Items where Year is 2011

Romanian Thoughts

This illustrated podcast in Romanian was created by Sabina Androne, a Masters student at the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, as a part of a research project entitled ‘The Role of Student Audio Casting and Production in the Language Learning Curriculum’. The audio summary reflects on the contemporary situation of the Romanian nation in the post-Ceausescu era. The podcast can be used as a learning resource in several different ways: as a focus for discussion, aural comprehension or as a base for further research by students of the Romanian language.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Romanian Thoughts (Text)

This text and translation accompanies the illustrated podcast in Romanian created by Sabina Androne, a Masters student at the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, as a part of a research project entitled ‘The Role of Student Audio Casting and Production in the Language Learning Curriculum’. The audio summary reflects on the contemporary situation of the Romanian nation in the post-Ceausescu era. The podcast can be used as a learning resource in several different ways: as a focus for discussion, aural comprehension or as a base for further research by students of the Romanian language.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Los miserables

Spanish writer Juan Ramón Barat reflects upon the aftermath of the Lorca Earthquake of 11 May 2011, which brought down many buildings in this historical city and caused several casualties. In this literary and social piece, distributed to the public on the 18th of May 2011, Barat points at the lack of business ethics in the construction business as one of the reasons behind the destruction caused by the earthquake. This is a good text for those interested in contemporary social, economic and political issues in Spain, as it relates very well to some of the demands and criticisms aired by campaigners of the so-called "Spanish Revolution" of the 15th of May 2011.

Shared with the World by Mr Antonio Martínez-Arboleda

Christianity Faith Guide

A guide to Christianity written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities. The guide covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Using, developing and sharing resources

These are the slides from a presentation I gave at the LLAS annual event for new staff in languages, linguistics and area studies, on 15th April, 2011. The event was held at Jesus College, University of Oxford.

Shared with the World by Ms Kate Borthwick

Getting more out of tutor feedback, student handout

This form encourages students to engage with tutor feedback on their work by taking them through a range of activities to unpack, and then act on, tutor feedback.

Shared with the World by Dr Deirdre Burke

Staff workshop getting more out of tutor feedback

Slides to introduce a range of strategies for students to get more out of tutor feedback on their work.

Shared with the World by Dr Deirdre Burke

A0 dialogue sheet for National Student Survey focus groups

This AO table top dialogue sheet can be used with students or staff to facilitate discussions around the National Student Survey. There are instructions about how you might use it on the sheet itself. If you do not have access to an A0 printer the sheet can be printed off on multiple A3 (preferably) or A4 pieces of paper taped together. It has been derived from one used by Abbi Flint et al., “Preparing for success: one institution's aspirational and student focused response to the National Student Survey,” Teaching in Higher Education 14, no. 6 (2009): 607-618.

Shared with the World by Dr John Canning

Employability action plan

I used this with postgrade students in conjuction with an adaptation of the ESECT card sort.

Shared with the World by Dr John Canning

Modifying the Discover American Studies CD

The files from the Discover American Studies CD can be modified to allow users to remove or add material. It could be used to promote a specific course or institutation.

Shared with the World by Dr John Canning

What is American Studies?
Shared with the World by Dr John Canning

Since - "Como" or "Desde"?

Explanation of when "since" should be rendered in Portuguese as "como" or as "desde". Includes exercises.

Shared with the World by Dr Paul Castro

Assessment SWOT analysis

This activity encourages English lecturers to focus on the strengths and weaknesses of various forms of assessment common on English programmes. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Adapting a module

There are three different types activities in this resource each of which are drawn from literature teaching but which are adaptable to other subjects. In one you are provided with a full module description and asked how it might need to be modified for particular teaching contexts, such as whether it is a final year ‘option’ course, or a compulsory first year course. In the next activity, ‘Pacing it out’ you are challenged to halve the number of texts studied on a module and adapt your teaching approach accordingly. The third type of activity addresses ‘Curriculum Framing’ and asks you to consider the pedagogical contexts for teaching particular texts.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Assessment audit

