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Help! 5 days to deadline day with just 1 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) participant. A subject identified for improvement

Tim Young (Queen Square Institute of Neurology) 10 minute talk The annual Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) is the key collator of postgraduate student views, yet nationally participation is typically below 30% making interpretation challenging. Our distance-learning Clinical Neurology course experience, with some 80 students, demonstrates how to dramatically improve participation Our course 2017 PTESContinue reading Help! 5 days to deadline day with just 1 Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) participant. A subject identified for improvement

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Active Collaborative Learning in Content: Talis Elevate in SHS

Jon Chandler (History), Fiona Harvey (SHS); Matt East (Talis) 10 minute talk At university, conversation around course content is ubiquitous: it is relevant for all disciplines, all institutions, and all students. The pandemic this year highlighted a particular challenge around the close analysis of sources, which is a core principle of teaching practice for many coursesContinue reading Active Collaborative Learning in Content: Talis Elevate in SHS

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Disruptive thinking in assessment

Simon Walker, Steve Rowett (contributions from Eliot Hoving, Joanne Moles, Sabina Lamstaes) (VP Education/Arena/DigiEd) 45 minute discussion 2020 has accelerated the pace of educational change, some of which will persist. Whilst moving assessment online was a response to an emergency, evaluation demonstrated both benefits and challenges. In April 2020, UCL embarked on an initiative toContinue reading Disruptive thinking in assessment