The Annual Publishers' Conference

This week was the APD conference and I was asked to give a talk on my current experiences of HE and the relationship with publishers. The title was:

Teaching and Learning Resources in Universities: how they are used and how they can be improved


I was also asked to chair the student panel comprised of UG and PG students from two different institutions. It went well. The students were fantastic and I have received some good feedback on my presentation. The basis of my work was about relationships and how, during these interesting educational times, were all need to work together. We explored the validation model, social learning and the control aspects of delivering an online learning package.

Going to upload the slides and will post a link as soon as I am done.

Mark.

A sunday morning update

Well, I just updated The Catalyst and we are doing well!

The Catalyst

Fabulous news - We are up to 1,200 page views in under two days!

YIPPIE!

Yesterday, we launched the Schools first staff-student e-magazine called The Catalyst. This was borne from the work I do as the School Student Experience co-ordinator and it is designed to help build a community of learning and strengthen relationships between the staff and the students. A secondary aim is to help put the School in the context of the HE community and give the students ownership of ‘their’ University and make them feel proud to be part of us. A video of me discussing The Catalyst is below:

So, how are we doing? Not too bad to be honest! In one day we have had over 800 page views and some excellent feedback from staff and students. I am confident, that this is going to be a huge success. A key to this is that fact that the e-magazine has shared ownership with both a staff (me) and student editor. This sends a strong message to the student and staff community that this really is a true collaboration and needs all to engage. Watch this space!