Author Archives: stevecayzer
What does Net Zero mean?
Last week I went to see Owen Hewlett from Gold Standard talking about what Net Zero actually means using a base of science based targets.
Concerned about TBL…
On 5 December, I hosted a Team Based Learning (TBL) ‘masterclass’ @UniOfBath. We had a useful discussion of concerns about TBL and how to address them. If you are potentially interested in applying TBL or other active learning approach, you … Continue reading
ESLTIS in Edinburgh
Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship (#ESLTIS19) was held this year in the wonderful Edinburgh Napier (July 18-19 2019) (photo credit: Tracey Madden) Another great conference for those involved with teaching and learning in HE. Highlights for me included: A … Continue reading
Team Based Learning: Lessons from practice
At the end of 2018, I posted upbeat blog on Team Based Learning. Having now delivered two major units in TBL style, it is high time to post some of my reflections on the topic. Quick summary: I am still … Continue reading
Team Based Learning Conference
Tampa, Florida, 13-15 March 2019 Last week I was lucky enough to attend the annual gathering of the Team Based Learning (TBL) Collaborative. In summary, the themes including leading educational change (not just TBL) in an institution, trends including TBL … Continue reading
Team Based Learning #1: Motivation
This semester, I have been experimenting with Team Based Learning; I am really happy with the outcome so have decided to write a series of blog posts about it. Continue reading
ESLTIS 2018
ESLTIS (Enhancing Student Learning Through Innovative Scholarship) is a learning and teaching conference – in its 4th year (and I have gone to all of them) this year it was in Bristol and the theme was ‘transitions’. This applies to … Continue reading
Active Learning Conference: Sussex, June 2018
Conference summary : meetup with lots of folks passionate about active learning of various forms; this report contains my overall impression plus a list of those ideas I thought worth further consideration including: agile scenario construction; study of emergent network … Continue reading
Reflections on the #ucustrike
We are now at the end of (the first) 4 weeks of an industrial dispute between the Universities UK (UUK) and the University and College Union (UCU). I thought it useful to reflect on the dispute for the benefit of … Continue reading