Good Practice Blog

Today, more videos from the discussions go live!
In the first, Margaret Freeman (HCS) facilitates a discussion with Mark Morley (CiCS) and Richard Ward (LetS) at the teachingcommons Launch about whether webs or bridges are the best metaphor for what central services in the University should be doing to support departments and faculties.

Here, students and staff [...]

Today Patrice Panella posts about her experience facilitating at the space of the teachingcommons space which gave her space to talk aboue her everyday work in the Information Commons space…
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I was very fortunate at the Teaching Commons launch to facilitate a group entirely made up of students discussing what they think is valuable in learning [...]

Today we post the much promised videos from the Launch…oh yes, videos-a-go-go.
Here in the Creative Stream staff and students talk about problems they have with modules as opposed to work-based environments as learning spaces:

Here facilitator Stephen Walker (again in the Creative Stream) sums up with students  the benefits of more informal relationships in the classroom.

The question [...]

Please note that today (19/11/2008) we are upgrading the Case Studies Wiki and it may not be available or only intermittently.

Today we have the first in a monthly series of posts about Personal Tutors. Rebecca Watson, the Student Union Education Officer, talks today about why she thinks it is important to start a dialogue about what Personal Tutors can and should offer and why she thinks the teachingcommons is a good arena for students and [...]