YSJ, Academic Development Programme
Professional Development for Learning, Teaching and Research
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CPD Week Smörgåsbord – Day 3
September 22, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
The third day of a week-long CPD event, hosted by Learning and Teaching Lead, Dr Katy Bloom.
Each of the sessions listed below will begin with delivery by one or more CPD facilitators for (approximately) the first hour, followed by the opportunity to put your new learning directly into practice during the second hour in a consolidation activity and beyond.
Alternatively, you could join a ‘sharing good practice’ talk space where participants across university disciplines can talk about their practice, challenges and achievements within certain key areas.
To book onto one of the sessions below, please click here. Please be aware that all sessions will be recorded.
Wednesday 22nd September, 10.00-12.00
| Session | Facilitator | Summary | Consolidation activity |
| Accessibility (1)
** recommended for colleagues new to HE/YSJU |
Digital Trainers: | We will cover simple tools and techniques to make your documents and PowerPoints accessible and then be available after to screen-share if you need more help. | Revise your module content and know how to use the module accessibility checker to ensure your materials are legally compliant. |
| Using and interpreting quantitative approaches |
Melanie Douglass |
This session is designed to familiarise colleagues with the basics of quantitative statistics. It will focus on the difference between descriptive statistics, which describe the overall sample and what a ‘typical’ score looks like, and inferential statistics, which allow you to test hypotheses. By the end of the session, participants should be familiar with key terminology and should be able to read and interpret results sections of published research articles.
Note: Participants are encouraged to bring along to the session an article relevant to their work/interests.
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Analyse the quantitative methods used in articles relevant to your area of study and consider how working with a colleague on including quantitative aspects might enhance your own research study. You could also develop your approach in this by collaborating with a colleague in a Learning and Teaching Partnership for 21/22 |
| Engagement strategies for students and increasing response rates | Katy Bloom | In terms of engagement, what is the difference between a ‘can’t’ and a ‘won’t’? We will look at emotions and reasons for non-engagement and how we react to it as tutors.
By the end of the session you will be able to:
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Choose a cohort with which to consider the different approaches to address gaining attention and engagement and your raction to it. Practice being a noticing tutor and increasing response rates by using the suggested different techniques. eek feedback from your students and reflect on your approach, perhaps feeding this into a learning and teaching partnership |
| ‘Talk about’/SGP:
Employability* *Please note, this talk will begin at 10.30am |
Hosted by Nicola Cutting, Lorna Hamilton | In this session Dr Nicola Cutting and Dr Lorna Hamilton will outline the school’s planned employability events and activities for the upcoming academic year. The session will include lots of opportunity for discussion to share good practice and talk about employability needs within the school. | TBC |