Good Practice in Teaching & Learning

This poster presentation is from the Music team of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, and looks at two aspects: 'Concert Management: Developing Professionals' and 'Music Performativity and Holistic Learning'. This resource was originally shared at the University of South Wales Learning & Teaching Conference, June 2016. The academic contacts for further information are Zoë Smith and Andrea Jones at the RWCMD (http://www.rwcmd.ac.uk).

This poster is from our Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Science team in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science. It highlights two specific teaching approaches that are used to improve and enhance the students’ learning experience: ‘Thematic Teaching’ and ‘Immersive Learning’. This resource was originally shared at the University of South Wales Learning & Teaching Conference, June 2016. The academic contact for further information is Dr Suzanna Kean (http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/1249-sdkean).

Formula Student is a UK, national engineering competition in which universities design and build a race car. This was introduced to our students as an extracurricula activity, to give them both practical experience and experience of all the elements of running a business. The students have to consider not only the engineering aspects of designing and manufacturing the car but the business aspects of working to a budget, working to deadlines, working to standards, team work, sponsorship, marketing, branding, safety, and much more. The competition judges the team on their business plan as well as the performance of the car. The experience of taking part in Formula Student reinforces the academic lessons and gives a context to the studies. This resource was originally designed as a pop-up banner for the University of South Wales Learning & Teaching Conference, June 2016. The academic contact for further information is Dr Rae Gordon (http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/724-rgordon).

SAFE is an initiative to help students understand the marking criteria in order to enhance their overall grade. Both students and lecturers assess the work using the same rubric and the differences in the grades are analysed for the benefit of both the staff member and student alike. Through repeated self-assessment, students become as accurate at assessing their own work as we would expect from a second assessor. This resource was originally designed as a pop-up banner for the University of South Wales Learning & Teaching Conference, June 2016. The academic contact for further information is Dr Ross Davies (http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/5284-rsdavie1).

This system allows academician the USW Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science to keep a record of any assessments they are setting or their students are undertaking as part of their course. The system produces a calendar of assessments for the students once completely populated. The Assessment Calendar is updated by module leaders at the beginning of the year, and can be used as a planning tool by students, lecturers and course managers. This resource was originally shared at the University of South Wales Learning & Teaching Conference, June 2016. The academic contact for further information is Louise Pennell (http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/1907-lpennell).

This PDF document (originally designed for a set of pop-up banners) gives an overview of our work with iTunes U Courses and Collections, as well as interactive books published through the iBooks Store. This resource was originally shared at the University of South Wales Learning & Teaching Conference, June 2016.

In this Good Practice Exchange (GPE), Reader in Psychology Martin Graff talks about his evolving approach to the use of Turnitin for electronic assignment submission and GradeMark for online feedback and grading. Martin was an early adopter of these technologies, and over recent years has also made use of an iPad to aid the marking and grading process. For more about the Good Practice Exchange at University of South Wales, visit: http://teach.southwales.ac.uk/casestudies/

In this Good Practice Exchange (GPE), Andy Pearsall, senior lecturer in photography, talks about his evolving approach in using audio recordings to provide learners with good quality, prompt feedback. For more about the Good Practice Exchange at University of South Wales, visit: http://teach.southwales.ac.uk/casestudies/

In this Good Practice Exchange (GPE), Dr Trevor Price and Jacqui Neale demonstrate how a fresh approach to teaching enhanced the learning experience for Price’s students over the period 2008–13. It was based on a ‘learning activity design’ approach, together with the application of technology. As the teaching practice evolved, they used technology and the activity-based design to encourage students’ lifelong learning skills. Price and Neale also presented this case study at the EDULEARN 2013 International Conference in Barcelona. You will find a link to the conference website in the accompanying PDF. Trevor Price is a senior lecturer specialising in environmental management and Jacqui Neale is a senior learning technology adviser at the University of South Wales. For more about the Good Practice Exchange at University of South Wales, visit: http://teach.southwales.ac.uk/casestudies/

A Good Practice Exchange (GPE) case study. This supporting file gives the background to how Dr Trevor Price, senior lecturer specialising in environmental management, and Jacqui Neale, senior learning technology adviser, set the scene for their experiences of a fresh approach to teaching over the period 2008–13. For more about the Good Practice Exchange at University of South Wales, visit: http://teach.southwales.ac.uk/casestudies/