Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
All of these options are equally valuable – depending on the context. Prior to the session
– at least a week before – participants will be invited to send to the facilitator a brief
outline of the context in which they would like their students to engage more with critical
and reflective teaching, and a note of what type of reflection they have in mind. He will
pick three or four of these, and use them (in anonymised form unless individuals choose
to declare themselves) as case studies for which he will offer specific suggestions. He
will then invite the workshop group to discuss these suggestions, and consider any
transferable ideas emerging from the discussion.
Elluminate Live!® users only require a basic microphone and speakers or headset. Use
of a camera is optional. Elluminate Live!® already finds use across the University to
support group work activities among students who commend its ease of use and
functionality even for slow broadband connections. Distance education students from
France, India, and Poland using Elluminate Live!® already benefit from the personal
contact to peers and tutors. This session will allow you to experience Elluminate® from
the user’s point of view by taking part in a series of activities aimed to demonstrate the
main tools first as students and then as tutors.
Time has been allotted at the end of the session to create individual Elluminate Live!®
classrooms for those participants ready to get started straight away.
coding and search of qualitative data using NVivo 7. The session will also
consider the issues involved in reporting qualitative research.
Participants can bring their own data to work on but sample data will be provided.
The purpose of this session is to enable participants with little or no previous experience
of research to gain a basic understanding of qualitative research and the potential for
this type of research in their chosen field of investigation.
The session will begin with a general introduction into the nature of qualitative research.
This includes identification of the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research in a
brief comparison with quantitative research. This will be followed by short descriptions of
the main qualitative approaches and ways of collecting information. Clear and practical
guidance will be provided on techniques for analysing and presenting information.
Participants in this session will be encouraged to consider following this session with
attendance at the workshop How can software help with a qualitative project? Using
NVivo 7 for qualitative analysis to gain practical experience in the use of software for
qualitative analysis.
Then why not try out classroom voting? Classroom voting is a simple and enjoyable way
to increase participation and engagement in your lectures. Napier has recently
purchased a voting system (TurningPoint®) that works in conjunction with PowerPoint.
During a lecture, students respond to questions or polls via the handsets and the results
are displayed instantly on screen. Research shows that, used well, voting can
significantly enhance student understanding of material and have a positive impact on
attendance and overall retention rates.
Staff development
This workshop will show you how to develop and run a TurningPoint presentation. There
will also be the opportunity to consider examples of how classroom voting is being used
in higher education and to share ideas about ways in which you might go on to integrate it into
your teaching.
problem-solving
online role play
online debates
learning cycles
Participants will work in groups to design (using a given template) at least one activity of
their choice. Then they will explore with the help of the tutor how it can be adapted for
online delivery. Issues of assessment will also be considered.
Many of the ideas and tips which will be discussed in this seminar are inspired by a
recent publication by Palloff and Pratt (2005)1 entitled Collaborating Online: learning
together in community.