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Study Group UK and Europe

Learning and Teaching Conference 24-25 November 2016 The Clarendon Centre 47 New England St Brighton BN1 4GQ Study Group UK and EU Academic Leadership Team

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Dear Conference participants, I’m delighted that we are having this European Learning and Teaching Conference. In the coming year we will be spending a significant time and effort in both supporting teaching staff and looking at how we can deliver the best student outcomes from an academic perspective.

The conference is a great way to start this activity.

We’ve had a team working on the event for a number of months.

There’s a mix of external guest speakers and our own experts and we’ve designed the programme so that, as well as providing great content, we maximise the networking and learning opportunities of having so many of our teaching staff in one place.

I very much look forward to welcoming you all to Brighton.

Yours sincerely,

Mike Everett

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Thursday 24 November 2016 19.30-20.00

Arrival and Welcome Drink*

20.00-21.00

Dinner with wine (cash bar also available)

21.00-22.00 After dinner speaker: Barnaby Lenon, member of Bellerbys Academic Advisory Board.

Barnaby Lenon is Chairman of the Independent Schools Council and will be speaking after dinner about the challenges and opportunities for independent schools in general and how that impacts on international schools in particular.

22.00-22.30

Building Futures raffle draw

22.30

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* Don’t forget to print out your ticket to gain entry to the venue and raffle.

Arrival and refreshments at conference centre

OPENING

9.00-9.30

9.30-10.00

Keynote: Professor Gilly Salmon

11.15-12.15

Keynote: Durell Barnes

14.15-15.15

Closing Session

Zarida Zaman, Joe Gowdridge and Elaine Claire Philpot Creative Reflection David Booth A match made in heaven? Learning Objectives and Levels

Chris Stewart Engaging culturally diverse students in media studies

Dr Kristy Lascelles Argument Mapping for Critical Thinking

Fatou Barry and Qi Zhang The Optimal Learning Objective-based Formative Assessment Mechanism - Applied Infinite Repeated Game Theory

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Sharon D’Costa, Bob Mitchell The significant benefit of the EPQ for applications to the best universities: how to deliver and how to assess Agnes Molnar Artificial Intelligence in Education Dr Ismail Musa Evidence Based Teaching in Science and Engineering

Mark Thomas Using video games to improve academic writing

Richard Hailstone, Mark Tournoff, Tirivangani Chaza The use of Internet based platforms to engage learners in Business Studies subjects N/A

Rob Cackett GCE Mathematics update Marcus Bushong How to make our pre-masters students more critical

Adam Picot Flipped Learning and Interactive VLE Content

Lynne Miller Mental health and student welfare

Professor Gilly Salmon Create your own Learning Future workshop

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LUNCH

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LUNCH

LUNCH

Eilidh Webstfer Critical Thinking and EAP writing

Dr Parminder S Sandhu Comparison of Education Systems: Asian and European continents

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Spurgeon 30-40

Dr Mark Dabbs GeoGebra - a one stop shop (very nearly!)

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Hudson 30-40

Peter Ryley Twilight of the Teacher

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Carey 30-40 café style

David Read Learning Technologies in EAP: a practical online course for teachers

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Whitfield 200 café style

Polly Glegg Why business subjects are harder than you might think

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Edwards 100 café style

** An Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) is a qualification taken by some students in the United Kingdom, where it is equivalent to half an A level. They are part of level three of the National Qualifications Framework. It is currently graded A* to E

*Please bring a laptop or tablet to this session.

15.15-15.45

Keynote: Glyn Jones What has the CEFR ever done for us?

13.00-14.00

Inspection Update

LUNCH

12.15-13.00

Magical Learning

Keynote: Mychelle Pride Assuring quality in light of the new HE landscape

10.00-11.00

Paul McDermott

Auditorium 500

Room

Friday 25 November 2016

Academic English Skills

STEM

Learning Technology

Art and Media

Business Studies and Economics

Interest to all

Abstracts – 10.00-11.00 Keynote: Assuring quality in light of the new HE Landscape Mychelle Pride (Quality and Engagement Manager, QAA) What does the evolving HE regulatory and quality assurance landscape look like for organisations such as Study Group? Mychelle will explore current policy issues and their potential impact on future quality assurance. This session will offer practical advice to inform attendees’ approach to improving their students’ learning experience.

