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April 2023

QAA - Assessment Festival
25th, 26th and 27th April

Join us for an assessment extravaganza as we dare to be controversial, ask difficult questions and take a future-focused lens over all-things-assessment to understand how it is likely to evolve in our ever-changing sector.  

The online festival will gather diverse voices to share and celebrate assessment and feedback practices which are proven to enhance the student experience.  

There will be learning points for everyone, whether you are an academic, student officer, senior leader or quality professional. 

Published 31st August 2022

Jan 2023

QAA - Co-creating Assessments Workshop
19th January - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Let’s get together! In this workshop, students and academics will collaborate as active co-inquirers.

The interactive session aims to build a shared understanding of assessment for, and as, learning to help students understand how assessments are designed.  With academics and students working together, it offers an opportunity to engage in constructive dialogue and co-create an assessment.  

This interactive workshop is designed for academics, module leaders and course leaders – please encourage your students to come along too.

Published 31st August 2022

Nov 2022

Vevox's Pedagogy Autumn 2022 Series: University educators share their top tips for success
16th November - 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Wanting to learn how you can make your classes more engaging? Want to hear top tips, methods and success stories from educators at UK universities as to how they're overcoming the challenges of hybrid learning?

Then join our monthly webinars where our guest speakers will be sharing their advice and showing you ways to boost student interaction to increase active learning and student success.

These webinars will provide:

- Examples and stories of how Lecturers/Learning Technologists are overcoming the challenges of blended learning

- Methods and tactics to improving student engagement and learning

- An interactive Q&A for educators to share learnings and ask questions

16th Nov 2022 at 2pm - Guest Speaker: Guy Aitchison is a Lecturer in Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University who teaches in political philosophy and applied ethics.The session will look at using Vevox successfully in different classroom settings, from virtual teaching during the pandemic to ‘hybrid' and in-person methods of delivery.

Published 13th September 2022

Oct 2022

Vevox's Pedagogy Autumn 2022 Series: University educators share their top tips for success
19th October - 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Wanting to learn how you can make your classes more engaging? Want to hear top tips, methods and success stories from educators at UK universities as to how they're overcoming the challenges of hybrid learning?

Then join our monthly webinars where our guest speakers will be sharing their advice and showing you ways to boost student interaction to increase active learning and student success.

These webinars will provide:

- Examples and stories of how Lecturers/Learning Technologists are overcoming the challenges of blended learning

- Methods and tactics to improving student engagement and learning

- An interactive Q&A for educators to share learnings and ask questions

19th Oct 2022 at 2pm - Guest Speaker: Kellyanne Findlay is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the University of Strathclyde, having joined the university in 2003. Kellyanne will be sharing her advice on how to best use Vevox with Microsoft Teams in classes to engage students.

Published 13th September 2022

QAA - Embedding Inclusive Assessment Workshop
18th October - 12:00pm - 2:00pm

We recently published a set of inclusive assessment attributes which were developed as part of a Collaborative Enhancement Project.

Later in August, the project team, led by Teesside University, will publish a reflective toolkit, a suite of case studies and an evaluative project report.

Join us for this workshop as we build on the findings of the project, and support you to embed inclusive assessment design in your own practices.

This session is designed for leaders, academics and students who are invited to reflect individually and collectively on how the attributes relate to the provision they oversee/provide/experience. 

Published 31st August 2022

Sept 2022

Vevox's Pedagogy Autumn 2022 Series: University educators share their top tips for success
21st September - 2:00pm - 2:45pm

Wanting to learn how you can make your classes more engaging? Want to hear top tips, methods and success stories from educators at UK universities as to how they're overcoming the challenges of hybrid learning?

Then join our monthly webinars where our guest speakers will be sharing their advice and showing you ways to boost student interaction to increase active learning and student success.

These webinars will provide:

- Examples and stories of how Lecturers/Learning Technologists are overcoming the challenges of blended learning

- Methods and tactics to improving student engagement and learning

- An interactive Q&A for educators to share learnings and ask questions

21st Sept 2022 at 2pm - Guest Speaker: Bruce Wight is an Associate Lecturer, at Aberystwyth Business School (Aberystwyth University). Webinar Title: "How much does a Polar Bear weigh? Enough to break the ice! Using Vevox for Icebreaker Activities". The webinar will explore effective ways to utilise Vevox for icebreaker activities to increase student engagement.

Published 13th September 2022

QAA - Assessment in Digital and Blended Pedagogy workshop
21st September - 10:00am - 12:00pm

Have you been wondering how to make assessment more meaningful, engaging, challenging and even enjoyable for students?

Come along to this participatory workshop as we work our way through elements of the Hallmarks of Success Playbook: Assessment in Digital and Blended Pedagogy and encourage you to reflect on your own practice and share development ideas with peers.

Through focused group discussions, we aim to identify roadblocks to success and propose measures which can be used to overcome them. 

This workshop will appeal to a range of colleagues including senior leaders, heads of department, course leaders, academics and quality professionals.  

Published 31st August 2022

Feb 2022

Vevox Spring Webinars - Vevox Pedagogy Series: University educators share their top tips for success

• 2nd February 2022 - 2:00pm - 2:45pm

• 3rd March 2022 - 2:00pm - 2:45pm

• 7th April 2022 - 2:00pm - 2:45pm
  

Wanting to learn how you can make your classes more engaging? Want to hear top tips, methods and success stories from educators at UK universities as to how they're overcoming the challenges of hybrid learning?

Then join our monthly webinars where our guest speakers will be sharing their advice and showing you ways to boost student interaction to increase active learning and student success.

These webinars will provide:

- Examples and stories of how Lecturers/Learning Technologists are overcoming the challenges of blended learning

- Methods and tactics to improving student engagement and learning

- An interactive Q&A for educators to share learnings and ask questions

Published 27th January 2022