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Meetings & Materials
Dates and Times
Note the extended times for the first and last meeting.
| Date | Subject | Materials | Homework | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday 25th September 10.00 - 16.00 Location Glasgow |
The context of our courses: who we are, how we got to be teachers, what it's like to teach in our departments | The Portfolio: Sonnet, Mirror and Map by Mary Diez, 1994 | |||
| Friday 30th October 11.00 - 15.00 Location Greenwich |
The context of our courses: how our course fits in with the rest of the provision for the programme, the aims and objectives of the course | Homework for 27th November | Folk Pedagogy by Jerome Bruner, 1996 | ||
| Friday 27th November 11.00 - 15.00 Location Abertay |
The content of our database courses: what we teach, in what order, where (and what) the important bits are. | Homework for 8th January | Expanding the Database Curriculu by Meg Murray and Mario Guimaraes,2007 | ||
| Friday 8th January 11.00 - 15.00 Location Leeds |
The instructional design of our database courses: why we teach in particular ways, what material is suitable for delivery in lectures, what in labs, what via reading, etc. | Homework for 26th February | Classical Ballet Structure and Practice Applied to Engineering Class Sessions by Blair London & Lisa Deyo, 2004 and The Surprising Impact of Seat Location on Student Performance by Katherine K. Perkins & Carl E. Wieman, 2005 | ||
| Friday 26th February 11.00 - 15.00 Location Leeds |
Assessments in database courses: How do we find out what they're learning? What work do we ask them to do? What specific tasks do we ask them to undertake? Oh, and why. | Homework for 26th March | Formative Assessment & self-regualted learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice. Nichol & Macfarlane-Dick, 2006 | ||
| Friday 26th March 11.00 - 15.00 Location Southampton |
Evaluation: How do we judge what works? Who cares? That is to say, who are the stakeholders? Us as teachers, yes. But students and institutions, too. Anyone else? What feedback mechanisms are there for us to use? | Thoughts on representing practice | Homework for 30th April | Course Anatomy: The Dissection & Analysis of Knowledge through Teaching. Lee Shulman, 1998 | |
| Friday 30th April 11.00 - 15.00 Location Greenwich |
Delivery: What I'm like in the classroom? How I get stuff across (& how I know it works - or not). Debriefing Peer Observation. | Some observations on peer observation | Homework for 28th May | Saved by the Bell by David Jenkins, 1977 | |
| Friday 28th May 11.00 - 15.00 Location Sunderland |
"Complete first draft" overview: is all the content hanging together? Do all my artefacts support my case? Is the structure coherent? And, of course, Does it look good? Can people find their way about? Is it usable by anyone other than me? | Thoughts on the process of compiliing a portfolio | Homework for 25th June | The Electronic Portfolio Development Process by Helen Barrett, 2000 and two short pieces from Understanding Design by Kees Dorst, 2003 | |
| Friday 25th June 10.00 - 16.00 Location Glasgow |
Portfolio presentations Running order |
Work in Progress (password protected)
Venues
We'll meet in various locations:
University of Glasgow : For at least the first and last meetings, we will be in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Glasgow. Travel directions are available.
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