Over the last two days I welcomed into my classroom 500 new students. They are new to University, and teaching first years is also new to me. I have a feeling of great anticipation and excitement, mingled with that fear … Continue reading...
Tag: Engineering
Case Study: Approaches to active learning in large group teaching
School of CAME, Engineering.
Working with 120 students at one time can be challenging but also offers many opportunities.
Listen to find out:
- How students are assisted to build their confidence and become self sufficient in an interactive environment.
- How
“Innovating in (techno)pedagogy… it’s not sorcery!”
We are delighted to announce Dr Francesco Fornetti was recently nominated by the University to apply for the Advance HE National Teaching Fellowship.
My passion for electronics and technology started when I was very young. My uncle Angelo owned an … Continue reading...
Education for Sustainable Development. Case Study: CAME
Programme: Civil Engineering
How is sustainability included in it?
Most of the design work in the programme is iterative rather than transformative, with sustainability teaching emerging organically from the content. We don’t have a sustainability stream … Continue reading...
Publishing a book in a year: September
A few years back I decided to run 1000 miles in a year. I created a spreadsheet. Logged every run. And it was going amazingly until July/August. I am not a summer person! I literally wilt in the heat. I … Continue reading...
Publishing a book in a year: August
It’s August. The month of time off, promised writing time, and when I imagined we would finish the book.
First of all, an apology – today is my first day back after a very nice week off. And my head … Continue reading...
Publishing a book in a year: July
This week has been a first for me. I went on a future walk. Participants joined me as we walked around in 2050! We didn’t use a time machine, just some imagination, but I think people found it helpful.
Why … Continue reading...
Publishing a book in a year: June
Hi all. For this month’s post I thought I would try and capture my progress over 4 weeks. You will see from the below that this is only 10 days of writing (I say ten days, that’s ten planned days, … Continue reading...
Publishing a book in a year: May
If April was about not giving up, May is about throwing in the towel. I’m done. Now let’s be clear, I’m not done with writing a book in a year, oh no no, I’m done with regenerative design.
You see … Continue reading...
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