This activity enables English lecturers to 'audit' the assessment regime they use in their modules.. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Assessment: introduction to the collection

This Collection is the third of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This collection of activities for individuals and groups aims to provoke thought about the role of assessment and feedback in undergraduate English programmes. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Computer-aided assessment

This resource contains examples of sophisticated online multiple-choice questionnaires and challenges English lecturers to emulate them. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Course design: introduction to the collection

The activities in this collection provide opportunities for English lecturers (and others) to experiment and think creatively about the modules you currently teach or ones you may teach in the future. Some activities utilise videos of colleagues who have successfully designed whole programmes and individual modules. There are also worksheets and documents that you can download and modify.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Creative assessment

This activity invites English lecturers to think outside the box of conventional assessment methods and develop new, creative methods. It consists of an overview of the activity and an activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Departmental audit

A resource designed for English lecturers interested in developing their skills. The activity involves the 'audit' of an individual lecturer's department against a document of recommendations for departmental good practice in teaching inclusively. It consists of an overview of the activity and a description of the activity for an individual lecturer.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Designing a creative-critical module

The activities in this resource are built around an audio-recording in which English lecturers Dr Chris Thurgar-Dawson (University of Teesside) and Professor Ben Knights (English Subject Centre) discuss a module they launched and taught on ‘creative criticism.’ The activities provide examples and contexts for re-thinking and designing new modules by experimenting with varying emphases on 'creative' and 'critical' content and teaching methods. Even if you do not adopt the ideas presented, they might stimulate you to think about module planning from a different angle.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Designing an English degree programme

There are three types of activities, appropriate for English lecturers working in groups or as individuals, in this resource. Their topics are employability, transition from A level, and getting the ‘delicate balance’ right between literature, language and Creative Writing when designing an English programme for today’s students. These activities rely in part on an interview with Professor Marion Wynne-Davies (University of Surrey). As Head of Department, Wynne-Davies shares the ideas and strategies she followed to launch the Surrey English degree programme in 2008.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Designing an innovative English Literature module

The activities in this resource are focused around an interview with Dr Hannah Crawforth (King's College London) about her design and launch of an innovative English Literature module, 'Shakespeare's London'. The activities, which are appropriate for individuals or groups, encourage you to think about how you might re-design and run old modules in new ways or launch new modules which draw students in with new features. The activities cover how one might take advantage of the location of your university (e.g. the local landscape or historic sites); how one might develop students’ research skills, and how one might ask relevant reflective questions about an existing module with a view towards revising and improving it.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Designing and running innovative assessments

This activity is designed to help English lecturers think about the relationship between creative forms of assessment, learning outcomes and marking criteria. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Designing learning with new media

This resource looks at the types of new media that a lecturer in English studies might employ when working online, the various contexts where that technology might be employed and the pedagogical strategies they might employ. There are two activities both available for individuals or groups. The first activity explores the range of technologies and their uses, the second involves the design of a learning activity around a piece of new media.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Feedback and marking strategies

This activity invites English lecturers to mark sample student work and use the process as a springboard for considering approaches to marking more generally. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Filling the gaps

The premise of the activities in this resource (appropriate for an individual or a group) is that the time that students spend between lectures, seminars and workshops is as important as the time they spend in class sessions because this is how and where students develop the critical ability to work independently. However, students, especially first-years, need to be taught these skills and these activities provide guidance on how you might go about that work with methods that that push beyond the well-worn phrase, ‘read the book and think about it.’

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Hearing yourself teach

This resource is a development of the familiar idea of a learning journal. It represents an invitation to use private writing as a medium for extending and reflecting upon teaching experience. Thus it focuses on the use of reflective dialogue to defamiliarise day-to-day experience, and consciously improve teaching practice. The resource consists of an introduction and an activity for individuals to undertake in their own time.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Identifying good and bad practice

The activities in this resource, like the peer review activities elsewhere in this collection, are designed to prompt individuals or groups to begin thinking critically about what makes a good lecture/lecturer. Included are a mock ‘bad’ lecture to evaluate and an exercise in self-reflection on your own methods of delivering a lecture—are you more comfortable using an improvisational technique or do you write your lectures out word for word?

