Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines: February 2012



HEA STEM Newsletter 17 February 2012
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FREE WORKSHOPS

HEA TRAVEL FUNDS AVAILABLE TO STAFF & STUDENTS

1. HEA STEM: Writing for Publication

Date: 1 Mar 2012

Location/venue: University of Huddersfield

The aim of this workshop is to encourage and help Academics write for journals, submit their work for conferences and to improve chances of having papers accepted.

2. HEA STEM: Embedding Puzzle-based learning in STEM teaching

Date: 7 Mar 2012

Location/venue: University of Birmingham

The purpose of the proposed seminar and workshop is therefore is to present completed work on embedding puzzle-based learning in STEM subjects and to ask participants to consider how the puzzles might be adapted for specific STEM subjects and to provide examples of such adaption for wider dissemination.

3. HEA STEM: Enquiry Based Learning

Date: 14 Mar 2012

Location/venue: University of Liverpool

This workshop seeks to investigate some of the characteristics of EBL as follows:

Engagement – with a complex problem or scenario
Students directing the lines of enquiry and the methods employed.
Tasks that will stimulate curiosity in students, encouraging them explore/seek out new evidence.

PUBLICATIONS

4. Call for submissions to ITALICS (June 2012) and New Directions (issue 8)

Hope to see you at some of our events

Karen

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Dear colleagues,

Following our successful launch event last week, the HEA/JISC-funded project 'Disciplinary Thinking' (aka Academic Practice in Context: OERs for Exploring Discipline-based Learning & Teaching) will be hosting a webinar on Friday 24th February 2012 at 12:30 - 13:30.

This webinar will provide a broad overview of recent projects on Open Educational Resources (OERs) within educational development in UK HE and will outline the materials being created by 'Disciplinary Thinking'. We are keen to encourage participation in the development of these materials through piloting or review by colleagues. Draft materials will be made available on our blogsite which will also be used as the key link to the final resources (available through a Creative Commons licence).

The URL for the webinar is http://go.bath.ac.uk/brnl
For more information about the project, take a look at our blogsite: http://disciplinarythinking.wordpress.com/

Looking forward to seeing you on the 24th!
Best wishes,
Helen

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