Videos relating to Educational Development for Universities in the UK and abroad. Sharing best practice, innovation at the University of Liverpool, information about projects, and ways of working.
A promotional video for the University of Liverpool Learning and Teaching Conference.
Video of the Cristina Costa session, Social Media for learning, teaching and researching at the University of Liverpool on 9th February 2012.
Cristina Costa outlines uses of Social Media in Education – University of Liverpool
Stephen Brookfield presents his keynote speech entitled "Grounding Teaching in How Students Learn" at the Learning and Teaching Conference 2011, University of Liverpool. Skillful teachers attempt to find out how students experience learning and then to use that information to make good pedagogic decisions. Skillful curriculum developers try to sequence curricula in ways that fit student rhythms of learning and that correspond to their readiness for new learning. Without some knowledge of how o...
In the context of exploring new ways of delivering communication skills training to final year medical students, the Community Studies Unit has started running a pilot scheme in collaboration with Hope University’s Drama Department, involving workshops for groups of medical students being prepared and co-facilitated by drama students. During the first of these workshops, we were introduced to an exercise based on a concept developed by a Manchester group (TiPP) for work with young offenders an...
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Using mobile phones with an instant response system in lectures.
All 3 Departments in the School of Physical Sciences (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) have established outreach programmes in place. The Mathematics Outreach team is nationally recognised as a major leader in the field and it continues to expand its activities and its road-show. The Physics Outreach Group was launched in 2009 to train students to deliver workshops and presentations in schools and on campus. SchoolsLab in Chemistry is a unique facility which allows school pupils to obtain hand...
Final year veterinary students are required to select a specialist area for study in a dedicated 4-week block. In 2011, following on from a successful on-line format for professional skills training at postgraduate level, it was decided to offer a professional skills elective as an on-line course, with selected face-to-face sessions and other activities. The combination of online learning, participation in prospective student interviews, peer teaching and assessment, discussion board work, wor...
This is a brief report and discussion of a pilot in collaborative curriculum development, independent learning and virtual teaching organised by Dr. Ben Ehlers (History, University of Athens, Georgia, USA) and Dr. Harald E. Braun (History, Liverpool, UK) with the support from the E-Learning Units at UGA and Liverpool. Year 2 students at UGA and Liverpool worked in small groups on themes and methodology central to history curricula in both institutions. Primary and secondary sources as well as ...