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Imaginary students

Two exercises designed for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. The activities encourage lecturers to think of students as individuals rather than as types. One activity is for use by an individual lecturing working alone; the other is for use in a group setting. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Inclusive lectures

Two exercises on inclusive lecture design, for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. One activity is for use by an individual lecturer working alone; the other is for use in a group setting. Both activities involve the viewing of video examples of English Literature lecturers in action.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Inclusive seminars

Two exercises on inclusive seminar design, for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. One activity is for use by an individual lecturer working alone; the other is for use in a group setting. Both activities involve the viewing of video examples of English Literature seminar leaders in action. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Inclusive teaching: introduction to the collection

This Collection is the sixth of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This collection of activities for individuals and groups highlights the importance of teaching inclusively in English Studies. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Large group teaching: introduction to the collection

This collection of resources for English lecturers (and others) provides platforms and exercises through which to refine your ideas about what a lecture should and can do pedagogically. Included are examples of actual lectures, guidance on how to evaluate and reflect upon your own and other people's lectures, a mock ‘bad’ lecture and suggestions for how to stretch the limits of large-group teaching structures.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Mapping and applying desirable student attributes

These activities are for English lecturers interested in developing their pedagogical skills in accord with the skills they would like their students to acquire. Both the individual and group activity are focused on the use of a stimulating list of 'desirable student attributes' such as having the patience to read long novels. How exactly are you hoping to affect your students' behaviour when you teach them? Obviously, you want them to attend classes and submit assessments, but what of more interesting, subtle practices? What intellectual, organisational, aesthetic qualities would you like your teaching to encourage? The argument of the activities in this resource is that thinking about possible answers to these questions is an excellent first step towards a reconceptualisation of your role as a lecturer.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Mix and Match

This activity provides materials for English lecturers to interrogate the relationship between assessment mode and learning outcome. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Nightmare scenarios

Two exercises designed for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. One activity is for use by an individual lecturer working alone; the other is for use in a group setting. The activities are designed to sustain novice lecturers and tutors in facing the things that most worry them about working with groups. The object is to achieve a base level of confidence which then bit by bit becomes self sustaining. The group activity involves the viewing of a video of English lecturers discussing potential solution to common seminar 'nightmare scenarios'. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Online discussion in English Studies

The activity in this resource, available for a group or individual, exposes the student to a selection of voices within the discipline who have different perspectives on the use and assessment of online discussion.

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Online teaching: introduction to the collection

The object of this collection of resources is to both familiarise lecturers with the scope of online learning in English studies and to encourage thinking about the design, delivery and assessment of online learning.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Peer reviewing a seminar: Oliver Twist

Two exercises on seminar planning designed for use by individual English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. Both activities involve viewing a video of a seminar in English Literature. These activities offer lecturers the opportunity to apply and enrich their understanding of the seminar in a concrete way. By treating an example of a seminar as a text, they open up a number of questions about the dynamic of the seminar process. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Peer reviewing a seminar: The Bonesetter's Daughter

Two exercises on seminar planning designed for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. Both activities can be used either by individual lecturers or in groups. They involve viewing a video of an English Literature seminar. The activities have been designed to create a suggestive space in which to think about the languages of seminars, and the forms of social, intellectual, and personal exchange that take place within them. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Peer reviewing lectures

There are three activities in this resource, and they have been created around actual lectures delivered by staff at Royal Holloway, University of London, King’s College London and the University of Nottingham. Each lecture demonstrates different approaches to lecturing. The peer review activities are designed to prompt individuals or groups to begin thinking critically about what makes a good lecture/lecturer and what tools and tasks can help make a particular lecture more or less successful.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Planning and evaluating your lecture

