@ York St John University
The NMC Horizon Report 2014 Higher Education Preview identified aspects of technology that should be adopted within specific time periods. Flipped Classrooms, it was suggested, were to be implemented within one year or less....
Every year there is a conference based at the university where I work called “Talking about Teaching”. I can safely say that this is one of my most enjoyable events of the year not only because the focus is on teaching – something which I am passionate about – or that my image appears on much of the publicity (fame at last!) but also it is one of those events when people share good practice and I always leave full of great ideas and enthusiasm to implement this into my existing practice. So what did I experience – well Let’s waffle about the event!
When I moved to higher education to teach I was lucky enough to be able to cover on IT session. I was interested in doing this since, not only was it one of my...
At the post graduate induction Saturday, I have stood in front of the crowd of eager new starters and asked them what they thought I taught at university. I have been quite surprised by...
This year I was lucky enough to attend the Higher York e-learning Conference 2014 which was entitled -“Enhancing the student experience through flexible learning solutions”. Being a practitioner in higher education and a definite...
Initially when I started to work within higher education I continued to apply the strategies and techniques I had used within the primary classroom to my higher education sessions. It was not long before I realised that, even though the basic learning theories still apply, there was a uniqueness to learning and teaching within higher education that I had not been aware off.
