Staff need(s) the workshop will address
Join other colleagues to experience the role of an active learner in a task-based online course; and develop skills for creating and facilitating online learning activities.
You will use tools such as Padlet, H5P word cloud, Blackboard discussions, Class Collaborate, and Office 365, to promote collaborative learning.
The workshop will prompt discussion of collaborative practice within an online learning environment, looking at learning models and theories, such as Constructivism, and Active Learning.
Audience:
This opportunity is suitable for all teaching staff.
Length of Session: 2.5hrs
To sign up to a workshop, please book through LibCal here.
How the Workshop will contribute to Learning Practice
By the end of the workshop, you will have:
- Experienced and played an active role, as students and as teachers, in task-based online activities
- Considered and reflected upon strategies for employing collaborative learning
- Discussed the pedagogy underpinning the use of collaborative tools for learning
How the Workshop will develop specific skills aligned with UKPSF
Specific skills
A2
Teach and/or support learning through appropriate approaches and environments
Core Knowledge
K2
Approaches to teaching and/or supporting learning, appropriate for subjects and level of study
K3
Critical evaluation as a basis for effective practice
K4
Appropriate use of digital and/or other technologies, and resources for learning
Professional Values
V2
Promote engagement in learning and equity of opportunity for all to reach their potential
V3
Use scholarship, or research, or professional learning, or other evidence-informed approaches as a basis for effective practice
How the Workshop supports Fellowship D1, D2 & D3
D1 – Associate Fellow of the HEA
Staff with at least 1 year teaching/support experience. Typically these are staff who do some teaching/student support but not as the main element of their role, such as:
- Career researchers with some teaching responsibilities
- Learning support, demonstrators or technicians with some teaching responsibilities
- Staff experienced in professional areas but with a limited teaching role
D2 – Fellow of the HEA
Staff for whom teaching or learning support is a significant element of their role such as staff with experience as
- Academic or Support staff holding substantive teaching & learning responsibilities.
- Experienced professionals with substantive teaching & learning responsibilities including for example within workplace settings.