Why business subjects are harder than you might think Polly Glegg (Lecturer in Business and Economics Education) This session is aimed at teachers of business subjects. It will address the charge that business teaching can be simplistic, relying too much on students’ common sense rather than deeper, subjectspecific understanding. Using some examples of commonly taught topics, Polly will pose to teachers the challenge: ‘if you think what you’re teaching is easy, you’re probably not thinking hard enough’.

Learning Technologies in EAP: a practical online course for teachers David Read (Director of Technology – Enhanced Learning at the English Language Teaching Centre at University of Sheffield) This presentation will describe an innovative new online course from the ELTC at the University of Sheffield aimed at providing EAP teachers with the pedagogical knowledge and technical know how to be able to comfortably use these tools with their students. During the presentation you will have the chance to engage with some of the materials on the course.

Twilight of the Teacher Peter Ryley (Self employed Gardener) Sugata Mitra contends that, in the age of the internet search engine, the teacher as a source of knowledge has become redundant. After watching a Mitra video, participants will then discuss in small groups whether / how this proposition affects us as teachers.

Finally, each group will contribute their findings to a general discussion among all participants.

GeoGebra – a one stop shop (very nearly!)

Dr Mark Dabbs (Senior Lecturer and Chair, GeoGebra Institute in Sheffield) GeoGebra is a free, stand-alone, dynamic and easy-to-use software for mathematics visualisation that combines 2D and 3D geometry, algebra, a Computer Algebra System (CAS) and a spreadsheet side by side in the same window.

During the workshop you will be introduced to some basic and some intermediate features in GeoGebra and hopefully see some of its enormous potential and application for your own area of study.

If possible, before you come to the session, download the free GeoGebra software to your laptop or tablet from here https://www.geogebra. org/download and bring this machine to the session. Some devices will be made available.

Comparison of Education Systems: Asian and European continents Dr Parminder S Sandhu (Chemistry Teacher, LJMU ISC) Education is one of those things that are considered pretty important throughout the world, but it still remains that not every country does it the same and indeed some countries are better at it than others. In the west it’s often assumed that education systems are the best, but that may not actually be true. It is purely vital to study the education systems of Asian, African and European countries and find out as what could be best Global approach. The study of the comparison of the education system will be presented in the conference.

Abstracts – 11.15-12.15 Keynote: Magical Learning Professor Gilly Salmon (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education Innovation) Gilly Salmon shines a light into the future for international study. She explains the 8 ‘magic’ components to consider and explores the pathways to creating future-proofed learning for students’ achievements.

The Optimal Learning Objective-based Formative Assessment Mechanism – Applied Infinite Repeated Game Theory Qi Zhang (Senior Economics and Business Academic Tutor) and Fatou Barry (Subject Leader and Interim Head of Centre) This working paper studies student’ learning behaviour and designs optimal learning objectivebased formative assessment mechanism (LoFAM).

The interaction between teacher and students is modelled as an infinite repeated game with perfect monitoring. A non-forgiving triggers strategy is adopted to “punish” forever after a single deviation. It is proved that the preceding strategy (or mechanism) is a subgame perfect equilibrium with appropriate discount rates. The data of students’ performance from 2015-2016 academic year indicates that this optimal LoFAM is able to successfully improve the failed cohort and PNProg (passed but not hit progression requirement) cohort students’ performance.

Argument Mapping for Critical Thinking Dr Kristy Lascelles (Subject Leader, Psychology and Life Sciences) Argument mapping is an innovative visual thinking technique, reported to significantly enhance the development of transferable skills, most notably, critical thinking. Effective critical thinking is essential for employability, proactive citizenship, and independent learning. This workshop will provide hands-on experience with the technique and the opportunity to explore and evaluate techniques for incorporating it in teaching and learning with international students.

Engaging culturally diverse students in Media Studies Chris Stewart (Subject Leader, Media and Film) As an academic subject, Media Studies relies heavily on an understanding of cultural reference points, particularly in a western context. Teaching this content to a culturally diverse student cohort can be challenging. This workshop attempts to offer practical solutions in syllabus development and engaging students in the subject. Teachers of all subjects welcome, as these issues are often cross-disciplinary.

A match made in Heaven? Learning Objectives and Levels David Booth (Test Development Director, Pearson English) The session will start with a demonstration of an online toolkit of learning objectives, grammar and vocabulary and show how it can be used to structure courses and lesson planning. The talk will focus particularly on the B2/B2+, what defines it and the impact of different interpretations of the level.

