The TESTA (Transforming the Experience of Students Through Assessment) project works with programmes at the University to explore how students experience various aspects of their assessment environment, such as the quality of feedback they receive, the split between formative and … Continue reading...
Tag: Case studies – Authentic learning and employability
Creative Futures: Tools for changing the world (Case Study)
About the unit:
In order to innovate in whatever field, from healthcare to engineering, education to the arts, we all use visions of the future – consciously or not. But where do such visions come from? Whose visions and whose … Continue reading...
Case Study: Authentic Assessment on the Being Human Unit (CfIE)
Dr Keir Williams, Senior Lecturer in Design Thinking
The Practice
This case study shares an approach to ‘authentic’ learning using an example from a unit I direct for first-year Innovation students at the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (the Centre). … Continue reading...
Joyful Journal-ing: a Peer-led Journal Club in the Pandemic
Alison Blaxter shares her experience of helping set up a journal club with her students during lockdown, which led to her being nominated for a Bristol Teaching Award.
Bristol Vet School’s Bio-Veterinary Science Veterinary Nursing programme is a wonderful mix … Continue reading...
Physical Geographers working with the local community
The Bristol Curriculum Framework inspires us to create space for our students to work on real world problems, reflect on their values and contribute to making a difference. Engaged Learning, where as part of the curriculum students work in partnership … Continue reading...
Putting the ‘Ex’ in Exams?
I didn’t finish Uni quite how I thought I would (to put it mildly). Ignoring, for now, the slightly terrifying world I’ll be graduating into (which is something I’m getting quite good at), one big change was in the way … Continue reading...
Research-Rich Assessment in English with Alexia Kirov (MA Medieval Studies)
BILT Student Fellow Jonny Barnes, interviews Alexia Kirov (MA Medieval Studies) about her experiences of research-based assessments.
Transcript
00:00:00 Jonny Barnes
Hello and welcome to the BILT broadcast.
Today I’m speaking to Alexia Kirov, who … Continue reading...
Feedback in an authentic context
So, I will be honest, I have been dwelling on this blog idea for a while now, and the reason I haven’t written it is because I was stuck. I was struggling to come up with the perfect name for … Continue reading...
The Office: authentic learning in civil engineering (full series)
Find out how James Norman created his own ‘company’, complete with its own office space in order to teach his Timber Engineering unit. Students worked on real briefs and projects as ’employees’ throughout this authentic and unique learning experience.
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Supporting graduate learners: Optimising the physical and digital environment for case-based learning in veterinary education
A Teaching Innovation Grant was awarded to Emma Love for 2018/19 for a project looking into support for graduates on the Accelerated Graduate Entry Programme (AGEP), specifically looking at the impact physical and digital space had on learning.
The group, … Continue reading...