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Apologies for multiple postings
The following courses are being offered in February by the Oxford
Centre for Staff and Learning Development. Please contact me if you
require any further information. Details below.
Using research into student learning to underpin teaching strategies
6 February 2003 - London - Led by Gina Wisker
In our work with students we most often use our experience of learning
and teaching to inform our practice and to inform our understanding of
how students learn. There is a considerable body of established
research, and some newer findings and discoveries, which suggest that
the learning conceptions, approaches and strategies which students take
affects the kind and quality of their learning, and also that the
discipline they are learning, the context in which they learn, their
previous learning experiences, and how we teach them, assess them, help
structure their learning all affect how effectively they learn.
For more information:
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/3_courses/external/underpin.html
New tools for teaching and learning
10 February 2003 - Oxford - Led by Jane Knight
This workshop introduces participants to a wide range of tools that can
be used for creating and delivering online course materials, for
facilitating online communications and collaboration, as well as
evaluating and supporting online learners. It will also provide some
tips on how to use these tools effectively in an educational
environment.
For more information:
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/3_courses/external/new_tools.html
Planning for diversity in the lecture room: strategies for reaching
lost learners
11 February 2003 - Birmingham - Led by Michael Davidson
The university lecture room is a microcosm of the complex, diverse
society of which it is a part. How can university lecturers teach to
embrace equally diverse and complex learning styles? How can the
specific needs of both international and local students be catered for
in the same learning context. What are the issues around traditional
and non-traditional learners, often on different programmes, being in
one learning site, for teaching academics? Whose responsibility are the
‘lost’ learners?
For more information:
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/3_courses/external/diversity.html
Working effectively with international students
21 February 2003 - London - Led by Jude Carroll
More international students arrive each year in UK and since most are
successful., they go home as positive recruiters for future students.
However, international students also experience significantly higher
rates of failure and not all are happy to celebrate their UK
experience. UK-based students can feel resentment at being asked to
work with international students and UK HEIs are increasingly dependent
on international students' fees for core funding. To reap the benefits
of growing diversity and ameliorate some of the difficulties, teaching
staff probably need to change. This course looks as changes that can be
made and how they might benefit all students' learning.
For more information:
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/3_courses/external/
international.html
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Fiona Smith
Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development
Wheatley Campus
Wheatley
Oxford
Tel: 01865 485902
Fax: 01865 485937
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