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Hi John, Here at the Royal Vet College our PGCert is based on monthly themes – student learning, teaching methods, the integrated curriculum etc. – and we started off by running a journal club associated with each theme. A paper was selected for discussion and the tutor running the monthly theme led the Journal club. We have both face to face learners and distance learning delivery group, so we tried to run the J club in such a way that the DL group can also join. We used to run it around lunchtime but still some of the clinical staff couldn’t free up the hour. After a couple of years we have now changed the format and offer the J club paper online and have an asynchronous discussions through dedicated discussion threads. This seem to work well as people have time to read the papers and can contribute to the discussion thread. The face to face group and the DL interact via these discussion forums now. Regards Ayona Dr Ayona Silva-Fletcher Course Director, MSc Veterinary Education The Royal Veterinary College University of London Hawks head lane Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK Tel: +44 1707 666611 From: John Canning <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Reply-To: John Canning <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Date: Saturday, 28 November 2015 17:00 To: "[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> Subject: Re: Journal club on PGCertsLTHE? Hi Martina We haven't done anything exactly like this, but I did run a optional (1 hour) discussion session where everyone pre-read Chapter 10: 'Teaching as an amusing activity' from Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death (1985). I'd prepared some possible questions in advance to stimulate discussion, but didn't need them. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it actually worked very well with people from a variety of disciplinary and philosophical perspectives having their say. I ran it after a session on engaging with the pedagogic literature. You mention timely topics, but if we are to prepare people for the long term we mustn’t neglect the timeless ones. Best wishes John John Canning Centre for Learning and Teaching University of Brighton ________________________________ From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] on behalf of Johnson Martina [[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>] Sent: 27 November 2015 15:55 To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Journal club on PGCertsLTHE? Hi all, Do any of you use a journal club type activity on any of your new lecturer programmes (eg PgCertLTHE or PGCAP)? If so, would you mind sharing your experiences, how you set it up, duration of session and any challenges/issues you have come across? I’m in the initial stage of thinking about introducing something like this on to our PGCert. I’m thinking about giving participants a choice of 3-4 topics (including timely topics such as TEF) and getting them to bring an article each to discuss with others who have chosen the same topic. Many thanks for any insights or suggestions you may have. Thanks, Martina --------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Martina Johnson Education Development Advisor Institute for Learning Innovation and Development (ILIaD) Building 27, Room 3059 University of Southampton University Road Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web https://iliad.soton.ac.uk/ Tel. 02380 594687 @ILIaDSoton * Passionate about Education – Join the community of practice<https://iliad.soton.ac.uk/iliad-community-practice> * ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. 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