Creative Reflection Joe Gowdridge (Head of English), Zarida Zaman (Deputy Head of Centre/ Programme Leader) and Elaine Claire Philpot (Module Leader, Industry Knowledge) We often expect students to be able to reflect on their work and academic progress but for many this is not a straightforward task. This session considers some of the typical difficulties students face in reflecting on their learning and proposes some possible solutions.

Critical Thinking and EAP writing Eilidh Webster (English tutor, Holland ISC) This session will report on a study into how EAP students and teachers perceive critical thinking and which instructional practices appear to be effective in teaching critical thinking and writing. The findings highlight the continuing misconceptions surrounding critical thinking and point to the importance of content-based instruction and collaborative practices in teaching critical thinking.

Abstracts – 13.00-14.00 Keynote: What has the CEFR ever done for us?

Glyn Jones (Freelance consultant) In this presentation we will look at the original aims of the Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR) and how its developers set about achieving them, before considering how these aims relate to the assessment of Language for Academic Purposes. On the way we will review some important aspects of the CEFR that are little known or often overlooked.

Create your own Learning Future (workshop) Professor Gilly Salmon (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Education Innovation) Gilly Salmon invites us to explore our preferred and viable futures.

Mental health and student welfare Lynne Miller (Senior Administration Officer) “You have travelled across continents to a place where everyone speaks a different language, the food is weird, the temperature isn’t what you’re used to, and your clothes mark you as different from those around you and you haven’t even left the airport.”

We want to share the Strathclyde approach to Student Mental Health – because it’s crucial.

Flipped Learning and Interactive VLE content Adam Picot (English tutor and Online Materials’ Developer) An overview of USIC use of Articulate Storyline 2 and enhancement of VLEs for effective student engagement and provision of data on student engagement and attainment.

How to make our pre-masters students more critical Marcus Bushong (Subject Leader, Business, Law and Social Sciences) To introduce the Critical Reading module to the network and to highlight how the Academic Reading circles help Pre-Masters students to gain a deeper understanding of academic texts related to their subject modules at USIC and their masters degrees at the University of Sheffield.

GCE Mathematics update Rob Cackett (Senior Product Manager for Mathematics qualifications) An update on the new GCE Mathematics qualifications. The update will cover the new criteria, latest details about Pearson’s new specifications, a look at some questions from the new sample papers and details of the support package which will accompany the new qualifications.

Abstracts – 14.15-15.15 Keynote: Inspection Update Durell Barners (Bellerbys Nominated Senior Safeguarding Lead) For colleges relatively new to ISI, the advent of a new inspection framework is particularly challenging. This session will show how we got here, where ‘here’ is, and consider how different people can prepare for the different types of inspection of regulatory compliance and educational quality.

The use of Internet based platforms to engage learners in Business Studies subjects Richard Hailstone (Subject Leader, Business), Mark Tournoff (Subject Leader, Management) and Tirivangani Chaza (Subject Leader, Finance) Today’s student has more than one device that can be used to access the internet and they often carry these to lectures and seminars. This is an opportunity to explore how Kahoot and Quizlet could be used in your classroom to engage your students (using their devices), to improve their understanding as well as developing some of their ‘soft’ skills.

Using video games to improve academic writing Mark Thomas (English Teacher and Advanced Practitioner) This talk will be discussing digital literacy and game-based learning in an English for Academic Purposes (EAP) context. As part of my Masters dissertation research at Brighton University I have been studying the affordances and pedagogical potential of video games for second language acquisition and learning. This presentation will be looking at the results of my study and exploring the wider pedagogical context video games have to offer education.

Evidence Based Teaching in Science and Engineering Dr Ismail Musa (Subject Leader, Science and Engineering) The workshop will demonstrate how evidence based teaching in the Science and Engineering team at the University of Sheffield International College (USIC) has enhanced student engagement. The presentation details how teaching in Physics has informed the design of the placement tests, academic induction, the pattern of delivery of teaching sessions and strategies to improve technical English in Physics.

The session offers opportunities for colleagues to review their own evidence based teaching and discuss, collaboratively, how this can inform future design decisions.

Artificial Intelligence in Education Agnes Molnar (English Teach and eChamp) Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been used for some time in many fields, advanced science and created solutions unimaginable before. However, the education sector has not fully embraced the potential of such technology. The talk aims at presenting an action research project where various software using AI algorithms were tested as part of an initiative at Lancaster University ISC to develop cross-subject learner needs analysis and to offer personalised self-study guidance for students.

