Tag: pedagogy
Ready to innovate, an enthusiastic teacher was met with silence and confusion by his students. Here’s how sociologist Dietmar Wetzel responded. ...
September 20, 2023 -
If we’re serious about research-led teaching, we need to tell our students what we don’t – yet – know. Enter teaching-led research! ...
September 20, 2023 -
I’ve heard a colleague describe their students as ‘wilted parsley.’ If we want to get the juices flowing again, we have to find out what our students are actually interested ...
September 4, 2023 -
There is no shortage of teaching tips and tricks, and many of them are tried and tested. But the reason why they work is not actually inherent in them ...
September 4, 2023 -
Louise Howson talks to Andy Wakefield a senior lecturer in the School of Biological Sciences about how learner generated digital media benefits both students and teachers. Listen to the entire ...
January 16, 2023 -
Louise Howson talks to Hadi Abulrub a senior lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who explores the literature around programme level assessment and how this should be encouraged. Listen ...
January 9, 2023 -
Louise Howson talks with Beke Zwingmann a lecturer in the University of Bristol Law School who explores comparative pedagogy and its influence on teaching and learning. Listen to the entire ...
January 4, 2023 -
Anything can inspire our teaching, including our favourite TV shows. I was positively dazzled when a dear friend shared a link to a teaching and learning tome I never knew ...
December 12, 2022 -
Louise Howson talks to Emilie Poletto-Lawson a lecturer in Academic Development within the Bristol Institute of Learning and Teaching who reflects on the paper “Thanks, but no thanks for the ...
November 29, 2022 -
As a secondary school teacher, and now also working as part of the University of Bristol’s BILT team, I’ve spent a fair amount of time reflecting on different experiences of ...
March 21, 2022 -
In this blog, I share thoughts from Lincoln Wallen, Chief Technical Officer at Improbable. His perspective draws on his career journey, starting out as an academic and then a trailblazing ...
June 7, 2021 -
No matter the discipline, educators can employ gamified pedagogical perspectives and methodologies to embrace new ways of engaging students, challenging them to apply their learning in unexpected ways. ...
January 18, 2021 -
In our first blog post in this Employability in the Curriculum series., we introduced you to the concept of employability in the curriculum and why it especially matters now. If ...
June 29, 2020 -
Employability in the Curriculum series. Many of us in the Careers Service have been participating in BILT’s fantastic Digital Design course over the past few weeks – and we’ve been ...
June 29, 2020 -
What the flip is flipped teaching? I love lecturing. It’s awesome. I get that nervous excitement beforehand, like an actor or musician about to perform – it fires up my ...
October 14, 2019 -
We sent round bookmarks to academic staff outlining five new things they could try in their teaching - this post includes more detail about those things and where you can ...
August 19, 2019 -
The following post was written by Alison Blaxter, a BILT Associate and Clinical Teaching Fellow in the Vet School. It’s August and bright sunshine but time for reviewing my teaching ...
August 13, 2019 -
The following post was written by James Norman, a BILT Fellow and programme director for Civil Engineering. Today I continue my physical journey into the research of space as I ...
May 8, 2019 -
The following post was written by Amy Palmer, BILT Digital Resources Officer. In 2012, the University of Northampton decided to embark on a challenge that would set them apart from ...
January 18, 2019 -