1. Welcome to Transition into HE – Learning to Learn
Whilst everyone arrives, please use a smart device/laptop to access
and add your thoughts to the Padlet wall.

2. Supporting Transition into Year 1
Learning to Learn in Higher Education – more than just a set of study skills…………..

3. overview Concerns about Y1 students – academically, motivationally etc
Widening participation?
Retention?
Expectations – students, staff
Learner identity
Learning, Teaching and Y1 curriculum

4. Ideal Y1?
Review and briefly discuss padlet wall responses

5. Real Y1?
Add to diagram, compare to ideal

6. Expectations of students
Comments from previous data collected
Previous experiences
How they have been ‘successful’ previously – impact of this on HE learning and expectations?
Strengths
Concerns
Expectations of HE
– linked to Ideal Y1
- Linked to Real Y1
Process/outcome driven

7. Value of Y1 ‘Year 1 doesn’t count’ – really??
Challenge – previous experiences have developed them to be outcome- driven which manifests in a number of ways (e.g. what do I need to do to pass the assignment, only engaging with facts and not understanding and application )
Learning in HE - Outcome or process driven?
Only ‘doesn’t count’ in terms of outcome-driven perspective - final mark awarded (outcome). In which case, how can we complain about students following this if we are doing this ourselves?
Vital in successfully transitioning into learning to learn in HE (process) and, therefore, impact on final achievement (outcome).

8. Learning to Learn – an initial approach
ITE prog
Early focus, first 3 weeks of module focuses on students’ own learning and effective ways of working.
Addresses expectations, roles and responsibilities in learning in HE.
Creative, independence, study groups and peer support, active engagement and attendance, (all process)
Engagement with assessment (outcome)
Impact?
On engagement
On retention
On academic success

9. Next steps?
How do your modules/programmes support transition into learning in HE?
How could they support transition into learning in HE?

10. Questions?

11. references
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