The significant benefit of the EPQ for applications to the best universities: how to deliver and how to assess Sharon D’Costa and Bob Mitchell (A Level and GCSE Programme Managers) The EPQ (Extended Project) greatly enhances the chance of students gaining offers from top universities and several Russell Group Universities now lower their offer if a student has an EPQ. We will explain how we have managed and assessed the EPQ to gain 75% A* grades and 25% A in the past two years.

Guest Speaker Biographies Professor Gilly Salmon Professor Gilly Salmon is one of the world’s leading thinkers around learning futures and pedagogical innovation. She researches and publishes widely on the themes of innovation and change in Higher Education and the exploitation of new technologies of all kinds in the service of learning. She is internationally renowned for her significant contributions to online education including research, learning design, teaching methods and the use of digital technologies.

Gilly is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Education Innovation) at The University of Western Australia (UWA). She has established The Centre for Education Futures to realise UWA’s Education Futures principles and visions, including the ‘Mobile is the new Blend’, establishment of the futures and radical thinking and achievements through the Futures Observatory, the collaborative design of UWA teaching units through the Carpe Diem methodology and the achievements of extensive digital learning environments for the university.

Previously, she was Pro Vice-Chancellor, Learning Transformations at Swinburne University of Technology, Executive Director and Professor (Learning Futures) at the Australian Digital Futures Institute, based in the University of Southern Queensland, Australia and was Professor of E-learning and Learning Technologies, and Head of the Beyond Distance Research Alliance and the Media Zoo, at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

Recent publications include the third edition of her seminal book E-moderating, the 2nd Edition of E-tivities, Learning in Groups and Podcasting for Learning.

Glyn Jones Glyn was an EFL teacher before branching out into Computer Assisted Language Learning, SelfAccess learning and, more recently, assessment. He has worked as a test developer and researcher for two major awarding bodies.

He is now a freelance consultant, principally in the fields of language test design and research, and he is studying part-time for a PhD related to the Common European Framework.

David Booth David has over 15 years experience in high stakes testing programmes for Cambridge and Pearson. His background is in teaching and teacher training and he worked for the British Council primarily in Asia in Hong Kong, Korea and Malaysia. David has been involved in a wide range of language assessment projects involving the CEFR and scaling.

Durell Barnes Former Head of Communications/ Deputy Director at the Independent Schools Inspectorate, where he was also responsible for safeguarding and Quality Assurance, Durell is a freelance educational consultant, specialising in safeguarding and governance issues. Prior to ISI, he spent more than twenty years teaching in ISC schools, half of which were as a deputy head.

Mark Dabbs Mechanic, mathematician, graduate scientist, research mathematician, teacher, lecturer...so far!

Guest Speaker Biographies Rob Cackett Having taught maths in South East London for ten years Rob joined Edexcel in 2005 as qualification manager for GCE and International Mathematics. Rob subsequently moved to the product management team and has been responsible for the development of the new GCE Mathematics qualifications.

Polly Glegg Polly is a lecturer in Business and Economics education at UCL Institute of Education in London, where she is completing doctoral studies with a focus on Business education. Before this she taught Business Studies and other subjects in London schools for 11 years, including as an Advanced Skills Teacher. Polly has contributed to textbooks and publicly shared teaching/learning materials for a number of years. She is also a regular contributor to resources produced by the Economics and Business Education Association.

Mychelle Pride Over the last five years Mychelle has worked at QAA in various roles.

A member of the original Educational Oversight team, Mychelle supported policy and review methodology development and managed reviews including ECREO visits with Study Group UK. As a review manager, Mychelle also managed reviews at universities and further education colleges. More recently Mychelle has worked closely on TEF development with BIS/DfE and on the new quality assurance arrangements with HEFCE. Prior to joining QAA, Mychelle was Head of International at Gloucestershire College which included working with university partners offering international foundation programmes and recruiting international students.

David Read David is Director of TechnologyEnhanced Learning at the English Language Teaching Centre. He has been working in EFL for over twenty years and has worked in eleven different countries, including Greece, Morocco, Serbia, Korea and Kyrgyzstan. He is a Cambridge CELTA tutor and a certified Google Teacher and has years of experience running online and blended teaching and training programmes.

Study Group Speaker Biographies Marcus Bushong Marcus has worked at USIC (ex SIC) for 8 years and for the last 6 has been responsible for the delivery and overall module coordination of the Academic Skills modules for the Business Law and Social Sciences programme. Since the transition to Study Group Marcus and the Academic Skills team are on the BLSS programme and are responsible for the delivery of the Critical Reading, PDP (Personal Development Planning), Designing a Research Proposal and Reach higher modules. Prior to working in Sheffield Marcus worked for 8 years in Madrid as an EFL teacher and Senior teacher at IH Madrid.

