Teaching Resources
The Faculty’s Learning and Teaching unit, in collaboration with the University’s Learning and Teaching Centre, is bringing out a series of Guides to various aspects of university teaching and pedagogical research.
The following Guides are ready and available for downloading. (Hard copies can be obtained from Paul Taylor, E4A 721A.)
How to Give Quality Feedback - Learning Through Dialogue
High quality, timely feedback on learning tasks requires good planning and procedures so that the students’ work gets submitted, marked and returned quickly and effectively. In this booklet we discuss ways to organize feedback. We consider the form of the feedback, the type of feedback and offer practical hints to improve feedback. Feedback is not only for assessment. Constructive feedback helps motivate and engage students in their learning. It encourages them to develop the skills to self-assess and to critically analyze their own work as well as the work of others.; Download PDFHow to Create Exams - Learning Through Assessment
Examinations are high risk for students — as much as 60% of their mark is based on a final examination. It is therefore important that we, as educators, create the best possible examinations that accurately and fairly measure students’ knowledge and skills at an advanced level. This will help us to separate learners from walking memory banks, which are bankrupt after the examinations are over due to the failings of surface learning.; Download PDFHow to Run a Lead Project – Learning Through Innovation
The Learning Excellence and Development (LEAD) program brings together as a team a multi-disciplinary group of university staff – general staff as well as academics – each working on a separate but related project to enhance student learning. The projects use an action research approach to nurture a research-based and responsive teaching culture. Central to the philosophy of the program is pedagogical change for the improvement of learning.
HOW TO RUN A LEAD PROJECT outlines the basic procedures for conducting an action research project investigating an aspect of teaching.; Download PDF
How to Lead Discussions – Learning Through Engagement
- Are you keen to engage your students in active learning in your unit?
- Are you looking for ways to support your students in developing skills such as communication and argumentation?
- Are you searching for new ideas to spark up class discussions?
Designing Assessment for Learning
Resources from the Learning and Teaching Centre’s September 2008 Forum on Assessment.
This is a series of documents prepared by the Learning and Teaching Centre to help you achieve best practice with regard to various aspects of assessment.