Synopsis
Welcome to the Centre For Innovation at the University of Liverpool, supporting innovation in learning, teaching and assessment through enhanced curriculum development.
Episodes
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Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 8 - Educational Developer Edition
12/05/2021 Duration: 38minEpisode 8 was recorded on 29th April 2021 with Alex Spiers, Erika Smith, and Jessica Humphreys. This is a special edition of Treasure Island Pedagogies with educational developers. In homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our guests identify their students’ lightbulb moment (when their students ‘were getting it’), a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands together with a luxury item off duty. You can view the full transcript here: Treasure Island Pedagogies Episode 8 - Podcast Transcript
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Treasure Island Pedagogies - Episode 7 (Educational Developer Edition)
30/04/2021 Duration: 39minEpisode 7 was recorded on 27th April 2021 with Dr Louise Drumm, Dr Vicki Dale, Dr Michael Flavin and Dr Michael Kozakowski. This is a special edition of Treasure Island Pedagogies with educational developers. In homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our guests identify their students’ lightbulb moment (when their students ‘were getting it’), a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands together with a luxury item off duty. Facilitated by Tünde Varga-Atkins, Produced by Digital Resources Team You can view the full transcript here: Treasure Island Pedagogies Episode 7 - Podcast Transcript
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Treasure Island Pedagogies - Episode 6 (Educational Developer Edition)
31/03/2021 Duration: 01h05minEpisode 6 was recorded on 29th March 2021 with Nicola Whitton, Rikke Toft Nørgård, Simon Thomson and William Carey. This is a special edition of Treasure Island Pedagogies with educational developers. In homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our guests identify their students’ lightbulb moment (when their students ‘were getting it’), a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands together with a luxury item off duty. Facilitated by Tünde Varga-Atkins, Produced by Digital Resources Team Links / resources: · the Article Rikke mentions about ‘shadowy siblings’ of pedagogies with Janus Holst Aaen;
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Treasure Island Pedagogies - Episode 5 (Educational Developer Edition)
19/03/2021 Duration: 47minThis is a special edition of Treasure Island Pedagogies with educational developers recorded on 15 March 2021. In homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our guests identify their students’ lightbulb moment (when their students ‘were getting it’), a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands together with a luxury item off duty. This episode features: Ashwini Datt, University of Auckland, NZ Lightbulb moment: exposing staff (as students) with a really badly designed quiz with bad instructions and design. Staff also became really competitive wanting to hear the right answer – and so it really drives through how their students might experience this. Teaching prop or pedagogy: I have been known to take a dunking bird to explain inquiry-based learning to participants with a scientific background. It’s good we can match our methods to suit our audience. Luxury item: I went old school. I am passionate about plants, planting and gardening! I am going to take a coconut. In m
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Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 4
22/12/2020 Duration: 41minIn homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our four invited lecturers identify a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands, for the cherished face to face contact time with students on campus, together with a luxury item for a bit of downtime from teaching. This episode features: Marieke Riethof: Modern Languages and Cultures (Latin American Politics) Lightbulb moment: getting students to show understanding of their target culture by working in shared collaborative documents – which in the new online setting can work really well with students producing great shared documents or presentations in different formats. Teaching prop or pedagogy: assuming the role of guide, taking students on a journey of discovery on their own, helping them find treasures. Luxury item: my greatest discovery of the pandemic: listening to podcasts whilst walking or cooking. Chris Barlow: Accountancy Lightbulb moment: integrating skills development in modules on an ongoing basis to promo
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A celebration of resilience – how does an undergraduate programme adapt amidst a global pandemic?
17/12/2020 Duration: 47minIn this episode we are joined by two guests from the University of Liverpool Nursing department; Claire Walker and Helen Marshall. Claire is module lead on a number of undergraduate and postgraduate modules as well as being the lead for clinical placement. Helen is a relatively new member of staff and is module leader for two year 1 modules as well as a supporting first year students in her role as year 1 tutor. We catch up on how they have been coping continuing to run a programme in the midst of a global pandemic. We discuss life working at home, what has changed for staff and students, how placements are continuing and being supported remotely, plus pay tribute to our wonderful nurses in the NHS. Hosted by Laura Blundell @laurablundell You can also follow UoL Nursing @LivUniNursing
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Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 3
11/12/2020 Duration: 35minIn homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our three invited lecturers identify a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands, for the cherished face to face contact time with students on campus, together with a luxury item for a bit of downtime from teaching. This episode features: Katherine Whitehurst: Communication & Media Lightbulb moment: ‘clicking through group work’, showing cross-group ideas to promote student engagement Teaching prop or pedagogy: any online platforms that enable collaborative group work and projects to make the above lightbulb moment possible (e.g. MS Teams). Luxury item: if my husband is not an item, I would like to take ‘a kitchen’ to cook as this is how I relax. Matt Murphy: Mechanical, Materials & Aerospace Engineering Lightbulb moment: when it sinks in for students that they are undertaking a real, open-ended professional engineering project, and that staff trust them to take responsibility for their own success. Teaching pro
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Taking the Pre-Sessional English courses entirely online during a global pandemic
09/12/2020 Duration: 55minIn response to Covid 19, immediate action had to be taken to move the English Language Centre's courses online. We had less than 1 month to prepare for student induction. This involved redesigning the student experience, implementing widespread pedagogical changes, and, beyond the initial phase, reflecting on and improving our processes and product. In this case study podcast, Gary, Katie & Seán discuss and reflect on the development and implementation processes. They are joined by Michelle & Aldona who give further insight from the management and teacher perspectives. Gary Ellis & Seán Timon are teachers and technology enhanced learning specialists at the ELC. Katie Hudson is a Pre-sessional EAP teacher & course developer. Aldona Norkus is a Pre-sessional EAP teacher. Michelle Dwyer is the ELC Director. You can view a full transcript here: Taking the Pre-Sessional English courses entirely online during a global pandemic Transcript
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Transitioning from Vital to Canvas
03/11/2020 Duration: 50minWe talk to our four invited guest lecturers from around the University about how they have found the transition from Vital to Canvas. Discussing what they love about Canvas, could not do without and what hiccups they have encountered on their journey so far, as well as sharing advice, practical tips and resources.
