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Research projects from home: what skills do students acquire outside the labs?

Anne Vanhoestenberghe (Division of Surgery and Interventional Science), Michael Thomas (Biochemistry), Sara Ghoreishizadeh (Division of Surgery and Interventional Science) 45 minute discussion The panel will share their experience of leading project modules in undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes in the faculties of Engineering and Medical Sciences. Our approach is not to offer ready made “solutions”Continue reading Research projects from home: what skills do students acquire outside the labs?

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Student Wellbeing Questionnaires – a proactive approach to supporting students

Stefanie Anyadi, Kathryn Ball (Division of Psychology and Language Sciences) 10 minute talk We will report on two different versions of student wellbeing questionnaires, which were piloted in Biosciences and in Psychology and Language Sciences during the 2020/21 session with undergraduate and Masters students. We will give an overview of the questionnaire design, messaging andContinue reading Student Wellbeing Questionnaires – a proactive approach to supporting students

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Learning Together: Creating Student Online Community

Sinead Harmey, Amanda Ince, Bin Guo, Shira Salomon Lider (UCL IOE, Learning and Leadership) 45 minute discussion In this session we will provide participants with a brief overview our ongoing UCL Changemakers project from the perspective of both staff and students. This project aims to enhance students’ educational experience at UCL. The project team aspire toContinue reading Learning Together: Creating Student Online Community

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Discover UCL Summer School for year 11 and 12 deaf students: Lessons from 2020

Manjula Patrick, Natasha Wilcock, On Ki Choi, Amy York/Jennifer Whitney (DCAL) 45 minute discussion In 2020, a 3-day residential event transformed to a remote experience. Asynchronous content delivered as a self-directed ‘short course’, with live sessions for discussion and Q&A. Challenges included: -Multiple presenters, creating accessible asynchronous content, and using this to create an engaging short course.Continue reading Discover UCL Summer School for year 11 and 12 deaf students: Lessons from 2020

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Online Assessments at UCL Medical School

Gil Myers, Alison Sturrock, Victoria Clausen-Thue, Paula Raftery, Taylor Bennie: (UCL Medical School) 10 minute talk Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in academic year 19/20, we were unable to run practical assessments and could only hold remote online assessments. This meant that we needed to replace our assessments, which combine assessments of applied knowledge with observedContinue reading Online Assessments at UCL Medical School

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Experience of supporting Personal Tutees remotely in 2020/21’

Peter Fitch (Arena), Pippa Bark-Williams (CHIME), Daniel Verscharen (Space and Climate Physics), Emma Kelley (Medical School), Katie Ballie (Medical School) 45 minute discussion We bring together a group personal tutors from different UCL faculties to share their experience of personal tutoring during the 2020-21 academic year. The discussion will focus on examples of remote personalContinue reading Experience of supporting Personal Tutees remotely in 2020/21’

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In Search of Fun and Games

Ellie Bates, Janina Dewitz, David Perez-Suarez, Tom Olney (contributions from Kitty Ho) (cross-UCL collaboration) 45 minute discussion During this session we will present three case studies, showcasing serious games developed at UCL. Each game has been developed for a different teaching context and utilising different software. We will explore the issues that we encountered developing gamesContinue reading In Search of Fun and Games

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Closing the feedback gap: a dual pronged approach

Jane Simmonds, Anne Peasey; Mike Rowson (GOS, ICH) 10 minute talk Feedback is inseparable from the learning process, and is integral to theories of learning. Feedback should help students to: understand their performance, perform to a higher standard on future assessments, aid confidence and the belief they have control over their success in higher education.Continue reading Closing the feedback gap: a dual pronged approach

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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

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Lessons Learned from Over 600 Hours of Online Teaching of Short Courses

Catalina Suarez-Rivera, Eirini Koutoumanou, Dean Langan, Chibueze Ogbonnaya (contributions from Angie Wade Population; Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department) 10 minute talk The UCL Centre for Applied Statistics Courses (CASC) offers short (1-5 day) courses for non-statisticians from UCL and beyond to build understanding of research methods and statistical techniques. Our face-to-face courses movedContinue reading Lessons Learned from Over 600 Hours of Online Teaching of Short Courses