Category: 2017

Festival 2017 Overview video, and keynote interview

Now the dust has settled after the 2017 Festival of Learning here at the University of Gloucestershire, and our thoughts begin to turn to the next incarnation, I thought I’d share this video from the event (with some…

Gallery from #GlosLearn17

While you can read some of my initial reflections on my blog, this post is to show some of the atmosphere from the event, via a picture gallery.. (click to enlarge an image).

Festival of Learning Exhibition – winners!

The University of Gloucestershire’s eLearning initiative, which is ongoing, has provided funding and advice to a number of projects over the last year or so. At the Festival of Learning in June 2017, a number of these projects…

Storify of the day..

Thanks to all who attended yesterday: while we still await the outcomes from our formal evaluation – I personally found the day really interesting, and really appreciated the active engagement of the colleagues and visitors who attended. If…

Neil Gilbride previews ‘Translating the principles of effective classroom pedagogy to a distance learning model ‘

A little preview – for the paper: Translating the principles of effective classroom pedagogy to a distance learning model (Neil Gilbride, Chris Jones and Lynda Kay)

Keynote Update!

As the event near, the keynote speaker, Dr Donna Lanclos, Associate Professor for Anthropological Research at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, has sent us a fuller title – which should give a sense of what topics she will be exploring…

Interview with Andrea McGowan, about her talk..

At the Festival, Andrea McGowan will present on: How students learn in the context of writing. I asked her some questions… Who are you / what do you do? I am Andrea McGowan. I’ve been working with the…

Interview with Professor Melissa Raphael about her Presentation: ‘Using Visual Art in Teaching and Learning’

For the Lightning Presentation section of the event, Melissa is presenting a session entitled: Using Visual Art in Teaching and Learning. I asked her about the session. Q1: Who are you / what do you do? A1: I’m Melissa Raphael, Professor of…

Ros O’Leary and Sabina Fiebig-Lord talking about their paper

For the paper Teaching excellence and inclusivity: have we got it right at Gloucestershire? (Sabina Fiebig-Lord, Hannah Grist and Ros O’Leary), I interviewed two of the team members, as they told me about their session.

Dr Alex Masardo previews his paper..

In preparation for hearing Alex’s paper False Equivalence? Differences in the post-16 qualifications market and outcomes in higher education, I asked him some questions:

Talking to Tristan Middleton about a team effort at the Festival

A team of five colleagues from the School of Education will be presenting the paper: The role of assessment feedback in developing students’ academic buoyancy. The team is Adeela Ahmed Shafi, Jenny Hatley, Tristan Middleton, Richard Millican, and…

Interview with Professor Adam Hart, about his contribution to the Festival

Q1: Who are you / what do you do? A1: I’m Professor of Science Communication at the University, based in the School of Natural and Social Sciences. As well as the usual teaching and research, my role also…

Video conversation with James Dalby

At the Festival of Learning, James Dalby and Jack Ruskin will be talking about Sprint Learning – the integration of Google’s ‘Sprint Project’ concept in curriculum design and delivery. If you can hear what I say through my heavy…

Not Reading, But Learning – a preview of Abigail Gardner’s session..

I caught up with Dr Abigail Gardner, and asked her about the paper session she’ll be offering at the June 2017 Festival of Learning here at The University of Gloucestershire. Dr Abigail Gardner is Principal Lecturer in Popular…

Interview with Dr Arran Stibbe about his Lightning Presentation on ‘Creating a free online open access course’

For the Lightning Presentation section of the event, Arran is presenting a session entitled: Creating a free online open access course. I asked him about the session.. Q1: Who are you / what do you do? A1: I’m Arran Stibbe,…