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Decolonising the Curriculum - What does it mean to you?
19/10/2020 Duration: 07minThe Centre for Innovation in Education celebrates BAME people during Black History Month and beyond by creating an interactive podcast that aims to gather the collective voices on the definition of decolonising the curriculum. Listen to this a real-life story* from a BAME student perspective to find out why she suffers from 'academic inadequacy' and unbelonging as a new student in the United Kingdom. Send a short message (1 minute max) in the link below to answer: What does ‘decolonising the curriculum’ mean to you? https://anchor.fm/decthecurr/message *This story is based on real-life events but names have been changed to protect the person’s privacy. Narrated by Dr Monica Chavez, PhD in Applied Linguistics (University of Liverpool), Educational Developer (TEL) at the Centre for Innovation in Education.
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Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 2
02/10/2020 Duration: 01h01minIn homage to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Desert Island Discs’, our four invited lecturers identify a teaching prop or pedagogy to take to their Treasure Islands, for the cherished face to face contact time with students on campus, together with a luxury item for a bit of downtime from teaching. Episode 2's discussion mostly focuses around returning to teaching in the new academic year during the pandemic.
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Treasure Island Pedagogies - Part 1
15/06/2020 Duration: 28minInspired by Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, we asked our four guests, all lecturers at the University of Liverpool, to talk about a lightbulb moment with their students: when they felt that students ‘were getting it’ and they were part of this. To put a twist in the story, instead of being cast away to a desert island, they were asked to conjure up a Treasure island representing the precious synchronous contact time (whether face to face or virtual) and what items they would take with them. Hosted by Dr Tunde Varga-Atkins, Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. If you require a full transcription please email cie-drt@liverpool.ac.uk
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Treasure Island Pedagogies - Part 2
15/06/2020 Duration: 25minIn Part 2 of Treasure Island Discs , Anna, Diana, James and Stuart, lecturers at the University of Liverpool, discuss their thoughts and plans about moving towards hybrid active learning in autumn 2020. How might we preserve and carry on these lightbulb moments for our students in a social distancing campus? Hosted by Dr Tunde Varga-Atkins, Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. If you require a full transcription please email cie-drt@liverpool.ac.uk
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Remote Teaching podcast: From the Beatles to Beefheart: How is it going for students, and what’s next? Part 2/2
23/04/2020 Duration: 30minIn this second podcast on remote teaching, four lecturers from the University of Liverpool continue to discuss remote teaching during the #COVID pandemic, including student engagement, the pedagogical considerations to remote teaching, their advice and some of their highlights. Hosted by Dr Tunde Varga-Atkins and produced by Chris Loxham, Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. (Note: VITAL is the University’s VLE.)
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Remote Teaching podcast, Part 1/2: From the Beatles to Beefheart: How is it for the educators?
21/04/2020 Duration: 22minWhat do Beatles pop songs and experimental jazz by Captain Beefhart & His Magic Band have to do with remote teaching? Please tune in to our podcast to find out as we talk to four lecturers from the University of Liverpool talking about their experiences as a result of the #COVID pandemic since March 2020. Hosted by Dr Tunde Varga-Atkins and produced by Chris Loxham, Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool.
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A Round Table on Digital Fluency – Part One of our Curriculum Hallmarks and Graduate Attributes Series
06/02/2020 Duration: 01h09minOur new podcast episode is a stimulating conversation on what digital fluency mean in different disciplines – with Kerry Traynor, Jon Hogg and Rob Treharne, three academics across the University of Liverpool. Hosted by Tunde Varga-Atkins. Listen to find out: What object our guests brought to the Studio that represent digital fluency. How a historian, a communication & media specialist and a physicist views digital fluency? What has Aristotle got to do with digital technologies? Students’ digital capabilities and considerations for course design. How we can support students and academics in developing students’ digital capabilities. Tips for digital fluency. Find out more about digital fluency as a graduate attribute and the Curriculum Framework at the University of Liverpool at : https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-innovation-in-education/curriculum-resources/digital-fluency/
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A talk with 'Microsoft Teams Champion' Chris Edmonds - Hosted by Dr Monica Chavez
24/01/2020 Duration: 12minCIE had an inspiring conversation with Dr Chris Edmonds, one of the University of Liverpool's Microsoft Teams Champions. Listen to our latest podcast to get ideas on how to: Implement project based learning using Teams. Manage the different available digital tools in the student journey. Get started with Microsoft Teams for teaching and learning. Find out more about the University of Liverpool Microsoft Teams Champions Programme: https://flipgrid.com/9eb5323e https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-innovation-in-education/digital-education/office-365-in-education/microsoft-teams-champions-programme/ Hosted by Dr Monica Chavez @drmonicachavez
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CIE Launch
07/03/2019 Duration: 22minOur first Podcast starts with a look at what CIE is and does. We chat with Simon Thomson and Ceri Coulby and look at how you can expect to work alongside CIE in the future. For a downloadable transcript of the podcast, click here.