Our whole team was excited to participate in the recent Discover Imperial event, welcoming all new and returning students to campus and orienting them to our Change Maker mindset. Continue Reading
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Joining the Dots
‘Joining the dots: making connections by drawing from the slow movement in the classroom’ was presented at the Imperial Festival of Learning and Teaching in May 2022. This post will introduce the slow movement and slow ideology, and show how this might inspire thinking and talking about making connections in the classroom, scaffolding those moments of connection and relating connectedness to learning. Continue Reading
Practical steps to create a positive and inclusive feedback culture in the classroom
How do we embed practical feedback processes into the Change Makers classroom(s)? Continue Reading
Making teams work for students…
… instead of making students work in teams. Read about how we tried a different approach to team work in one of our modules this year.
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Feedback – closing the circle
In Change Makers, we put a lot of effort and time into constructing critical, engaging and empowering feedback for students. However, perhaps now is the time to shift our focus away from the construction of this feedback and onto the subsequent deconstruction by students.
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Introducing ‘Evoke (y)our authentic’
Having graduated on 1st January 2022, my PhD thesis is now freely available to download from Spiral. This is not your traditional thesis – but it is an easy, accessible and fun read. Continue Reading
Art and Design at Engineering Finals
Our Global Village students impressed with their artwork and sustainable designs at the recent Engineering for People Design Challenge Grand Finals. Continue Reading
Positive Feedback for Change Makers Modules at Staff Student Committee
I recently met with Pratik Ramkumar and Milan Paczai, the Student Representatives for all the Change Makers modules this academic year, and was really pleased with the positive student feedback they reported.
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Who’s Looking At Who, Looking At Who?
Stemming from my recent doctoral study of participant ethnographic methodology in higher education, I am pleased to confirm publication of a chapter in Theory and Method in Higher Education Research.
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Reflections on our ‘Dear Change Maker’ project
We recently gave a presentation and seminar for the ‘Dear Change Maker: Using correspondence to develop a visual reflective practice’ (see video here). It was rewarding to share our work and hear the thoughts of academics and educators here at Imperial College and beyond. Continue Reading