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Hello and welcome to episode 31 of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast.

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In this episode, Holly Wheeler talks to Professor Tom Ward, Mack Marshall, Dr Amina Razak and Claire Rodgerson about the 2023 Learning and Teaching Conference and its theme Student Centred Education.

At the start of the episode Professor Tom Ward, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education talks us through what the conference is and what Student-Centred Education means to him.

We then hear from Mack Marshall, Education Office at the Student’s Union who explores the importance of the conference for students and delves deeper into some the conference sub-themes.

Finally, the episode closes with Dr Amina Razak from Inclusive Newcastle Knowledge Centre and Claire Rodgerson from Citizens UK. They share with their experiences of presenting at last year’s conference and advice for those submitting a proposal for this year.

If you would like to get in touch or have an idea you would like to share. Please email ltds@ncl.ac.uk and use the title ‘Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast idea’.

Links from the episode.

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For more information on the conference and to register a place:

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/professional-development/conference/

To submit a proposal for the conference:

Subscribe to our Learning and Teaching Newsletter for conference updates:

For more information on Citizens UK:

https://www.citizensuk.org/

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Welcome to the 30^th episode of the Learning and Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast.

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In this episode, Dr Chris Whiting from the Academic Practice Team speaks with Prof. Sally Brown and Prof. Kay Sambell about authentic assessment in higher education.

Sally and Kay are known internationally as advocates of assessment in higher education including assessment-for-learning and authentic assessment. In 2020, they created their Covid 19 Assessment Collection giving practical advice and examples in adapting assessment during the lockdown crisis and beyond. In this episode, they tell us more about implementing changes to move towards more authentic modes of assessment and learning, measuring the success of authentic assessment innovations, and making these innovations achievable and sustainable.

To thank Sally and Kay for volunteering their time, a donation was made to the Justice Prince CIC food bank.

Thank you to all our guests this week. We hope you enjoy this episode.  

If you would like to get in touch or have an idea you would like to share. Please email ltds@ncl.ac.uk and use the title ‘Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast idea’. 

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https://sally-brown.net/

https://sally-brown.net/kay-sambell-and-sally-brown-covid-19-assessment-collection/

https://twitter.com/justiceprince

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/effective-practice/assessment/

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Hello and welcome to the first episode of season two of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast.

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In this first episode, Sarah Graham, the Dean of Education for HaSS, sits down with Dr David Kennedy, our new Dean of Digital Education, to discuss: 

• David’s new role 
• His strategy for digital education over the next 12 months 
• The challenges he will face over the next year 
• And how digital education will impact students once David implements his strategy. 

In David’s welcome message, he talks about his role, and Sarah and David’s conversation explores this further. 

“Technology alone should, of course, not dictate what we do, but I am a firm believer in the role that technology and use of data are enablers for pedagogical improvement and delivery of efficiency. We live in a digital age where advances in technology and the use of data have become integral in many aspects of our lives.”  

“Our challenge as a University is to ensure we meet the expectations of our learners in how, when, and where they engage with education within educationally-grounded modes of delivery that are supported digitally where appropriate.” 

Thank you to all our guests this week. We hope you enjoy this episode.  

If you would like to get in touch or have an idea you would like to share. Please email ltds@ncl.ac.uk and use the title ‘Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast idea’. 

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Introducing our new Dean of Digital Education – Dr David Kennedy – https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/news/nuconnections/Pages/Introducing-our-new-Dean-of-Digital-Education-%E2%80%93-Dr-David-Kennedy.aspx?OR=Teams-HL&CT=1666341736818&clickparams=eyJBcHBOYW1lIjoiVGVhbXMtRGVza3RvcCIsIkFwcFZlcnNpb24iOiIyNy8yMjA5MDQwMDcxMiIsIkhhc0ZlZGVyYXRlZFVzZXIiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D

Case studies on digital education – https://microsites.ncl.ac.uk/casestudies/tag/digital-education/

LTDS digital education pages – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/effective-practice/digital-education/

LTDS digital accessibility pages – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/effective-practice/digital-accessibility/

Digital Education Sub-Committee web pages – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/epgs/academic-governance/committees/desc/

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Hello, and welcome to episode 26 of the Learning and Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. 

