Evaluating the GEES Student Learning Experience
Wednesday 7 December 2005 - Novotel Manchester 10.30am - 3.45pm
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About this Event
A free one-day event for GEES academics and support staff who want to find out what and how their students are learning.
Aims of the event
- To demonstrate a range of evaluation techniques, from instant feedback through end-of-course surveys to pedagogic research
- To showcase examples of current practice
- To provide resources and information on research and evaluation - whether for personal or departmental use, as well as for publication
The day will be relevant for those who want to
- Know the pros and cons of different approaches to evaluation
- Undertake and/or publish small-scale pedagogic research
- Keep up to date with emerging issues and initiatives in the area
- Enrich the GEES student’s learning experience
Sessions include
- Evaluating the student learning experience - Mike Prosser, Director, Research & Evaluation, Higher Education Academy
- What makes a good GEES lecturer? - Paul Wright, School of Maritime and Coastal Studies, Southampton Solent University
- Evaluation research and educational research - Glynis Cousin, Senior Adviser, Higher Education Academy
- Beyond the happy sheet - getting evaluation results that you can use - David Baume MA FSEDA
- ... and presentations on a range of evaluation techniques currently used by GEES colleagues
Programme
10.00 Registration and coffee
10.30 Introduction - Brian Chalkley, Director GEES Subject Centre
10.40 So what makes a good GEES lecturer? (127kb powerpoint) - Paul Wright, Southampton Solent University
11.05 Evaluating the student learning experience (137kb powerpoint) - Mike Prosser, Higher Education Academy
11.30 Coffee
11.45 Workshops:
- Beyond the happy sheet (34kb RTF - opens in word) - getting evaluation results that you can use - David Baume
- Evaluation research and education research (566kb powerpoint) - Glynis Cousin
13.15 Lunch
14.15 Presentation: GEES Student’s Perceptions of their University Experience (coming soon) – comparisons with other disciplines - Jane Wellens, University of Leicester
14.35 Presentation: The Learning Geography Project (33kb powerpoint) - Mike Bradford, University of Manchester
14.55 Presentation: Evaluating Student Learning Experiences and Perceptions of a Geographical Expedition (coming soon) - Rebecca Street and Derek France, University of Chester
15.15 Presentation: The 'dissertation' in GEES disciplines: evaluation of the dissertation 'learning experience' and student contributions to its improvement (400kb powerpoint) - Margaret Harrison, University of Gloucestershire, and Brian Whalley, Queens University of Belfast
15.35 Closing session, including demonstration of the CommuniCube (800kb powerpoint) by Ian Stimpson, Earth Sciences and Geography, Keele University