Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement Welcome to engage! Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement

Students and staff welcome Meetings at different times and venues Student engagement in learning, teaching and assessment Theme / discussion and networking Space to try out ideas Open to suggestions

10 ways to enhance student engagement Dr Catherine Bovill Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement

Create a sense of smaller groups in a large class

1. Use small group work in lectures – e. g 1. Use small group work in lectures – e.g. Computing Science at Glasgow 2. Tutorials within a larger class – e.g. Physics at Edinburgh

Encourage students to read in an atmosphere of shared responsibility

3. The Doughnut round (Fleizner et al 1997) 4 3. The Doughnut round (Fleizner et al 1997) 4. The Jigsaw classroom (Aronson & Patnow 2010)

Give students greater responsibility

5. Invite students to design their own essay titles – Classics at Reading 6. Part build a curriculum, let students fill the gaps – Entrepreneurship at St Andrews

Create a sense of community in class and between classes Build student-staff relationships i) Read the examples ii) Could you adapt the examples? iii) What other ideas do you have for building community / student-staff relationships?

Recap Create a sense of smaller groups in a large class 1. Use small group work in lectures – e.g. Computing Science at Glasgow 2. Tutorials within a larger class – e.g. Physics at Edinburgh Encourage students to read in an atmosphere of shared responsibility 3. The Doughnut round (Fleizner et al 1997) 4. The Jigsaw classroom (Aronson & Patnow 2010) Give students greater responsibility 5. Invite students to design their own essay titles – Classics at Reading 6. Part build a curriculum, let students fill the gaps – Entrepreneurship, St Andrews Create a sense of community in class and in between classes 7. Create groups that work online and in class together – Geography at UCD 8. Use student work within the curriculum – Geography at NUI, Mayneuth Build student-staff relationships 9. Make yourself available in large classes - arrive early, pack slowly 10. Create a programme hashtag on Twitter – MSc Digital Education, UoE

Please book via the IAD webpages Fri 17th November 15:00-16:30 Dr Meryl Kenny - Student-staff co-creation of a course: Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World Seminar Rm 1 Chrystal McMillan Building Tues 12th December 09:30-11:00am Prof Alan Murray, Prof Iain Gordon et al - Introducing Piazza - a tool for students to ask, answer & discuss questions with staff input where needed Room 1.204, 7 Bristo Square Please book via the IAD webpages

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