Welcome to engage! Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement

1. Welcome to engage! Edinburgh Network: Growing Approaches to Genuine Engagement

2. Students and staff welcome • Meetings at different times and venues • Student engagement in learning, teaching and assessment • Theme / discussion and networking • Space to try out ideas • Open to suggestions

3. 10 ways to enhance student engagement Dr Catherine Bovill Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement

4. Create a sense of smaller groups in a large class

5. 1. Use small group work in lectures – e.g. Computing Science at Glasgow 2. Tutorials within a larger class – e.g. Physics at Edinburgh

6. Encourage students to read in an atmosphere of shared responsibility

7. 3. The Doughnut round (Fleizner et al 1997) 4. The Jigsaw classroom (Aronson & Patnow 2010)

8. Give students greater responsibility

9. 5. Invite students to design their own essay titles – Classics at Reading 6. Part build a curriculum, let students fill the gaps – Entrepreneurship at St Andrews

10. Create a sense of community in class and between classes Build student-staff relationships i) Read the examples ii) Could you adapt the examples? iii) What other ideas do you have for building community / student-staff relationships?

11. Recap Create a sense of smaller groups in a large class 1. Use small group work in lectures – e.g. Computing Science at Glasgow 2. Tutorials within a larger class – e.g. Physics at Edinburgh Encourage students to read in an atmosphere of shared responsibility 3. The Doughnut round (Fleizner et al 1997) 4. The Jigsaw classroom (Aronson & Patnow 2010) Give students greater responsibility 5. Invite students to design their own essay titles – Classics at Reading 6.Part build a curriculum, let students fill the gaps – Entrepreneurship, St Andrews Create a sense of community in class and in between classes 7. Create groups that work online and in class together – Geography at UCD 8. Use student work within the curriculum – Geography at NUI, Mayneuth Build student-staff relationships 9. Make yourself available in large classes - arrive early, pack slowly 10. Create a programme hashtag on Twitter – MSc Digital Education, UoE

12. Fri 17th November 15:00-16:30 Dr Meryl Kenny - Student-staff co-creation of a course: Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World Seminar Rm 1 Chrystal McMillan Building Tues 12th December 09:30-11:00am Prof Alan Murray, Prof Iain Gordon et al - Introducing Piazza - a tool for students to ask, answer &discuss questions with staff input where needed Room 1.204, 7 Bristo Square Please book via the IAD webpages

13. Student engagement practical guidance documents aimed at staff • Xxx Learning & Teaching Conversations • Xxx Assessment and Feedback

14. IJSaP explores new perspectives, practices, and policies regarding how students and staff are working in partnership to enhance learning and teaching in higher education. https://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/ijsapijsap@mcmaster.caISSN: 2560 - 7367

15. The Institute for Academic Development www.ed.ac.uk/iad