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In this episode, we speak to Dr Pascal Stiefenhofer (Senior Lecturer and UG Director of Studies, Newcastle University Business School) about his research using games to aid those with mathematical anxiety. We also hear from Sarah Carnegie and Dr Tracy Scurry (both also from Newcastle University Business School) about a student project to create a board game to teach about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 

Both discussions cover how they got started; why they chose to take the approach of using games to aid learning; and what they would advise for colleagues who are interested in trying something similar. 

Pascal covers his journey from playing with his toddler, to using the same toys to teach advanced mathematical concepts to social studies students through pedagogical games of mathematical proof. Tracy and Sarah share their experience of the development of the board game Get Sust!, created originally by Stage 3 Business School Students Jonty Carr, Benjamin Deepak Inian, Harit Jiaravongtrakul, Jessica Loyal, Alice Pertwee, Andrew Petyt, and Matt White. 

Thank you to our guests Sarah, Tracy, and Pascal. We hope you enjoy this episode. 

If you would like to get in touch or have an idea you would like to share, please email ltds@ncl.ac.uk and use the title ‘Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast idea’. 

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Hello and welcome to episode 25 of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. 

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In this episode Emma McCulloch (Academic Practice Team Manager in LTDS) and Kevin Johnson (Disability Practitioner in Student Health and Wellbeing services) discuss the research Kevin has undertaken to develop a supportive practice toolkit to help teaching colleagues best support students with specific learning needs.  

The discussion covers quick teaching wins to best prepare and deliver material that is truly inclusive to all learners.  

Thank you to our guests Emma and Kevin. We hope you enjoy this episode.  

If you would like to get in touch or have an idea you would like to share. Please email ltds@ncl.ac.uk and use the title ‘Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast idea’. 

Links from the episode 

Student Wellbeing: Disability Support – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/wellbeing/supportservices/disabilitysupport/#overview 

Student Wellbeing – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/wellbeing/ 

Student Services – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/students/ 

Toolkit link: Supportive Practice Tool – Learning and Teaching @ Newcastle – Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk) 

Newcastle University Student Union Welfare pages – https://www.nusu.co.uk/support/welfare/ 

Newcastle University Student Union Disability and Accessibility pages – https://www.nusu.co.uk/support/welfare/disability/ 

Supporting Students with specific learning needs Canvas Course 

https://ncl.instructure.com/

Elements workshop 

https://elements.ncl.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=1287

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Hello and welcome to episode 24 of the Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University podcast. 

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This episode introduces Newcastle University’s approach to learning analytics from four interconnected perspectives.  

Dr. Raghda Zahran, from NUIT, talks to Dr. Colin Campbell, Newcastle University Registrar, about being the sponsor of the learning analytics project.  

Next, Raghda speaks to Professor Tom Ward, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education, about extracting value from learning analytics and informing students, colleagues, and University learning and teaching decision making.  

Raghda also talks to Graeme Redshaw-Boxwell about the Learning and Teaching Development Service approach to supporting the implementation of learning analytics and students’ and colleagues’ readiness and capacity building.  

Finally, Raghda speaks to Dr. Lindsey Ferrie about the university’s current state and the way forward with learning analytics. 

Thank you to all our guests this week. We hope you enjoy this episode.  

If you would like to get in touch or have an idea you would like to share. Please email ltds@ncl.ac.uk and use the title ‘Learning & Teaching @ Newcastle University Podcast idea’. 

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Learning Analytics from the Learning and Teaching website – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/effective-practice/learning-analytics/ 

Learning Analytics in Canvas – https://www.ncl.ac.uk/learning-and-teaching/digital-technologies/canvas/canvas-new-analytics/ 

Learning Analytics Case Studies – https://microsites.ncl.ac.uk/casestudies/tag/learning-analytics/ 

Policy on the Ethical use of Student Data for Learning Analytics – https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/sites/LTDS/DigitalLearningSite/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FLTDS%2FDigitalLearningSite%2Fweb%2FPolicy%2DLearning%2DAnalytics%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FLTDS%2FDigitalLearningSite%2Fweb 

JISC Learning Analytics content – https://www.jisc.ac.uk/learning-analytics