There are two activities in this collection and both encourage you to be able to make a conscious shift between content (what you want to get across) and the dramatic and affective form through which you are going to have to perform it. The activities are appropriate for individuals or groups and comprise peer review work as well as an opportunity to think of the lecture as a genre. One activity utilises video footage of Dr Hannah Crawforth (King’s College London), who discusses lectures as a form of rhetoric. The other activity asks that you attend a colleague’s lecture, record yourself giving a lecture, or use a video of someone else’s lecture as a starting point.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Teaching with digital archives

In this resource there is a group or individual activity that demonstrates a variety of approaches that a practitioner might take to assist their students to discover information contained within complex online databases efficiently.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

The Subject & pedagogy: introduction to the collection

This Collection is the first of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This resource collection (like all those which together form 'The Pool') is designed to inspire thinking about the formative relations between educational practice and the scholarly study of language, writing, and culture. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

The design of online activities in English Studies

This resource explores how we structure online learning activities and the way we present them for our students. It contains two activities that involve exploring a range of interactive online activities from English Literature courses. Participants should also gain a wider appreciation of the means by which online activities can be delivered (structure, presentation etc).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Thinking about seminars

Two exercises on planning and running seminars designed for use by individual English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. The activities invite lecturers to plan small group teaching on the basis that the seminar is not simply a vehicle of transmission, but an organism with a life of its own, operating simultaneously at social, intellectual, and emotional levels.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Transformative writing

Two exercises on the use of creative writing in English Literature seminars. The exercises have been designed for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. One activity is for use by an individual lecturer working alone; the other is for use in a group setting. Both activities suggest ways of turning to pedagogic use an activity which students of the English subjects are expected to be able to perform, but which teachers all too often simply see as a medium of assessment. They propose and exemplify writing as a pedagogic tool. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

What are VLEs good for?

This resource introduces some of the key concepts, tools and benefits of using e-learning in the teaching of English Studies and provides a useful starting point for introducing colleagues to the benefits of using a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The resource is made up of two activities one for use with groups and one for individuals.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

What is assessment for?

This activity confronts English lecturers with the variety of concerns different interest groups have about assessment in their discipline, inviting them to be self-reflexive about their approach to assessment. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers; 3.An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses).

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

What is the Professional Standards Framework?

A factsheet designed to introduce the UK Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and explain how it relates to the teaching resources developed for the professional development resources in the collection.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Working with the Creative Writing subject benchmark statement

This resource is designed to introduce lecturers to the Creative Writing Benchmark Statement, and to help them gain a deeper understanding of how the Benchmark works and how it can be applied in practice. It invites individuals or a group to explore for themselves the significance and value of this kind of document. This resource consists of three parts. 1. An overview of the activity 2. Using the Creative Writing Benchmark: an Individual Activity 3. Using the Creative Writing Benchmark: a Group activity.

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Working with the English subject benchmark statement

This activity is designed to familiarise early career lecturers with the English Benchmark Statement, and the principles underlying such documents. It consists of three parts: 1. An overview of the activity; 2. An activity that can be done with a group (useful to leaders of accredited courses); 3. An activity that can be carried out by individual lecturers.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Working with threshold concepts

The object of this resource is to help colleagues in English and related subjects appreciate and work with a concept which brings together subject thinking and knowledge with educational thinking.

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Workshopping online

This resource contains a pair of exercises that explore ways in which the Creative Writing workshop might be supported by technology in face-to-face, blended or distance learning contexts.

