Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines: Fwd: Events e-bulletin

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Subject:	Events e-bulletin
Date:	Fri, 25 May 2012 12:19:24 +0100
From:	HEA STEM <heacademy@cmp.dotmailer.co.uk>
Reply-To:	HEA STEM <re-12ZA-TK7N-5FMKHW-BZ95S@cmp.dotmailer.co.uk>
To:	d.andrew@qmul.ac.uk <d.andrew@qmul.ac.uk>

Events e-bulletin

News

1. Feedback Forum

Welcome to the discussion group for Feedback in STEM subjects. This forum aims to discuss and identify some of the following key aspects:

1) What types of feedback are most effective?

2) Mapping feedback and assessment across the curriculum.

3) How to encourage students to engage with the feedback they receive and use it to feed forward.

4) How to manage students' expectations of feedback and educate them what is useful, and what to look out for.

5) Developing resources for students and staff to support feedback.

If you would like to join the forum please email Karen Fraser

This week's STEM blog is by Thomas Lancaster who is a Lecturer at Birmingham City University, where he teaches Computing. The blog is called What's Next For STEM? Five Observations From The Discussions At The First STEM Conference… Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments about these issues by clicking on the link.

3. ***Free Workshop***

HEA STEM: Understanding the prior learning experiences and learning and teaching expectations of STEM postgraduate taught students: an institutional and national perspective

This seminar will disseminate the findings of the 2 year research project looking at the learning and teaching expectations of new taught postgraduates students at Kingston University. The first year focused on new Engineering PGTs in the Faculty of Engineering and in year two, the project surveyed new PGTs across the newly created STEM Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing.

Keep in touch

Email: karen.fraser@heacademy.ac.uk

Apply for a travel grant to help fund the cost of attending these events: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/travel-fund

Visit the website: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/stem

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David Andrew,
Head of Academic Practice
Senior Tutor

The Learning Institute
Queen Mary, University of London