Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education
Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education
As part of our research into contract cheating, we collect a lot of examples of the ways that students have tried to cheat in different subject areas and academic disciplines. Along with Robert Clarke, I wrote a paper for the International Teaching Learning and Assessment of Databases workshop (also known as TLAD). This paper looked …
I attended and presented at a really useful Higher Education Academy workshop, looking at the ways in which technology is becoming embedded within teaching and learning of employability. My own presentation focused on the need for students of all academic disciplines to establish an online professional identity. The presentation took place at the Using Learning …
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This video presentation explores the methods that I’ve been using with my undergraduate students to help them to gain a practical understanding of research methods and to become prepared to use research within their final year project. The presentation is part of the current Higher Education Academy project on Innovation In The Assessment Of Social …
Teaching Undergraduate Research Methods Using Action Learning Sets – Video Post Read More »
The educational arena has been changing with the increased availability of courses offered through MOOCS, Massive Open Online Courses. I proposed some general information about the advantages of MOOCs, as part of an article on the Birmingham City University School of Computing, Telecommunications and Networks blog. But these large scale courses, usually delivered around the …
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Here’s a quick way to jazz up presentations and to offer a talking point.