotion in the research process and what can be done to assist those involved in research to explore and understand their emotional responses.

Ferrie, J. & Scott, A. (2021) The PhD and Missing Skills: Capacity and Capability Building for Engagement with Industry. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice Vol. 9 (3) pp. 22-31 Ferrie, J. & Lachapelle, P. (2021) Evaluating and Improving Policy and Practice. In C. McConnell, A. Clarke and D. Muia (Eds) International Community Development Practice London: Routledge Chapter 9 pp.225-253.

Ferrie, J., & Wiseman, P. (2020). Interrogating the body: Exploring what it means to live with motor neurone disease using phenomenology. SAGE Research Methods Cases.doi:10.4135/9781529716177 Ferrie, J. & Hosie, A. (2018) Methodological challenges in developing an evidence base and realising rights. International Journal of Human Rights. Vol. 22 (1) doi: 10.1080/13642987.2017.1390300

Theo joins me again to continue the discussion on the work he's being doing on compassion and student learning. 

The first couple of films here: https://compassioninhe.wordpress.com/films/ will help illustrate what compassionate team meeting communications is all about.

For more details about all the resources and how to join the network, be part of an open directory of staff from around 72 universities, and the jisc list of news, events and articles on the practicalities of teaching and assessing compassionate communications, then check out the website:

https://compassioninhe.wordpress.com

If you're interested in contributing to future podcasts on any subject that you're passionate about please contact [email protected] 

In this episode Jenni explains a process whereby she helps students to understand the benefits of feedback being used as feedforward by encouraging them to write feedback on real student work. Students look at multiple pieces of work and compare the strengths and weaknesses of each.

If you'd like more information please check out Jenni's Linkedin page  www.Linkedin.com/in/jennirose. You'll also find more information in David Nicol's guide  Nicol, David (2022): "Turning Active Learning into Active Feedback", Introductory Guide from Active Feedback Toolkit, Adam Smith Business School. National Teaching Repository. Educational resource. https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.19929290

Victoria and I talk about ways in which learning can be made more relevant by applying classroom learning using applied learning weeks, where students can work together in multi-disciplinary groups working on a given brief.

If you'd like to know more about Victoria's work you can find her here:

https://learning.drvictoriawilsoncrane.co.uk/

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-victoria-wilson-crane

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drvwcpathways

She's also published an e-book article:

https://openpress.sussex.ac.uk/ideasforactivelearning/chapter/international-pathways-students-applied-learning-weeks-build-networks/

The work that was referenced in the podcast was:

King, Z., & Scott. A. (2014). Who is in your personal boardroom? How to choose people, assign roles and have conversations with purpose. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

Having listened to the podcast if you have a learning and teaching subject that your passionate about and would like to share then contact me, Roger, on [email protected]

This week Mary Jacob and I talk about designing Active Cognitive Tasks (ACTs) to help your students engage in active learning. Mary is a member of the Active Learning Network and has a chapter about ACTs in a forthcoming SEDA book, Active Learning in Higher Education, edited by Wendy Garnham and Isobel Gowers. At the 2022 Global Festival of Active Learning, she led a workshop on designing ACTs. In this podcast, she shares highlights based on that work.

Mary is a lecturer in learning and teaching and part of the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Unit at Aberystwyth University. She coordinates the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education, designs CPD workshops for university staff, and curates the Weekly Resource Roundup. She shares resources for learning and teaching in higher education on Twitter @MaryJacobTEL1.

If you have something your passionate about that you think your colleagues might be interested in the please contact [email protected] to discuss recording a podcast episode. 

An absolutely fascinating chat with Bo about design thinking and lost of ways in which it can be used in the classroom. If you'd like to know more, check out her own podcast on design thinking done in conjunction with AdvanceHE

https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/tags/dr-bo-kelestyn

If you have something you're passionate about and you'd like to share it with the wider learning & teaching community why not drop me a line [email protected]