[2003]		The Learning, Teaching and Assessment Newsletter of the Faculty of Science, LJMU
Ab		stract #4.1
1849		… to be no more than 774 words.				18^th September 2019
A special welcome to our new Faculty colleagues based at IM Marsh within the School of Sport and Exercise Sciences
The My LJMU App for students This will be available shortly from Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store and will provide students with ready access to a number of interactive services, the student website being preferred for static information. The Faculty will specifically support two MyLJMU services, each being accessible to staff via blue quick link tiles on the staff home page:
1 See My Tutor and availability posters outside offices From Sept 2019, this will be exclusive means by which Science staff advertise four hours of weekly availability to students for ad hoc meetings. See My Tutor is intuitive, robust, and seamlessly integrates with Outlook (though does not necessitate Outlook use). Posters outside offices should show contact details, a colour photo and a link to See My Tutor. A specimen poster is here produced using an example template.
2 Learner Digital Engagement (LDE) and tutorial registers Level 3 and 4 students can view their digital engagement information in MyLJMU. These data are available to Personal Tutors and Programme Leaders via LDE. The system is currently read-only and so staff can safely explore its functionality: viewing a student’s record shows a facsimile of the information accessible to students via MyLJMU. There is potential to further develop this system and provide tutors with updates on referrals to support service, for example. For this to occur, there needs to be greater use of the system by staff and L3 and L4 Science Personal Tutors should consult LDE before each tutorial, an aide memoire being added to the tutorial register template to encourage this. Any matters arising can be raised privately with individual students after the tutorial. For further information, please see the IT Services September 2019 Staff briefing note.
	Vevox (formerly Meetoo) This is LJMU’s classroom response (ask-the-audience) system and guidance is here. Students can be encouraged to visit the App Store or Play Store to download the app. This Vevox bulletin includes important information about the PowerPoint add-in.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) Unconscious Bias and Intercultural Competence training for Science staff takes place Friday Week 2 (4th Oct) 10 am and 2 pm delivered by Challenge Consultancy. There is also an EDI Canvas course for students and teaching staff, already embedded in some programmes and with over 12000 hits: https://canvas.ljmu.ac.uk/courses/11126 If you would like more information please email equality@ljmu.ac.uk
Recurring activities Academic diaries for Byrom St L3/4 students (IM Marsh next year). Content is here. For elastic tags to keep diaries closed when not in use please email me. Adding LJMU week numbers to Outlook 2019/20 code is here. A pedagogic conference attendance fund is available again. Byrom St IT Suite red-green slider signs Please favour the green setting when teaching where possible. If you set to red, please return to green upon leaving. Walkabout weeks for casual teaching observations return: Look out your emailed invite in October!
The Foundation for Citizenship Perhaps best known for the Roscoe lectures, the Foundation’s work in encouraging students to become active, informed and responsible citizens covers a range of activities. This short video provides a contemporary summary of its work and accompanies the relaunch of the Foundation.
Teaching observation 2019/20 The format for teaching observations will change in 2019/20, there being two elements: 1) A Faculty peer review scheme involving pairs of staff, names being circulated later this year. Peer review is intended to be supportive and non-judgmental with a reflection and enhancement focus. Each tutor in the pair will survey the other’s practice and this may include: · Assessment and feedback · Communication with and between students · Equality, diversity and inclusion · Learning resources · Observation of teaching · Online learning · Personal/academic tutoring practices · Work-based learning Each member of the pair will complete a simple online declaration to confirm that they acted as a reviewer and what good practices emerged for potential sharing. 2) Formal teaching observation by a trained observer, organised by the Teaching & Learning Academy (TLA). This is intended to provide feedback to inform development, discussions at PDPR, and evidence excellence. Details will follow from the TLA.
				New AV Panel controllers: Byrom St IT suites Each of the ‘front-of-house’ PCs in the seven Byrom St IT suites now have an associated visualiser, radio microphone and AV control panel. The panel has an HDMI input for a laptop.
Phil Denton, Faculty of Science Associate Dean (Education)

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