School of Health development day

Prof Alejandro Armellini Institute of L&T in HE

Structure

• Part 1: Personal academic tutors

• Part 2: Northampton’s strategic commitment in learning and teaching

• Part 3: A vision

• Part 4: Discussion

PATting students for academic skills development

Purpose

To share practical ideas to enable you, as PATs, to help students enhance their academic skills.

Outline

1. Opinion v Evidence for critical thinking 2. Skills audit 3. Recording evidence in usable formats 4. Pointers

Opinion v Evidence for critical thinking

A five-minute task

Skills audit

Skill: I can... Yes No Not sure Action

...interact with my peers effectively as we tackle a task together [teamwork].

...meet deadlines [time management].

...take responsibility for our team and its outputs [leadership].

...step into someone else's role at short notice [problem solving, negotiation].

...summarise project findings clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing [academic writing and presentation].

Recording evidence in usable formats

Your skill areas Your self- assessment

Evidenced by Actions to generate evidence

Example: Write clearly about complex subjects in a form appropriate to the purpose - e.g. report, summarise, explore, persuade, propose.

"I think I can do that".

Not sure - feedback from previous essays suggests that aspects of my academic writing are weak.

Review submitted work and feedback with a CfAP tutor.

Synthesise information by bringing together various sources and presenting your interpretation clearly and logically.

Evaluate and interpret numerical & graphical data presented by others

Add your own!

Pointers

•  PAT site on NILE

•  CfAP: www.northampton.ac.uk/cfap o  Study Skills for Academic Success module o  Flying start o  NILE organisation o  Kate Littlemore, Head of CfAP

•  Skills Hub: skillshub.northampton.ac.uk

Learning and teaching: strategic commitments

Strategic commitment to scaling up:

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• Re-design for online and blended provision • CPD and accreditation • Openness

The L&T Plan

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•  Intellectual capital • Student experience • Enhancement and innovation in L&T

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The L&T Plan

NILE design targets

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Level   Focus   Key  features  

Founda'on   Delivery   §  Absolute  minimum  expected  §  Course  informa'on,  handbook  and  guides  §  Learning  materials  

Intermediate    Essential in all blended courses  

Par4cipa4on   In  addi'on  to  ‘Delivery’:  §  Online  par'cipa'on  designed  into  the  course.    §  Tasks  provide  meaningful  forma've  scaffold.  §  Online  par'cipa'on  encouraged  and  moderated,  but  not  essen'al  to  

achieve  learning  outcomes.  

Advanced      Essen'al  in  all  online  courses  

Collabora4on   In  addi'on  to  ‘Delivery’:  §  Regular learner  input  designed  into  course  &  essen/al  throughout.  §  Online  tasks  provide  meaningful  scaffold  to  forma've  and  

summa've  assessment.    §  Collabora've  knowledge  construc'on  central  to  a  produc've  

learning  environment.  

Effective course design…

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•  Is team-based • Focuses on the different types of interaction •  Is not obsessed with content • Offers low cost but high value • Requires digital literacy skills • Must be innovative, participative and fun

Practical Courses

(‘New Teacher’)

< Level

7

Practical Interventions: Excellence

and innovation in

L&T (new and

existing staff)

< Level 7

L&T Leader-ship, HE Policy,

Research Supervision

etc.

Level 7

EdD modules

Level 8

Associate Fellow

Fellow

Senior Fellow

20 Credits PGCTHE 60 credits

Masters 180 credits EdD

Peer Review Mentoring

Scholarship

Level 7 Level 8 Level 7 Level 7

Qualifications

Open Northampton

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Aim To put Northampton on the global OER-OEP map within 24 months.

Shift to…

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• Appropriate ‘blends’ • Openness • Flexibility • Mobility

What will change with Waterside? • Less physical space +

global competition for diverse and demanding students + innovation =

critical need to change the way we go about our business

• The ‘learning and teaching landscape’:

composition and demographics of the student population.