Tirivangani Chaza Tirivangani is the Finance subject leader at Sussex ISC (University of Sussex) with interest in the use of technology based innovative pedagogy as a way of increasing engagement and participation particularly in both large group and small group teaching and learning settings and optimising positive student outcomes. Tirivangani joined the ISC in January and acted as the Head of Business until the implementation of the new structure for growth.

Joe Gowdridge, Zarida Zaman and Elaine Claire Philpot Zardia Zaman is the author of a number of published books on fashion design and has worked on fashion foundation courses for over ten years.

She has been Programme Leader of the foundation course at Istituto Marangoni since its inception four years ago. Joe Gowdridge worked in English language teaching for several years before joining Zarida as Head of English at Marangoni last year.

Elaine Claire Philpot has had a 10 year career in the creative industries, working in a range of high profile design led businesses. Extensive experience of the graduate employment markets within the creative industries and understanding the changes faced by both employer and employee.

Richard Hailstone Richard has been teaching for 28 years and has taught and managed in a range of educational establishments including schools and FE as well as HE. Karen Hurley An English teacher since 2003, Karen has worked in a number of European and Asian countries.

She is currently working at the Sussex ISC, while studying for an MA in Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary’s University, London. Her interests include: how representations of gender, race and nationality in the Arts and Education can be improved as well as exploring the roles of cultural intelligence and intercultural competence in the 21st century.

Kristy Lascelles Dr. Kristy Lascelles is a British cognitive psychologist. She gained her BSc. at The University of York and her D.Phil. at the University of Sussex, before going on to lecture at The University of Northampton, the University of the West of England and The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. She is now Subject Leader in Life Sciences at the International Study Centre, University of Sussex.

Lynne Miller Lynne Miller is the Senior Administration Officer at Strathclyde ISC, where she acts as Welfare Officer and is one of the Designated Safeguarding Leads.

Lynne has worked for Study Group for some six years – prior to the launch of Strathclyde she was Administrator at Stirling University ISC. Bob Mitchell and Sharon D’Costa Bob has been an EPQ Co-ordinator for AQA since the EPQ began 10 years ago, and Sharon is also a Co-ordinator for AQA.

Study Group Speaker Biographies Agnes Molnar Agnes Molnar (Aggie) is the eChamp at Lancaster University ISC, she teaches Academic English and she teaches on the English Language Preparation course. Her main interest is in experimenting with emerging learning technologies.

Mark Thomas Mark has been working for Bellerbys for over 8 years and has been teaching in the English and I.T. departments. Mark finished his MA in MediaAssisted Language Teaching (MALT) at Brighton University and has been an AP for one year.

Dr Ismail Musa Dr Musa has been teaching and managing curriculum teams in Science and Engineering for many years. He is a licenced Advanced Teaching and Learning Coach. He has co-authored books at level 2 and level 3 Applied Science and is a Senior Examiner in Physics and a Centre Quality Reviewer.

Mark Tournoff Mark has worked for the ISC at Sussex University for over 4 years, teaching a variety of Business and Law related subjects, as well as Maths and English.

Following a recent restructuring he has been appointed Subject Leader for Management.

Adam Picot Adam has taught EFL for 7 years; in Prague, Lisbon and Sheffield, where he currently teaches for the University of Sheffield English Language Teaching Centre at the University of Sheffield International College. His main area of interest is investigating the possibilities of integrating interactive flipped learning activities into EAP syllabi.

Dr. Parminder S. Sandhu Dr Sandhu is presently working as a Chemistry teacher at Liverpool John Moores University ISC as well as working as a visiting research scientist at Aston University. Birmingham. Dr Parminder finished their doctorate studies in Chemistry and recently became fellow of Higher Education U.K.

Qi Zhang Dr. Qi Zhang has been Seminar Academic Tutor at USIC since September 2016. Before joining Study Group, She was the Economics Consultant at Opposable Games VR conference department. She graduated from the University of Southampton with a PhD. in Economics in 2014, and the University of Cambridge with MPhil. in Economics 2008. She has been teaching in Economics since 2010. She has taught a variety of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics courses.

Her specialty is Game Theory and Optimal Mechanism Design analysing people’s optimal strategies and behaviour.

Chris Stewart Chris has a background in journalism, and has been teaching Media and Film at higher education level for five years.

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