Academic Staff Induction
The York St John Survival Guide to Teaching in Higher
Education, a two and a half day interactive induction event
designed to help staff feel more confident and prepared for
teaching and assessment practice in their first year.
28 January, 31 January & 5 February 2013
Venue: York St John University
Programme
Day 1 - Monday 28 January 2013, 1.00pm to
3.00pm
This staff development opportunity for new
academic staff will focus on the local context at York St John and
our ambitions for enhancing the quality of the student experience.
This session will provide you with information about our
quality culture, how we support you in enhancing quality and
expectation of how your role impacts on both quality assurance and
enhancement. The session will also provide you with opportunities
to network with other new staff and meet some of the senior staff
in the University.
Day 2 - Thursday 31 January 2013, 9.00am to
3.00pm
9:00-9:15 - Welcome and
introductions
9:15- 12:00 - Ten top tips to be a
terrible teacher
Or How to make a mess of your first teaching
post or rather how not to do it!
Summary: Tried and tested strategies to lose
students and alienate groups will be explored in this practically
focused session which aims to give new teachers some ideas as to
how to be successful in the classroom.
12:00-13:00 -
Lunch
13:00-15:00 -
Assessment
There is nothing that affects the student
experience more than assessment. This part of the day will help you
understand different aspects of the assessment process, from
setting the exam, writing an assignment, designing marking schemes,
moderation and providing feedback. It will provide staff with the
opportunity to explore how to get the most out of their students by
providing the right assessment at the right time.
Day 3 - Tuesday 5 February 2013, 9.30am to
4.00pm
9:30-11:30 - Information skills and
the curriculum
Recent reports have suggested that the
researchers of the future display information searching behaviour
that is counter-productive to effective study. (e.g. CIBER,
2008). Whilst it is easy to assume that students now entering
university should have good ICT skills, this is not always the case
and, indeed, technical ability often leads to a false confidence
when searching for evidence and information. This session
will outline the key information skills that are needed to ensure
effective information and evidence evaluation and provide staff
with a guide on the services available to help their students in
this area.
11:30-13:00 -
Teaching Fellow Expert Panel and Lunch
Teaching Fellows will be available to talk
informally about their curriculum enhancement activities and also
to offer staff the opportunities to watch them teach throughout the
academic year.
13:00-14:30 -
Moodle
A basic introduction to how it’s currently
used, along with some examples of effective pedagogic use
Workshop/practical – making sure users have
access to credit bearing modules, setting up a sandpit, creating a
course structure, loading files, organising content
14:30 - 16:00 -
Mahara
Introduction to Mahara and demonstration of
the features
Talk about the pilot projects and how they
intend to use the technology from a pedagogic angle
Practical hands on session, adding artefacts
to the system, displaying in a ‘Page’, controlling access
Discussion around how the attendees might use
this within their own practice and how they envisage students might
use it
Booking
To book a place on a workshop please use our Online Booking Form.