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Reflective Workbook

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Reflective Workbook

This workbook technique uses progressive learning pedagogies to inform weekly activities that dynamically build on course content. Through formative and summative tasks, students complete one activity per week for the course duration. Feedback is regularly provided for formative tasks to enhance engagement and promote learning outcomes for higher-level summative tasks.

First year, Second year, Third year, Post-graduate
Class size of 60-80
Medium security
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Short Creative Writing Piece

Peer-assessed

Short Creative Writing Piece

This assessment is primarily designed to test students' compositional dexterity by focusing on emulating the selected genre. A portion of the overall mark is allocated for originality and creativity. While students must adhere to stylistic requirements they are free to write on a topic of their choosing, thus offering a personalised approach to learning.

First year
Class size of 80-100
Medium security
Peer-assessed
Student Panel Discussion

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Student Panel Discussion

Underscored by an immersive pedagogy focusing on 'co-generative dialogues' - collaborative discussions cultivated between students and instructors as the source of learning- this task positions students as co-teachers within a conversational Q&A style panel discussion of weekly readings. Students additionally submit a critical summary of weekly readings to corroborate marks.

First year, Second year, Third year, Post-graduate
Class size of 20-40
Medium security
Group
Technology Showcase

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Technology Showcase

Students are each assigned a different discipline-specific piece of equipment or technology and must give a presentation during class time outlining its key features and functions This assessment is designed to create a collaborative learning environment that introduces students to the relevant materials and technologies used within their discipline.

First year, Second year
Class size of 10-20
Medium security
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Unfamiliar Contexts in Invigilated Exams

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Unfamiliar Contexts in Invigilated Exams

SCIE1000 covers mathematics, computer programming, communication, science and modelling. The main goal is to help students see that similar tools and approaches can be applied in a wide range of discipline areas and contexts. So my goal was mostly to develop students’ abilities and confidence in transferring knowledge from one context to another context that may initially appear to be quite distinct, but in reality the same general approaches apply. This is important in this course because we teach students from all areas of science.

First year
Class size of 500+
High security
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Virtual Business Enterprise Business Plan Assignment

Work-related, Group

Virtual Business Enterprise Business Plan Assignment

The Virtual Business Enterprise (VBE) is a digital learning resource consisting of a number of small retail businesses. Each semester student groups are allocated a VBE business and these groups 'trade' in 2 sessions across the semester. After each session, a complete set of financial statements is generated for each business. The final set of financial statements is used as a starting point for the business plan assignment linked to the VBE exercise.

First year
Class size of 500+
Medium security
Work-related, Group
Weekly Blogs

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Weekly Blogs

Delivered instead of weekly tutorials, students construct weekly Blackboard blog posts responding to a question and critically addressing key theoretical underpinnings from readings. Designed to elicit theoretically rich conversations, students use written styles similar to those from popular online forums as a means to participate in collegiate debates beyond academia.

First year, Second year, Third year
Class size of 100-500
Medium security
Wiki Activity

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Wiki Activity

Informed by an active learning pedagogy, this technique sees students co-create an online wiki to which contributions are individually marked. Students work collegiately to prosecute an overall argument that responds to a set question, but receive marks for the quality of their individual input; which addresses potential discrepancies in contribution.

First year, Second year
Class size of 100-500
Medium security
Group
Writing Project: Development Process and Final Submission

Peer-assessed, Sequence

Writing Project: Development Process and Final Submission

Designed with an explicit focus on developing writing skills in first year students, this assessment adopts a design approach to a staged writing project. This assessment is divided into several scaffolded tasks that must be completed and submitted cumulatively throughout the semester.

First year
Class size of 100-500
Medium security
Peer-assessed, Sequence
Zoom invigilated exams for external students

Time limited

Zoom invigilated exams for external students

Students complete their exam papers whilst being invigilated through Zoom focus mode which allows not only a view of the student and their immediate surrounds, but also allows for the student’s screen to be shared with staff.

First year
Medium security
Time limited