Who doesn’t like an adventure, a dive into the unknown, an unexpected challenge and the possibility of transforming who you are and how you think about the world? That’s what experiential learning can offer students by inviting them to learn … Continue reading...
Tag: Case studies
Student tutors + informal setting = ‘Maths Cafes’
Since the Summer BILT Hackathon, I’ve been thinking about the concept of the ‘familiar stranger’ and what we can do to tackle this issue in the University. After seeing the ‘Maths Cafes’ in the Good Practice Guides developed by AQPO, … Continue reading...
Urban Spaces. Civic University.
The University of Bristol has pledged to make the city a better place1. Our research institutes are leading the charge to action this2, but how can we connect our research to our teaching? How can we … Continue reading...
When Problems Create Solutions: A Problem-Based Approach to Teaching
Problem based learning (PBL) is an approach to teaching that supports creative and complex problem-solving. It seeks to address open-ended problems and real-world scenarios that researchers and industry encounter in professional practice. The higher education sector has employed PBL … Continue reading...
How to succeed at failing
The academic team from the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CFIE) ran an interactive seminar at the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC) annual conference in Oxford in September 2019. The subject was central to our core mission of enabling innovative … Continue reading...
Microbial Pursuit: gamifying microbiology to make a difficult topic more engaging
You can watch a video of the game in action on the Infection and Immunity Research Network page.
View and download the PDF… Continue reading...
Team Based Learning Masterclass
Dundee, 26th June 2019
There were two masterclasses running in Dundee – an introductory and an advanced session. This was the advanced session. Although the number of attendees was small at around ten, everybody had some experience of running … Continue reading...
Strategic Students and Question Spotting
The following piece was written by Helen Heath, a BILT Fellow, Reader in Physics and (soon to be!) University Education Director (Quality).
Why do we think that students being strategic in their learning is a bad thing? Is this an … Continue reading...
ABC Learning Design: presentations and Q&A at UCL
Emilie Poletto-Lawson is an Educational Developer (based in Academic Staff Development) and a BILT fellow working on the BILT theme of inclusive assessment.
This blog of a follow up from the blog post “ABC Learning design: workshop at UCL… Continue reading...
ABC Learning Design: Workshop at UCL
Emilie Poletto-Lawson is an educational developer (based in Academic Staff Development) and a BILT Fellow working on the BILT theme of inclusive assessment.
If you are at the stage of reviewing how the year went or planning next years teaching, … Continue reading...