Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 1 - Part 1

06/15/20 • 28 min

Inspired by Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, we asked our four guests, all lecturers at the University of Liverpool, to talk about a lightbulb moment with their students: when they felt that students ‘were getting it’ and they were part of this. To put a twist in the story, instead of being cast away to a desert island, they were asked to conjure up a Treasure island representing the precious synchronous contact time (whether face to face or virtual) and what items they would take with them.

Speakers: Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Dr Anna O’Connor, Dr James Gaynor and Prof Diana Jeater

Facilitated by: Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins

You can view a full transcript here: Treasure Island Pedagogies Episode 1 - Part 1 Podcast Transcript

Speakers: Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Dr Anna O’Connor, Dr James Gaynor and Prof Diana Jeater

Facilitated by: Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins

You can view a full transcript here: Treasure Island Pedagogies Episode 1 - Part 1 Podcast Transcript

Previous Episode

Remote Teaching podcast: From the Beatles to Beefheart: How is it going for students, and what’s next?

In this second podcast on remote teaching, four lecturers from the University of Liverpool continue to discuss remote teaching during the #COVID pandemic, including student engagement, the pedagogical considerations to remote teaching, their advice and some of their highlights.

Speakers: Dr Stuart Wilks-Heeg, Prof Diana Jeater, Dr James Gaynor and Dr Anna O’Connor

Hosted by Dr Tunde Varga-Atkins and produced by Chris Loxham, Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool. (Note: VITAL is the University’s VLE.)

Captions available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHDEWIZynbU
You can view a full transcript here: From the Beatles to Beefheart - How is it for the Students - Podcast Transcript

Next Episode

Treasure Island Pedagogies: Episode 2 - the one with Lego

In Episode 2, our guests share their lightbulb moments, including getting students to 'take' feedback, the importance of reflection, using play for conceptual understanding with Lego and ways of engaging environmental science students with hydrology. We also hear how the coronavirus pandemic has encouraged creativity when preparing for Hybrid Active Learning and socially distanced teaching.

Speakers: Dr Kathryn Fox, Dr Helen Vaughan, Dr James Cooper and Dr Matthew Fitzjohn

Facilitated by: Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins

You can view a full transcript here: Treasure Island Pedagogies Episode 2 - Podcast Transcript