A menu for enhancing your teaching approaches through technology

Dr. Ian Glover, Stuart Hepplestone ... and the rest of TEL

Workshop at the Sheffield Hallam University Learning and Teaching Conference, 19 June 2014

Context

• Teaching often uses safe, familiar methods

• SHU has the technology (e.g. Blackboard Learn and Collaborate are key institutional tools, other online and physical technologies are available)

• ... and minimum expectations for e-learning

• Desire to transform student experience through: More active and engaging learning More varied teaching approaches Better integration of technology

• Our project is aim to: raise awareness of the role that technology can play in enabling innovative and

engaging approaches to teaching• Our objective is to:

develop a resource that will assist colleagues in identifying different teaching approaches and the technologies that can support and facilitate these strategies

About the project

Project approach

• SHU-based – covers practice at SHU

• Grassroots – all academics invited to take part

• Constant refinement – updated from feedback

• Project steering group drawn from across SHU, including: Students’ Union Academics Central and faculty TEL support staff

• Survey Workshops Draft ‘menu’ and materials/case studies

• Follow-up staff and student workshops to generate further information and refinements

Project development

• Key resources: The Menu

go.shu.ac.uk/cllmenuext Worksheet to develop action plan

go.shu.ac.uk/cllworksheet Workshop activities Student-developed online version(s)

• Additional resources: Case studies –

elearningatshu.wordpress.com/tag/case-studies Draft ‘Top Trumps’

A look at the resources

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Menu by Sameer VastaCC-BY-NC-SA

• 2 minutes, on your own: Jot down the teaching approaches that you currently use

• 6 minutes, in pairs: Discuss which of your teaching approaches work well and those approaches

that work less well

Try out the activities: (1) Current practice

• 20 minutes, in small groups: Read the front of the cards Group them based on importance to your

students’ experience Take the most important group and discuss

activities that might fit with these approaches

Turn the cards over and discuss how technology could support the activities

Jot down a summary of your discussions

Try out the activities:(2) Identifying approachesand technologies

• 8 minutes, either in small groups or on your own: How will you enhance your teaching

practice – what approaches, which technologies?

Will there be a balance of approaches and use of technology across all modules?

Develop your action plan, including the support and resources you will need ...

... and provide a copy of your action plan to the facilitators

A look at the resources:(3) Action planning

What can we do for you?

Dr. Ian Glover: i.glover@shu.ac.ukStuart Hepplestone: s.j.hepplestone@shu.ac.uk

TEL blog: blogs.shu.ac.uk/telteamE-learning blog: elearningatshu.wordpress.com