1. Developing a Cohesive Teaching Team through VLE info-Videos Mentoring
Steve McDonald and Marcus Hanwell

2. Introduction
This session will present an overview of the info-video student and staff mentoring initiative, along with the research findings to date. The info-video initiative was developed with the intention to provide a consistent approach to the delivery and understanding of a module and its content for both tutors and students.

3. Objectives Module we chose and why? Video information discussed
Duration of the videos –going from proven research the key times for maximum impact was between 2-5 mins
Video Subtitles – Offering additional DSA support
Environment
Equipment required

4. Site used: Academic Skills - MOD004444
Changes made midway through:
Closed Captions – using Argisub

5. Outcomes
Student’s Thoughts
60 Responses

7. The clarity from our lectures and seminars was not clear so the video actually gave us what was required
It brought clarity alongside what was said in the Seminar session.

8. Every module should provide them, especially when faced with as much uncertainty over the assignment as we did with this from our lectures

9. Outcomes
Staff’s Thoughts
9 Responses

12. Instead of preparing a detailed session on the assignment I used the video and set some questions alongside it, so this saved me 2 hrs work.
We knew what was expected from students, and felt confident in providing the appropriate and consistent answer
Students became more independent and were able to find out the question themselves, rather than constantly ask or send s for clarification

13. The benefits to the students and staff
The benefits was that the staff teaching them would be confident that their approach aligns with the wider team and module leader, and the students were receiving a more consistent approach to the module across all the delivery locations (Earley, 1994; McArthur-Rouse, 2008; Aladejana et al., 2006). Therefore the students were all be working in line with the module learning outcomes, regardless of delivery location.

14. Going forward… Journal Article. TeachMeet presentation.
CABS conference in April 2016 (poster presentation).
Discussions within Faculty to introduce within other modules.

15. Questions?