| Date |
Event |
Comment |
02/04/2008 |
PGCHE |
"Introduction to teaching methods across higher education and design for interaction", George Brown
I was very inspired by this session and consequently wrote several entries in my Reflective Journal blog:
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03/04/2008 |
NTU Annual Learning and Teaching Conference |
"Developing interactive online learning, a practical approach to course design", Vicki McGarvey
"Who's in need of inspiration: teachers or students or both?", Jude Carroll
"The story of the new 'minty fresh' Events Week", Angela Brown and Lloyd Pettiford
I wrote a blog post in my reflective journal following this conference: Learning without interaction.
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09/04/2008 |
PGCHE |
"Student learning: an overview of behaviourism, cognitive psychology and humanistic theories", Ioanna
I wrote a blog post in my reflective journal following this session: PGCHE: Student learning.
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22/04/2008 |
ELMS Research seminar, NTU |
"I did this in my class and it (mostly) worked: GeoGebra", Dr. Chris Sangwin
I wrote a blog post in my reflective journal following this seminar: Developing mathematical reasoning.
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14/05/2008 |
PGCHE |
"Micro-teaching exercises in small groups"
Gave my micro-teaching session
My micro-teaching session is covered in section B.5.
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04/06/2008 |
CELS TIPS/TOPS Conference, NTU |
"Forensic Skills Development in Criminalistics Practical Work", Dr Joan Halfpenny
"Computing and Technology Student Ambassador Scheme", Dr Joanna Hartley
"Hands-on Science Exhibits", Dr David Fairhurst
"Physics Practical Outreach Activities", Dr Mike Newton
"Development of the Masters Module - Special Topics in Molecular Biology for e-Learning", Dr Sandra Kirk
"Developing short videos to assist in basic training of new students", Dr Stewart Mireylees
"Use of Automated Assignment Marking Systems in Grading Essays", Dr Graham Compton
"Development of an e-Learning Postgraduate Module for Research Methods and IT", Dr Alan Hargreaves
"A New Approach to Teaching Programming", Dr Caroline Langensiepen |
09/06/2008 |
NCETM web seminar |
"Proof" panel discussion |
20/06/2008 |
BSRLM New Researchers' Day Conference, University of Chichester |
"Generating mathematical talk in a Key stage 2 mathematics classroom", Lyn Wickham
"How do mathematics teachers with different pedagogical beliefs use technology in the classroom? - the difficulties encountered in researching this theme!", Carol Knights
"Creating Mathematical Furtures through an Equitable Teaching Approach: The case of Railside School", Dr Jo Boaler
"ITE Students' beliefs about the teaching of primary mathematics", Caroline Rickard
"Whole class discussions and the development of meaning in secondary mathematics classrooms", Jenni Ingram |
21/06/2008 |
BSRLM Day Conference, University of Southampton |
"ICT-enabled mathematics learning and delivery", Chris Imafidon
"Development of 'profound understanding of fundamental mathematics': MEC", Mary Stevenson
"Dynamic geometry in the classroom: old barriers and new opportunities", Chris Little
"The role of context in linear equation questions: utility or futility?", Chris Little
"Towards a constructionist approach to mathematical generalisation", Eirini Geraniou |
23/06/2008 |
Developing Graduate & Employability Skills within a Mathematical Sciences Programme, University of Nottingham |
"Setting the Scene - Enhancing skills in MSOR degrees?", Stephen Hibberd
"Employers - What do they want?", Michael Grove
"Developing the Undergraduate Experience", Kevin Golden
"Skills modules kills modules? Not Always!", Sidney Tyrrell
"Student Project Work", Louise Walker
"Enhancing Employability Skills Through Experience: Grasping an opportunity with both hands!", Patricia Lumb
"Personal Development Planning", Jeff Waldock and Mary McAlinden
This session was useful for teaching the skills module "Problem Solving", although I didn't know at this point that I would be teaching that.
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30/06/2008 |
The European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry 2008, "The Social Life of Mathematics" minisymposia, University College London |
"What do engineers do when they (don't) do mathematics", C. Bissell
"The cultural life of mathematics: the influence of media representations of mathematics and mathematicians on relationships with the subject", H. Mendick
"Models, mathematics and meaning in interdisciplinary research", D. Shipworth |
08-09/09/08 |
CETL-MSOR Conference 2008, Lancaster University |
"Nurturing an open-source community to enhance mathematics teaching and learning: The case of GeoGebra", Markus Hohenwarter
"Newton's Mechanics: Who Needs it?", Charlie Stripp & Mike Savage
"Teaching University Mathematics: What mathematicians have said!", Stephanie Thomas & Barbara Jaworski
"Accessibility of mathematical resources: the technology gap", Emma Cliffe & Morag Kiziewicz
"REAL Services to assist students who have Asperger syndrome", Nicola Martin Manny Madriaga, Nick Hodge, Danny Goodley
"BrlTex improving braille production", Michael Whapples
"Using screen capture as a service in a service course", Thomas Jaki
"Digital ink and annotations in e-teaching of advanced maths", Bill Blyth
"Beyond templates: can course design induce a deep approach to learning mathematics?", Teresa McConlogue
In particular, the sessions by Thomas Jaki and Bill Blyth on screen capture and annotation were very interesting following on from my experiments with this technology in my micro-teaching session.
