Research events

 

The sixth annual pedagogic research conference was a great success.  The CLT would like to thank all who came along and contributed to making it such a worthwhile event.

Following on from the conference some presenters have supplied materials - please click on the session title to see the slides

 

Introductory talk:

HERE to stay? A 3-year study of the relationship between doubting, engagement & student retention  Ed Foster, Nottingham Trent University  

 

10.10 – 10.50         Parallel sessions 1       

How can Simulation studies enhance the development of the cognitive skills essential for decision-making in professional practice?

Dr Wesley Scott-Smith

Patchwork writing: an alternative to the academic essay?

Jac Cattaneo

The use of E-portfolios as a learning space in the supervision of student research

Dr Sue Greener

1.00 - 11.40         Parallel sessions 2     

 Pathways to practice – facilitating professional ways of becoming through inter-professional learning in practice: the example of healthcare students

Dr Jane Morris

 

What influence do Graded and Ungraded Teaching Observations have on the quality of teaching?

Paul Tully

The use of e-portfolios sometimes disrupts teaching and learning. So how can we ensure we make good use of them?

Adam Bailey and Marion Curdy

11.40-12.00    Refreshment Break

Poster Display:

Occupational Therapy students’ experiences of role-emerging placements and their influence on professional practice, Dr Channine Clarke, School of Health Professions.

 

12.05-12.45            Parallel sessions 3

Relations between planned and unplanned learning, and their role in developing graduate employability skills

Julie Fowlie & Sue Will

Exploding the workbook: the challenges of documenting creative thinking in inter-disciplinary practice for educational purposes

Jane Fox & Amy Cunningham

The effects of using mobile devices for learning

Bethany Davies

12.55-1.35              Parallel sessions 4    

Using The Human Library to engage and challenge students

Dr Kyla Ellis Sloan and Dr Jayne Raisborough, 

Is Facebook just an ‘F’ word, or can it have educational benefits?

Joanna Macdonnell

What is ‘Learning analytics’ and how can we use it to support learning?

Dr Barbara Newland

 

 

1.35-2.15  LUNCH

 

We are delighted that Ed Foster from Nottingham Trent University has kindly agreed to give our Introductory talk this year. Ed is Project leader for the HERE project, which examined the relationship between doubting, engagement & student retention. Details of his talk are provided below.

Introductory talk

Ed Foster: Nottingham Trent University, Project leader for the HERE project

HERE to stay? - A 3 year study into the relationship between doubting, engagement & student retention

Between 2008 & 2011, the HERE Project (Higher Education: Retention & Engagement) researched student retention as part of the national ‘What Works? Student Retention & Success’ programme, funded by HEFCE and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation. The HERE project, run jointly by teams from Nottingham Trent University, Bournemouth University and the University of Bradford, investigated two aspects of student retention.

Firstly, what impact did doubting have on retention? Across the sector, we know that far more students consider leaving than actually withdraw, but is there anything distinct that leads some doubters to withdraw and some to stay? The project team conducted two large scale surveys of first year students in 2009 and 2011 to identify who was doubting, to explore their experiences and ultimately to test the impact that doubting had on retention. Further detail came from focus groups and interviews with student doubters and their peers who had not considered withdrawing: the non-doubters.

Using the data from the doubters, the project teams then studied ten courses which either had better-than-peer rates of retention or were tackling particular issues, for example coping with a large proportion of mature students. Nine factors were identified that appeared to support retention, and the team developed a toolkit for course teams to use to reflect upon and develop their own practices supporting student retention.

The talk will primarily explore the nature of doubting and its impact on engagement, particularly on retention. It will, to a lesser extent, explore the recommendations and strategies for improving retention at course level.

 

Other Research Events

Throughout the year, the CLT holds occasional workshops and symposia on different aspects of educational research, as well as regular thematic  Enquiry Groups.

The Pedagogic Research 2013 was a huge success, thank you to everyone who came along and took part.

For those who were not able to join us, we will be putting up the handbook, with links to some of the presentations, and a recording of the introductory talk from Ed Foster, Nottingham Trent University.

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You can view the abstracts and references for each session by clicking on the title in the programme



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