In this case study, Dr Alison Bailey, Senior Lecturer in Management, shares her experience of using Buddycheck for peer evaluation. What I did I am the module convenor for the Introduction to Business and Management module which runs in Year…
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Using Buddycheck for peer evaluation
Tagged with: Assessment and Feedback, curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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Building rapport with students
Dr Gillian Sandstrom Gillian Sandstrom, Senior Lecturer in the Psychology of Kindness, explains the benefits for student belonging of greeting your students when they arrive in class, even if you don’t know their names. What I did Recent research in…
Tagged with: belonging, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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Teaching Mathematics through high-interest problems
Nicos Georgiou, Reader in Mathematics in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences and winner of a University of Sussex Education Award 2023, shares his approach to teaching tough mathematics to nervous students. What I did I use current and…
Tagged with: Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement, Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
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Embedding narratives in lectures
Dr Andy Field, who is a Professor of Quantitative Methods and the recipient of numerous teaching awards at Sussex, talks in this case study about how he uses narratives to make his lectures engaging. Dr. Andy Field in fancy dress…
Tagged with: curriculum design, Inclusive and student-centred, Teaching and student engagement
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Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)
In this case study, Dr Vassiliki Bamiatzi, Professor of Strategy and International Business at the University of Sussex Business School, talks about her involvement in COIL (Collaborative Online International Learning). What we did Our COIL partnership was with the National…
Tagged with: Applied and relevant, curriculum design, Teaching and student engagement
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Reflections on different engagement techniques whilst teaching online
Guest post by Seun Osituyo Student engagement is a very useful part of our job as tutors, as it helps us check that learning has taken place (Butcher, Davies and Highton, 2006). But what exactly do I mean by student…
How can we improve module evaluation questionnaires?
by Junko Winch Module Evaluation Questionnaires (MEQs) are an important source of student feedback on teaching and learning. They are also often relied upon as evidence cases for promotion for tutors. However, in their current form they suffer from low…
“The wheels firmly on the bus” Reflections on teaching a new module in the ‘new normal’
by Jeanette Ashton & Paolo Oprandi About the authors Jeanette Ashton is a Lecturer in Law and a non-practising solicitor, having joined the University of Sussex after 8 years at Brighton University. She teaches Contract law, Equity and Trusts and…