We have a great day planned: Starting in M117 at 9.30 and running through to 3.30 including refreshments and lunch.

We have a busy year ahead of us, including implementing the Curriculum Design Initiative (CDI), the  Periodic Review of the Business Courses plus all the normal innovation we all do! If you not booked to come it is not too late to attend!!

Essentials of module delivery 

Some best practices that enhance learning 

Aspire (electronic) reading lists for independent learning 

Learning Analytics 

Assessment criteria and feedback

New Turnitin studio 

Curriculum re-design for undergraduate: context, principles and timescales 

Periodic review of BSc Business: outline and module re-design challenges

Improving assessment 

The curriculum design workspace

Designing learning outcomes 

Full Programme Here

The day started with a thought provoking Key Note from Barney Roe (Chartered Association Business Schools CABS)  – International students –  subject level TEF,  apprenticeships and so much more!

Pop up technologies all through the day where staff chatted to learning technologists and our information adviser about the new Turnitin studio,  Lynda.com  , Aspire Reading Lists and VR technology!

Fantastic presentations some using Kahoot and NearPod   : contact  Marion Curdy  for more information

Topics included: Widening Participation,  Student Professional Practice,  Placements & Employability, Feedback, Research informed teaching,  Professionalism of teaching, New Technologies in the Curriculum, Teaching International Students, Active Learning and Student Collaboration  – Thanks to all our presenters!

Presentations  are here.

Katie Piatt updated us on the pilot for Learning Analytics at the Business School with the plan to roll it out to all level 4 students as a minimum.

We had a panel of students who were great in answering questions about their student journey! chaired by Stuart Bullen, so good to hear such positive comments!

The presentation for Your School Learning & Teaching Award  took place  place 36 nominations were received &  well done to our 6 finalists Jeanette Ashton, Dan Bennett, Stuart Francis, Anastasia Khanina,  Barry Lee-Scherer  & Hamid Salimian with Jeanette Ashton announced as the winner!!!

This post would not be complete without wishing Aidan all the very best for a wonderful retirement.

Photos from the day are available on this link

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July 7th 2017: Final Call to Register

Open to all Business School staff and will take place on the first floor of the Edward Street Building. It will be followed by a BBQ in the Grand Parade Gardens.

Key Note  Presentations

Barney Roe –  Director of Communications & External Relations Chartered Association of Business School (CABS) https://charteredabs.org/   Higher Education Policy and Business Schools: Opportunities and Challenges

Katie Piatt  – e-Learning Services Manager & Jason Bailey – Learning Technologies Advisor – What would you do differently if you knew you were top of the class? BBS Learning Analytics Pilot Results and Future Plans

There will be Pop- Up Technologies! through-out the day

The presentation for Your School Learning & Teaching Award will take place 36 nominations were received &  well done to our 6 finalists Jeanette Ashton, Dan Bennett, Stuart Francis, Anastasia Khanina,  Barry Lee-Scherer  & Hamid Salimian

Programme 

Register to attend here

 July 7th 2017

Open to all Business School staff and will take place on the first floor of the Edward Street Building. It will be followed by a BBQ in the Grand Parade Gardens.

We are delighted to confirm  Key Note  Presentations

 Barney Roe –  Director of Communications & External Relations Chartered Association of Business School (CABS) https://charteredabs.org/   Higher Education Policy and Business Schools: Opportunities and Challenges

Katie Piatt  – e-Learning Services Manager & Jason Bailey – Learning Technologies Advisor – What would you do differently if you knew you were top of the class? BBS Learning Analytics Pilot Results and Future Plans

There will be Pop- Up Technologies! through-out the day

The presentation for Your School Learning & Teaching Award will take place 36 nominations were received &  well done to our 6 finalists Jeanette Ashton, Dan Bennett, Stuart Francis, Anastasia Khanina,  Barry Lee-Scherer  & Hamid Salimian

Provisional Programme 

We hope to create a conference proceeding book as an official output from the conference.

Register to attend here

Colleagues

On January 6th Peter Mccullen and Julie Fowlie launched BBS Quality Learning and Teaching blog site  it is still a work in progress however it  has links to a wide range of supporting information. It has a search function to enable you to easily find any relevant information

Pete has prepared some excellent guidance for writing exams. These notes are intended to help module leaders and teams to think about ways to improve students’ achievement of module learning outcomes during the ‘run up’ to the summer exams covering: the design of examination papers, student engagement and learning support, and revision lectures.

This is to remind everyone review the assessment and feedback guidance provided.

Feedback Guidelines

• Based on criteria – that have been made available (marking grid or rubric) using % weightings (this is a requirement)
• Non-judgemental language –  avoiding using words such as ‘fails’, ‘lacks’, etc – the mark gives the judgement
• Developmental – tell the student how to develop, including appropriate resources

Assessment Feedback 

And updated for 2019  Assessment Review and Submission point form

If there is anything missing please let us know and we can add it to the blog.

Colleagues

On January 6th Peter Mccullen and I launched BBS Quality Learning and Teaching blog site  it is still under development however it  has links to a wide range of supporting information.

This is to remind anyone who was not able to make it to please review the assessment and feedback guidance provided.

Feedback Guidelines

• Based on criteria – that have been made available (marking grid or rubric) using % weightings
• Non-judgmental language –  avoiding using words such as ‘failure’, ‘lacks’, etc – the mark gives the judgement
• Developmental – tell the student how to develop, including appropriate resources

Assessment Feedback 

This pilot project has been underway since the beginning of term.

Please check the link below for the improved although not perfect attendance recording system we are piloting across all level 4 modules, all undergraduate degrees.

Learning Analytics – Attendance-Assessment

Without tutors recording attendance the pilot will not be as successful as it could be.

Tip –  if you are finding using the computer in the seminar room not working as well as you would like you can use an iPad – the technicians do have a limited number you can borrow.

If you need some help please contact  Marion Curdy  M.E.Curdy@brighton.ac.uk or Julie Fowlie j.fowlie@brighton.ac.uk

Any feedback please direct to Marion and that will inform the next stages.

Student Finder 

The new and exciting addition is Student Finder, details on above link or direct to the video  – Viewing a student’s  My Engagement view  Anyone involved in supporting Level 4 students should see the Student Finder Widget on your home page of Studentcentral. This will enable you to look up any level 4 student and see their overall attendance (to be treated with caution as attendance is not complete for all students), engagement with studentcentral and their current assessment marks against their cohort.

If you cannot see the Student Finder widget and you need access please let Marion know.

To follow– As part of the pilot the students in four seminar groups have  had access to their own student engagement view  and the results of the pilot will be posted very soon.

The NSS will be officially launched at Brighton on Monday 5^th February 2018.

Link to Strategic Planning Office information on staffcentral  NSS Implementation Information 

This NSS Briefing Note  has been prepared for distribution to all staff by the Strategic Planning Office.  It contains key information on:

• Dates
• Response rates
• Promoting the survey and ‘inappropriate influence’
• Your Voice Matters campaign – feeding back the feedback
• Survey questions (new in 2017)
• Contacts and sources of useful information

This is particularity  important for tutors who teach final year students.  Please take the time to read the NSS Questions so you can understand exactly what questions the students will be answering.

One  simple way to promote the survey is to add a strap-line  to the  signature area on emails (see below) as we are often solving problems and answering questions – this reinforces that we are supporting students.

Strap-line on email responses to students –

Calling all final year students please complete the National Student Survey (NSS): your reflections on your whole degree – first – final year is very important http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/ You can read what recent graduates think about BBS  here Proud to be a BBS graduate

How to create and add a signature to messages

The NSS results  are used as part of the metrics of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)