Alex Stuart-Kelly is an Education and Scholarship (E&S) lecturer in the department of Neuroscience at Sussex (since 2022). Prior to this, his PhD and short post-doctoral research focussed on understanding the role of the major Alzheimer’s risk gene variant APOE4…
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Enhancing student engagement in large group teaching: A collaborative approach to improving learning outcomes
Tagged with: active learning, collaboration, large group teaching, student feedback
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies
Using Vevox in the classroom
In this case study, Seun Osituyo, Deputy Director of Student Experience and Director of MSc Accounting and Finance at USBS, explains how she uses Vevox to increase student engagement. What I did One of the tools I have used to…
Tagged with: active learning, feedback literacy, interactive learning, Learning technologies, student engagement
Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
Campus rhythms: exploring synaesthesia through drumming
After obtaining a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and English Literature from The Open University in 2019, David Russell joined Sussex Writes in 2020 while completing his MA in English: Literature, Culture and Theory. He is now in the second year…
Tagged with: active learning, interdisciplinarity, outreach, school engagement, Sussex Writes, widening participation
Posted in Blog
Posted in Blog
Building learning communities through formative group work
Dr Zahid Pranjol, Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and Deputy Head of School for Life Sciences, explains how a formative project-based learning (PBL) group work assessment helps develop his Foundation, first and second year students’ belonging and team work skills. …
Tagged with: active learning, Employability, engaging students, formative assessment, group work, project-based learning
Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
Posted in Case Studies, Uncategorised
Playful Learning with escape rooms
In this case study, Dr Katie Piatt, Head of Educational Enhancement and co-Chair of the Playful Learning Association, talks about how she developed an escape room for the University Pasts and Futures conference as a fun way to introduce students…
Tagged with: active learning, Connection, engaging students, open pedagogy, playful learning, problem solving
Posted in Case Studies
Posted in Case Studies