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Writing & the teacher

This resource contains a set of activities that use 'Imaginative writing' in various ways as a tool for thinking and learning. Like many of the resources in The Pool, it aims to breach the barriers between subject thinking and educational thinking. The resource is made up of an introduction and two different activities: Activity 1: helps teachers and supporters of learning to explore the way in which their values and experience inform their minute-to-minute pedagogic decisions. Activity 2: involves identifying metaphors for teaching and then exploring them in practical ways.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Students, comments, conditions

Two exercises designed for English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. Both activities, one for groups, the other for individual lecturers, investigate the relationship between student condition (such as disabilities) and student comments about teaching. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Interpreting Environment, Social Space and Culture Through Signs

Introductory lecture, suitable for a Cultural Studies class, on the use of public signs to interpret culture. The presentation gives an account of the structure and origins of signs, drawn from the natural world and ancestral history, illustrated with some specfic examples from a British context.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Using wikis for langugage learning

Introductory presentation outlining the structure and characterstics of wikis, together with video resources and simple tasks for beginners. The presentation also gives a description of relevant learning environments, such as the use of scaffolding, and process-based and constructivist learning theories, and finishes with links to other wiki-related resources useful for teachers and learners, such as Wikimedia.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Judaism Faith Guide

A guide to Judaism written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities. The guide covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Language Unlimited (Why Study Linguistics?)

This PowerPoint presentation was created by the LLAS Centre and is intended to be used as a promotional tool for encouraging young learners to consider linguistics at university. It can be used for visits to schools or at University open days.

Shared with the World by Alison Dickens

Islam Faith Guide

A guide to Islam written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities. The guide covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Feedback- Islamic law course description

The document attached is a UG module entitled Introduction to Islamic law for lawyers. Feedback is welcome

Shared with the World by DR Anicée Van Engeland

From school to university: what do modern languages students expect?

Presentation on pilot study on the transition from school to university. Presented at Northampton University teaching and learning conference

Shared with the World by Dr Angela Gallagher-Brett

Student Voice Reading List

List of references for student voice work used at LLAS workshop on National Student Survey in June 2011

Shared with the World by Dr Angela Gallagher-Brett

Transition from school to university in modern languages - useful reading

Useful reading: research studies, conference presentations and workshop reports on transition from school to university in modern languages

Shared with the World by Dr Angela Gallagher-Brett

The Utopian years? Radical left movements in Pompidou's france

This half day conference, organised by Dr Manus McGrogan at the University of Portsmouth on 12 May 2011, uncovered the trajectories of some of the movements that emerged in early 1970s France, helping to define the radical left politics of the era. This was the aftermath of May ‘68’s mass upheaval, when France, in the grip of student riots and a general strike, had seemed on the verge of revolution. May’s utopian dimension, embodied in slogans such as ‘sous les pavés la plage’ and ‘prenez vos désirs pour la réalité’, held the promise of a world transformed in which each could pursue their own desires, a powerful spur to thousands of young activists, students and workers. The mass revolt of May had also shown that collective action could change the world. These impulses, shaped subsequently by political, socio-cultural and international events, combined to generate new, youth-inflected gender/sexual liberation movements, independent immigrant organisation, ecology groups, underground press, and other movements that were linked to, or autonomous of left political organisation. However, activists also had to contend with a Gaullist State that tentatively introduced reforms, whilst clamping down on the hard left ‘troublions’ still agitating for popular revolt. Intervention in the workers movement also proved problematic given the PCF/CGT dominance in the major workplaces. President Georges Pompidou, on a path of modernising France, perpetuated the social conservatism of his predecessor de Gaulle; faced with these barriers, activists of the Mouvement de Mai sought to merge political radicalism with the cultural underground to fashion an alternative France, as a May-inspired slogan intoned, changer la vie. But what happened to this surge of hope for change? Five academics presented papers on important aspects of this early 1970s radicalism, with the participation of students and lecturers from similar disciplines. They considered the origins and development of the new movements, their significance within Pompidou’s France; the interrelationship of movements, and finally their resonance, or relevance in the France of today. The conference was also part of the undergraduate programme in French History and was generously supported by the LLAS subject centre. The exam was based on the themes developed during the conference. A half day conference, organised at the University of Portsmouth on 12 May 2011, uncovered the trajectories of some of the movements that emerged in early 1970s France, helping to define the radical left politics of the era. This was the aftermath of May ‘68’s mass upheaval, when France, in the grip of student riots and a general strike, had seemed on the verge of revolution. May’s utopian dimension, embodied in slogans such as ‘sous les pavés la plage’ and ‘prenez vos désirs pour la réalité’, held the promise of a world transformed in which each could pursue their own desires, a powerful spur to thousands of young activists, students and workers. The mass revolt of May had also shown that collective action could change the world. These impulses, shaped subsequently by political, socio-cultural and international events, combined to generate new, youth-inflected gender/sexual liberation movements, independent immigrant organisation, ecology groups, underground press, and other movements that were linked to, or autonomous of left political organisation. However, activists also had to contend with a Gaullist State that tentatively introduced reforms, whilst clamping down on the hard left ‘troublions’ still agitating for popular revolt. Intervention in the workers movement also proved problematic given the PCF/CGT dominance in the major workplaces. President Georges Pompidou, on a path of modernising France, perpetuated the social conservatism of his predecessor de Gaulle; faced with these barriers, activists of the Mouvement de Mai sought to merge political radicalism with the cultural underground to fashion an alternative France, as a May-inspired slogan intoned, changer la vie. But what happened to this surge of hope for change? Five academics presented papers on important aspects of this early 1970s radicalism, with the participation of students and lecturers from similar disciplines. They considered the origins and development of the new movements, their significance within Pompidou’s France; the interrelationship of movements, and finally their resonance, or relevance in the France of today. The conference was also part of the undergraduate programme in French History and was generously supported by the LLAS subject centre. The exam was based on the themes developed during the conference.

