Journal of Academic Development and Education JADE Issue 11 Summer 2019 | Page 40
• Plans to similarly explore the technologically
enhanced teaching ‘journey’ of staff and
furthermore, the aim to highlight any ‘gap’ between
the ‘needs’ of students and staff will, by way of
conclusion, be discussed.
Escape [to] the Library: Reframing the Library
Induction *
Scott Chesworth ([email protected])
Abstract:
An escape room activity provides a good example of
social learning as participants are expected to use
strong teamwork, collaboration and communication
in order to successfully complete challenges against
the clock, learning from each other’s mistakes
through trial and error as well as logic and lateral
thinking. Piloting the use of an escape room activity
as a subject specific library induction provides
an opportunity to advance beyond imparting
knowledge to demonstrating the attainment of
higher order thinking skills, such as, analysis through
engagement with the puzzles, and evaluation
from the debrief following the success (or failure)
of the activity. Gamification is generally used to
encourage extrinsic motivation through rewards,
though the overwhelmingly positive feedback from
the pilot shows that using game design elements
helps encourage intrinsic motivation where playing
the game is its own reward. Whilst successful, the
pilot came with challenges and limitations, such as,
scheduling and timing, though still begs the question,
is this the future of library induction? There is still
work to do before that question can be answered
adequately, but there are plans to extend this to
other subject areas if there is interest in developing
some "outside the box" delivery.
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Collaborative Delivery of Education Modules and
School Experience Internships
David Bedford ([email protected])
Abstract:
In 2015, Stoke-on-Trent City Council identified
a shortage of qualified maths teachers as a key
reason why Stoke was ranked 141st out of 151 local
authorities nationally for GCSE outcomes in maths
and English. The Mathematics Department at Keele
has been working with local Initial Teacher Training
providers, schools, colleges and Stoke LA to improve
teacher recruitment and student outcomes. This
work includes the introduction of two modules into
the undergraduate programme, one at level 5 and
one at level 6, which focus on how mathematics
is learned and how mathematics is taught. These
modules are delivered collaboratively and include a
school experience internship. Independent of these
modules, Keele works with St Joseph's College to
offer a 4-6 week summer internship programme
where students work full time in a school during
June/July. The talk will present the design, delivery
and impact of this collaboration.
Stoke Stories: Co-creating Positive
Representations *
Pawas Bisht ([email protected])
Abstract:
his presentation will focus on learnings from
on-going teaching innovation project involving
the development of a student-produced online
audio-visual archive of the city of Stoke-on-Trent.
The project engages students from Keele's Media
programme, specifically those enrolled on the
‘Documentary Theory & Practice’ module which
involves production of short documentary films.
The project requires students to develop their film
projects in partnership with the local community
and around a specifically defined theme. The project
addresses the theme of social learning in trying