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Interactive teaching methods for large cohorts of students 4 July

04 July 2019, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

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You will learn methods to effectively provide personable teaching for large cohorts of students, in this workshop led by Steven Buckingham, Applied Medical Sciences.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

UCL Arena Centre

Location

Arena Room, 10th Floor
1-19 Torrington Place, London
London
WC1E 7HB
United Kingdom

Thursday 04 July 13:00 - 14:00

Steven Buckingham, UCL Applied Medical Sciences, is delivering this session, which is open to all staff at UCL who teach students.

This session will present an efficient way of making online learning, large group workshops and small group teaching work.

You will explore how you can deliver interactive and personal teaching to a large cohort of students, with small numbers of teaching. 

After attending this session you will

  • understand how to engage a large cohort of students
  • effectively move between online and face-to-face teaching

Who should attend 

You should attend if you are a member of UCL staff that is new to teaching large cohorts of students.

Postgraduate Teaching Assistants and all early career educators will find this session particularly useful.

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The learning outcomes of this workshop are mapped to the following dimensions of the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF) and UCL's Connected Curriculum:

  • A1 Design and plan learning activities and/or programmes of study
  • A2 Teach and/or support learning
  • A3 Assess and give feedback to learners
  • A4 Develop effective learning environments and approaches to student support and guidance 
  • K1 The subject material
  • K2 Appropriate methods for teaching, learning and assessing in the subject area and at the level of the academic programme 
  • K3 How students learn, both generally and within their subject/disciplinary area(s)
  • K4 The use and value of appropriate learning technologies 
  • V1 Respect individual learners and diverse learning communities 
  • V2 Promote participation in higher education and equality of opportunity for learners 
  • V4 Acknowledge the wider context in which higher education operates recognising the implications for professional practice 

UCL's Connected Curriculum Dimensions

  • One: Students connect with researchers and with the institution's research
  • Two: A throughline of research activity is built into each programme
  • Three: Students make connections across subjects and out to the world
  • Four: Students connect academic learning with workplace learning 
  • Five: Students learn to produce - assessments directed at an audience 
  • Six: Students connect with each other, across phases and with alumni 

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