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Helping students help each other: Using Slack to build online community

Kate Roll (Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose) Asynchronous Submission For the last two years IIPP has used the online sharing platform, Slack, as an ‘virtual common room’ and informal meeting place for MPA students and faculty. It has emerged as a site for discussion on difficult topics, teamwork, and peer-to-peer support. In addition, theContinue reading Helping students help each other: Using Slack to build online community

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How UCL Economics Walk went virtual

Ramin Nassehi (Economics) 10 minute talk UCL Economics Walk is a walking tour of Bloomsbury, where the tour leader (i.e. lecturer) takes the audience through different locations in this area that have an economic story to tell. The project’s aim is to explain complex economic ideas in an accessible way to students and/or members ofContinue reading How UCL Economics Walk went virtual

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The UCL Medical School Curriculum Map: A Staff-Student Collaboration

Daniel Ntuiabane, Faye Gishen (UCL Medical School) Asynchronous Submission Whole programme curriculum maps are uncommon in undergraduate medicine, partly due to the theoretical complexity of defining ‘curriculum’. We co-created a novel electronic resource with students: the ‘MBBS Curriculum Map’ (CM), informed by a pan-student survey and student focus groups. 93% of students completing the quantitativeContinue reading The UCL Medical School Curriculum Map: A Staff-Student Collaboration

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Benefits of joining the Student Health and Wellbeing Community of Practice

Mitesh Vagadia (Student Support and Wellbeing) 5 minute talk The Student Health and Wellbeing (SHW) Community of Practice (CoP) is sponsored by the Registrar and Director of Student Support and Wellbeing and has two leads Mitesh Vagadia – Head of Student Support and Wellbeing and Madiha Sajid – Teaching & Learning Officer for MSc HealthContinue reading Benefits of joining the Student Health and Wellbeing Community of Practice

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The benefits and challenges of designing programmes

Simon Walker, Sandra Lusk; Silvia Coliaicomo, Anne Preston, Martin Compton (Arena/VP education) 10 minute talk To support the development of new programmes at UCL East and the recommendations of the 2020 PGT review, UCL is piloting a holistic approach to its development of new programmes. As part of the preparation for Programme Module Approval PanelContinue reading The benefits and challenges of designing programmes

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Online and Hybrid Chemistry Workshops: Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving and Peer-to-Peer Learning

J. L. Kiappes (Chemistry) 10 minute talk From the perspectives of students, introductory courses, focusing on core concepts and problem-solving approaches, can feel disconnected from the global challenges and fundamental questions that inspired them to pursue science. Workshops were developed that serve a dual purpose of emphasizing the utility that first-year concepts have for contemporaryContinue reading Online and Hybrid Chemistry Workshops: Promoting Collaborative Problem Solving and Peer-to-Peer Learning

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Collaborative research with student interns during the covid-19 pandemic

Abbie King, Jesper Hansen (UCL Arena Centre); Gift Kalua (UG Student), Alex Drijver-Ludlam (PG student) Asynchronous Submission This presentation will draw on the reflections of two members of staff from the UCL Arena Centre and two students working with the team as interns on a research project to explore the experiences of staff and studentsContinue reading Collaborative research with student interns during the covid-19 pandemic

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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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Automated, collaborative, receptive and interactive: a data generation exercise for teaching statistics

Dean Langan (Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health) 10 minute talk Students find it easier to engage when presented with examples from a familiar subject area. However, when teaching students of varying professional backgrounds, finding relatable examples can be especially challenging. Data generation exercises offer a solution for training in statistics as all studentsContinue reading Automated, collaborative, receptive and interactive: a data generation exercise for teaching statistics

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Student Engagement in a Virtual Setting: A Departmental Society’s Experience

Aditya Mori, Arshiya Sawhney; Yash Dewan; Shivam Gujral; Raed Altaf (contributions from Amy Gardner; George Hawthorne; Anastasia Skuratova; Ed Collins) (Economics Department) 10 minute talk In this presentation we, the Senior Committee of The Economist’s Society (the student society of UCL Economics), will reflect on the content and the format of events we have organised duringContinue reading Student Engagement in a Virtual Setting: A Departmental Society’s Experience