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19/09/2008 |
Higher Education Mathematics Education Conference, Loughborough University |
"Researching to Design; Designing to Research", Dave Pratt
"Mathematicians' use of Computer Algebra Systems: an overview", Zsolt Lavicza
"The European Virtual Laboratory of Mathematics (EVLM)", John Goodband
"Building relationships with/in mathematics: exploring undergraduate learning communities", Yvette Solomon |
30/09/2008 |
School of Science and Technology Learning & Teaching Event, NTU |
Morning session, Chair Jon Tepper: Assessment and Feedback, includes: Keynote speaker, feedback, module design and plagiarism
Afternoon session, Chair Chris Terrell-Nield: e-learning, includes: VLE preparation, copyright, e-stats and CELS secondments |
30/10/2008 |
ELMS Research seminar, NTU |
Emma Rowlett "Visual Impairment in Maths and Computing Based Subjects" |
07/11/2008 |
Learning Sciences Research Institute seminar, University of Nottingham |
Roy Pea, 'Learning in a Networked World' |
14/01/2009 |
eLearning at NTU symposium |
"The future is NOW" |
21/01/2009 |
ELMS Research seminar, NTU |
"Using MathType to create accessible statistics equations with MathML", Paul Butler and Christopher Terrell-Nield |
04/03/2009 |
"e-learning at Nottingham" seminar, University of Nottingham |
Video technologies for teaching, learning and research
"Clinical Practice Teaching and Learning Observatory", Brenda Rush
"Videoconferencing: interactive teaching and learning observatory", Rolf Wiesemes and RuoLan Wang
"Video Interactive Platform (ViP)", Quang Nghi Luong |
11/03/2009 |
PGCHE |
"Student health and health promotion", Sarah Bustard |
01/04/2009 |
"e-learning at Nottingham" seminar, University of Nottingham |
"The Use of Interactive Whiteboards", Matt Boyd and Rolf Wiesemes
"University of Nottingham SMS Texting Service", Andrew Tunley
"Demonstration of Thunder (multi-screen interactive whiteboard)", Brett Bligh
The session by Matt Boyd included the use of electronic voting systems, which got my thinking down a line that led me to try this kit out for my e-learning project, covered in section C.5.
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02/04/2009 |
NTU Annual Learning and Teaching Conference |
"Making the grey matter colourful: Producing academic work which is image and text based", Les Arthur, Phillipa Marsh, Sally Freeman
"Promoting deep and reflective learning through ePortfolios", Helen Boulton, Jon Tepper
"Accessibility as everyday good practice: Understanding attitudes", Sarah Horrigan, Marek Oledzki
"Designing an eLearning space to teach about learning: How hard can it be?", Stevie Vanhegan |
07/04/2009 |
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium 2009, "Mathematics Education" minisymposia, University of Nottingham |
"The MAGIC experience from a lecturer's perspective", James Blowey
"Study skills in a mathematics degree", Martin Greenhow
"So just what is conceptual understanding of mathematics?", Douglas Quinney
"Newton's mechanics: who needs it?", Mike Savage
The study skills tool introduced by Martin Greenhow looks very useful but alas came too late for my teaching this semester.
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20/05/2009 |
PGCHE |
"Innovative aspect of teaching and learning"
Gave my talk on group work in mathematics, which is covered in section C.7. |
11/06/2009 |
Integrative Technologies Project Showcase, Centre for Integrative Learning, University of Nottingham |
"The Development of Virtual 3D Art Galleries to Promote Student Awareness of the Politics of Space", Mark Rawlinson
"'An Investigation, using a Reusable Learning Object (RLO), into how Effective Interactive Learning is for the Teaching of Philosophical Logic' and 'Learning in Virtual Worlds'", Andy Fisher |
22/06/2009 |
"e-learning at Nottingham" seminar, University of Nottingham |
"The Periodic Table of Videos", Martyn Poliakoff
"The Anatomist Cookbook", Donal McNally
"Reusable Learning Objects", Richard Windle |
30/06/2009 |
STEM Pedagogy Research Methods in HE, Loughborough University |
"Principles for Learning Innovation", Gilly Salmon
"UniServe Science - an On-line Resource Building a Community of Science Educators", Alexandra Hugman
"Applying Constructive Alignment in Delivery and Assessment of Engineering Undergraduate Research Proposal Writing Course", Zarina Mohd Ali and Ezihaslinda Ngah
"Engineering the Education of Civil Engineers", Peter Mills
"A Workshop on Using Audio Devices to Improve Student Learning", John Anthony Rossiter, Anne Nortcliffe, and Andrew Middleton
"Development of a Data Handling Diagnostic", Simon Bates and Ross Galloway
"Action Research into the First Year Experience of Activity Led Learning across an Engineering and Computing Faculty", Peter Samuel
"How Do Students Learn Java?", Walter Milner
"The Development of a Curriculum for the Study of Digital Industrial Design", Noor Al-Doy and Mark Evans
"The Role of Industrial Involvement in Education of Engineering Students", Fakhteh Soltani-Tafreshi, David Twigg and John Dickens
"A Theoretical Model for Determining the Optimal Proportion of Self-Directed Learning in Project-based Engineering Design Education", Marian Gao, Peter Willmot and Peter Demian |
08/07/2009 |
E-Assessment Live 2009, University of Loughborough |
"Electronic Assessment: a reflection on old practice and an appraisal of future directions", Denise Whitelock
"Using eMarking Assistant to help markers provide specific, detailed and timely feedback on written assignments", Peter Evans
"The quality of summative e-assessment in UK HE: conclusions from the JISC-funded 'Report on eAssessment Quality'", Lester Gilbert
"Sustainable open-source e-assessment in mathematics", Leslie Fletcher
"Using randoms in computer-aided assessments for mathematics and beyond!", Martin Greenhow |