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Faculty
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26/01/16 Faculty of Science Learning, Teaching and Assessment (LTA) Update |
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LJMU Teaching and
Learning Excellence Awards 2016: Faculty nominations now open There
are five categories this year: ·
Category 1: Rising Star Awards ·
Category 2: Individual Teaching Awards ·
Category 3: Individual Support Awards ·
Category 4: Programme Team Awards ·
Category 5: Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for
Excellence in Teaching Innovation The Vice-Chancellor may personally select one of the
award winners in categories 4 and 5 for the honour of the Vice-Chancellor’s
Medal. This year, we will collect nominations for Categories 1 to
4 via an online form and further details may be found at the link below. Staff may nominate one colleague/team for
each of these awards. NOMINATE HERE
ON/BEFORE MONDAY 8th FEBRUARY Colleagues intending to apply for Category 5 should contact
the Associate Dean (Education), Phil
Denton, in the first instance. |
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Second Faculty of
Science LTA Development Day 06/01/16 This
event ran successfully earlier this month and attracted 30 colleagues from
across the Faculty. The focus of the event was ‘Learning Technologies within
the Classroom’ and presentations from the day for colleagues unable to attend
are available via the LTA Website here.
The
event started with the outcomes of two recent surveys that gave insights into
the experiences of our students, notably in respect of non-academic
commitments such as paid work. The potential role of technologies in
supporting such students was discussed and the morning session considered two
interactive classroom technologies: Textwall
and Learning Catalytics.
The latter included a review from Sports Science over their mixed experiences
of using this new product from Pearson Education during a pilot study. The
afternoon session was devoted to the video recording of lectures and included
reflections from academics within Sports Science and a brief guide to the Panopto software available via the JMU App Player. Colleagues wishing to obtain a free USB
boundary microphone for use with this program can contact Jim
Turner. I have used this device and it connects seamlessly to LJMU
PCs. Panopto may present an error on first-time
installation, but this can be ignored and the system works as it should:
Video recordings appear in the ‘Video’ tab of the Blackboard module selected
when setting up the recording. The
average satisfaction for the event was 90% and this represents an improvement
from the 78% recorded for last year’s event. Other feedback collected on the
day will be used to inform next year’s Development Day. |
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Learning &
Teaching Conference 2016 The
fifteenth Annual LJMU
Teaching and Learning Conference will take place on Wednesday 15th
and Thursday 16th June 2016. This year’s theme will be ‘Supporting
Transition: Exploring Pathways to Success’ and the event will showcase the
work of academic and professional service staff and students across a range
of higher education teaching and learning topics. The Conference will be hosted by the
Faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies at the Redmonds
Building. It is open to all LJMU
staff, students and collaborative partner institutions. If you wish to
present then submissions must be received by 8th February
2016. The submission form is here. |
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Curriculum
Enhancement Project Funding 2015-16 Following the funding rounds in 2014-15, further funds
have been made available by the Offices of the Vice Chancellor and Pro Vice
Chancellor (Education) to support Curriculum Enhancement Projects across the
institution. Proposals are invited
under three enhancement project funding streams: 1. Responsive: projects outside the theme
identified below, but aligned with School/Department/Faculty/University
strategic plans. 2.
‘Adopt a Scheme’: projects that adopt
and embed previously funded curriculum enhancement interventions into a
different programme of study/academic discipline. Funded projects can be found in LJMU-Share.
3.
Thematic: the specified theme is
‘Building Collaborative Learning Communities’ with the focus on Directed
Study Weeks 2016-17. Funding is available for proposals between £5,000
and £20,000. Any staff member who is permanent, or on a fixed-term contract
of three or more years, and on the payroll of Liverpool John Moores University
may apply. Proposals need to be submitted on this form
to the Associate Dean Education, Phil Denton, by Friday 26th February
2016. |
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HEFCE Catalyst funded STEM Employer
Engagement workshop 18/02/16 The University Alliance and the University of
Lincoln recently published a HEFCE Catalyst funded
report titled ‘Mind
the Gap: Engaging employers to secure the future of STEM in higher education’.
As part of this project, a workshop will be delivered at Liverpool John
Moores University and it is open to all universities. The workshops are
targeted at university practitioners who work in STEM, employer engagement
and graduate employability. The session will share the findings from the report,
present good practice case studies and offer up some practical activities to
encourage more employer engagement in STEM. There will also be an interactive
session run by the Higher Education Academy to introduce their Embedding
Employability in Higher Education Framework. The workshop takes place 1-4pm at Egerton Court,
Rodney Street, on Thursday 18th February 2016 and you must register your
interest here
by Friday 5th February 2016. |
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Royal Society of
Biology Learning & Teaching Workshop 15/03/16 The next workshop is entitled ‘Exploring The
Research Experience of our Students’ and takes place at the University of
East Anglia 10am-4pm, Tuesday 15th March 2016. The focus of this workshop is an exploration
of what research means to students at different stages of their education and
further details can be found here. This event would be eligible for Faculty funding to
support transport and accommodation costs. You would be asked to produce a
report on the event for dissemination via the Faculty LTA website. Please
contact the Associate Dean (Education), Phil
Denton, by Friday 5th February with expressions of interest. |
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Photos for Class (Thanks to Chris Gillies) Finding good quality, non-copyright images can be a chore
and the need to reference/credit the creator presents further barriers. The Photos
for Class website streamlines the whole process. Simply type in a search term and it will
explore Flickr for good quality Creative Commons
images. Then, when you download an
image, it will automatically add a watermark with the relevant attribution
information (see example below).
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Dr Philip Denton BSc PhD PGCE PGCert SFHEA |
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