Shared with the World by Mr Emmanuel Godin

On the use of speech synthesis in CALL

Conference paper

Shared with the World by Dr Zoe L Handley

Systematic Review Workshop

How to conduct a systematic review?

Shared with the World by Dr Zoe L Handley

Using Computer-Mediated Communication in Secondary Business English

Conference presentation on the use of computer-mediated communication in business English classes. The first part presents some ideas from research on teaching business communication. The second part focuses on the results of a systematic review of research on the use of new technologies in teaching English as a foreign language.

Shared with the World by Dr Zoe L Handley

Using Computer-Mediated Communication in Secondary Business English

Conference presentation supplementary materials. Conference presentation focuses on the use of CMC technology in business English classes.

Shared with the World by Dr Zoe L Handley

Approaches to Ethics in Higher Education: Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum

A guide to the inter-disciplinary teaching of ethics.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

'Dirty Little Girl' A Book Signing- Performance and Studio Critique, tragic, Child abuse chic, Child abuse, grief porn, satirical comment, literature, morality

Recording of a student critique from - http://process.arts.ac.uk/content/dirty-little-girl-book-signing-performance-and-studio-critique - Video studio critique showing foundation student at Wimbledon College of Art going on to BA Fine Art at Chelsea in September. This is performance piece based on tragic life books (1min) followed by a studio critique (19min). Student "I am exploring the concept of Child abuse chic, also known as grief porn; by using my own ‘tragic life’ I am making a satirical comment on this type of literature as well as looking at the glamorization of child abuse whilst questioning the morality of the misery memoir."

Shared with the World by Mr Chris Follows

Hegel on Language and Logic

Text of a lecture on Hegel, language and logic

Shared with the World by Dr Brendan Larvor

Topics from Hegel's Philosophy courseguide

Courseguide for a 12-week, 15 credit module on selected topics from Hegel. Notable for use of unassessed group presentations

Shared with the World by Dr Brendan Larvor

Border TV Archive

The archive from the former ITV Border TV channel has been made available for academic use through an online, searchable website. This powerpoint presentation gives an idea of how Border TV resources could be used within your academic research and teaching.

