1. Learning and Teaching Strategy
Implementation Update
Alan Spivey

2. Key priorities, informed by evidence
Fundamental review of our curricula and assessment
Transformation of our pedagogy, making our teaching more interactive and less lecture-based
Fostering an inclusive and diverse culture
Developing online and digital tools which enhance our curricula, pedagogy and community

3. 1. Progress on curricula and assessment
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12 September, 2018
1. Progress on curricula and assessment
Bids for resources received from all Departments
Staff recruitment and backfill for DUGSs underway
Curriculum mapping software
New Horizons/BPES offer for All UGs
Support for Departments including workshops, drop-in sessions, online toolkits. Kick-off workshop 31st Jan
New programmes for 1st year UGs starting Oct 2019; need approval by the end of March 2019
Call in Nov - Significant investment
In people: Strategic Teaching Fellows! Purpose? 1) To provide expertise for transformation, 2) to work with academics to achieve change; plan is NOT for 2-track teaching – research; Spend justified? 2016 figures: Total income £968M of which £244M Tuition Fees…strategy budget =£8M/2 yrs: annual budget amounts to <0.5% total income and <2% student fee income; We need to be seen to be investing in education!
Rhumbl, the JourneyMaker (Univ Queensland, Ian Cameron), Sofia (FoM)
New integrative modules – Horizons/BPES
Pulling together EDU, CLCC, Registry etc.

4. 2. Progress on pedagogy transformation
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12 September, 2018
2. Progress on pedagogy transformation
Funding for active learning projects to improve our teaching
Stream A – Whole Departments or groups of Departments
Stream B – Seed funding for small and medium sized initiatives
New Active Learning course from EDU launching in February
Visit from Peter Lepage
Active Learning: Making learning more engaging, challenging, authentic and satisfying; Open-ended enquiry-based labs; Innovations to help our students think like experts! (Peter LaPage e.g. American Civil War: expert cf student talk through some written artifacts) - think like experts – train to think like us!
Rolling call, 1st deadline Dec 1st 2017, next one March 2nd 2018
This is an opportunity not a mandate….be in the vanguard or hang back and see what happens…there IS real appetite for change around College…
This new, four-part blended learning course is designed to introduce staff to the basic theories and principles underlying active learning, as well as considering practical suggestions for incorporating active learning strategies into their curriculum.
Those of you at Peter Lapage’s lecture – active learning is more fun for students and Staff. (NB. Will circulate link to Panopto and slides later today).

5. 3. Progress towards an inclusive & diverse culture
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12 September, 2018
3. Progress towards an inclusive & diverse culture
Excellence Fund for Learning and Teaching Innovation – new call to support development of inclusive curriculum content – deadline 29th Jan
New EDU workshop on Making Teaching More Inclusive and new inclusive teaching toolkit
Reward, retention and recognition frameworks for teaching staff
New Imperial Student Shapers scheme
Inclusive learning which benefits from different experiences and perspectives; celebrate diversity as an opportunity not a problem! Embedding equality, diversity and inclusivity into our community
Inclusivity is more than just avoiding PP colour combinations which exclude colour-blind students! Choice of examples, topics, approach, role models
Reward, Retention and Recognition – promotion and progression for Teaching Fellows (L&T Job Family); Provost Board green light to switch from Hay job level evaluation to process aligned with academic promotions via panel/peer evaluation of individual merit – to Professor of Education; Towards establishing a culture that values teaching as highly as research
Nick Burstow – ICU Dep President (Education) heading up a new initiative – Student Shapers: funding for student conceived L&T projects
Talking teaching events? – to build community and networks

6. 4. Progress on online & digital
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12 September, 2018
4. Progress on online & digital
Establishment of the new Digital Learning Hub
Studio and office space at Charing Cross
Extensive range of projects
Enabling
physical infrastructure
human capital
digital infrastructure
Governance through Online Learning Innovation Group (OLIG)
Headed up by Gideon Shimshon; building on experience in the BS
Studio at Charing Cross with associated experimental teaching lab/classroom
FoE Creative Thinking Techniques; Math for Machine Learning; FoM Blended BSc; AR and VR exploration anatomy; FoNS - Saying True Things (Ethics); Digital Maths Courses; Business School Chatbot exploration
Building up capability…

7. Evaluation & research PhD students
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12 September, 2018
Evaluation & research
PhD students
Research Associate working on diversity and inclusion in learning and teaching
New educational research collaborations with:
Cornell, UBC, Stanford, Harvard
selected LERU partners: Helsinki, Leiden, UCL, Utrecht
Tsinghua
Integral part of several Departmental Curriculum Review plans – evaluation! With co-supervision by EDU
Bianca Wilson e.g. working to embed inclusivity/unconscious bias training in e.g. LTDP; Data collection in SIMP to satisfy College data forecasting, HESA futures etc.
Nascent collaborations with other institutions e.g. Sonia Kumar (FoM) – David Hirsch (Harvard med School) longitudinal patient engagement

8. New Learning and Teaching Strategy blog!
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12 September, 2018
New Learning and Teaching Strategy blog!