Shared with the World by Mrs Lisa Lavender

Choose your Own Adventure: Student-led Teaching in Large Lectures

A powerpoint presentation discussing how to use powerpoint hyperlinks within a lecture to enable the direction of the lecture to be led by student needs.

Shared with the World by Mrs Lisa Lavender

Teaching Visual Sources - Reading Images

This powerpoint presentation from a workshop on 'teaching visual sources' discusses how to encourage students to think critically about visual images and how to increase awareness of how they could have been read differently in the past.

Shared with the World by Mrs Lisa Lavender

Social Media for Job Hunting

A Prezi designed for 'Employability Week' 2011, at the University of Wincester

Shared with the World by Dr Bex Lewis

Breve repaso (warm-up) verbos de acción (tiempo presente) y el verbo "gustar": presentación y práctica.

Clase: nivel inicial.Presentación del verbo gustar y práctica

Shared with the World by Dr Milagros Lopez-Pelaez Casellas

Inaccessible documents

Four exercises on making electronic documents accessible, designed for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills: one individual and one group activity on the inclusive use of 'PowerPoint' and one individual and one group activity on the inclusive use of 'Word'. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Seminar design

Two exercises on seminar planning designed for use by English lecturers seeking to develop their skills. One activity is for use by an individual lecturing working alone; the other is for use in a group setting. These activities are designed to stimulate thought about the forms and processes of small group teaching, suggesting ways in which a lecturer or tutor might move mentally between preparing their curriculum or content knowledge and their developing insight into how people learn in groups. There is also an overview of the activities.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Small group teaching: introduction to the collection

This Collection is the fourth of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This collection of activities for individuals and groups aims to help lecturers come to terms with some of the challenges of designing and running seminars. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

(so-called) Web 2.0 / Web 3.0

This presentation on Web 2.0 and 3.0 is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Beyond XML. Limitations of XML 1.0

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

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Digitisation of Text and Images

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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E-Book Practical

This is a class exercise to accompany the e-Book presentation and is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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E-Books

This presentation on e-Books and reading is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Electronic Publishing

Header page for Electronic Publishing with links to resources.

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Electronic Publishing Open Documents

To facilitate the re-use of the materials in the Electronic Publishing collection, the source files are available here in Open Document format and zipped together. All details, including instructions for extracting the files, are in the header page for this collection at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078/ Note: 1 x zip file @ 12.7MB

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Functions with XSLT

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

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Introduction to Electronic Publishing

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Introduction to XML and Document Analysis

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Introduction to XSLT

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Legal & Social Issues of Electronic Publishing

This is the header page for the collection: Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publishing

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Legal and Social Aspects of Electronic Publishing

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

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Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, Open Documents

To facilitate the re-use of the materials in the Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publishing collection, the source files are available here in Open Document format and zipped together. All details, including instructions for extracting the files, are in the header page for this collection at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/ Note: 1 x zip file @ 2525KB

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Metadata, Preservation and Sustainability

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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More XSLT stylesheet functions with XSL

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

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New Modes of Publication: Wikipedia exercise

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. Instant publishing and 'peer review' of Wikipedia articles. If you don't agree with what it says, change it. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Open Access and Institutional Repositories

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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The Freedom of Information Act and Electronic Publishing

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

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Validation: How to make XML documents meaningful and consistent

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

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Working with well-formed documents

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

XML Header Page

This is the Header Page for the collection: XML

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XML Schemas

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

XML: Extensible Markup Language, Open Documents

To facilitate the re-use of the materials in the XML collection, the source files are available here in Open Document format and zipped together. All details, including instructions for extracting the files, are in the header page for this collection at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/ Note: 1 x zip file @ 2716KB

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XML: attributes and values

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

XML: document analysis

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, XML: Extensible Markup Language Legal, XSLT, document analysis and electronic publishing, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3110/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Open Source and Open Access

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

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The Data Protection Act and Electronic Publishing

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

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An Introduction to User-Centred Design: From Requirements to Evaluation

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Health Informatics

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

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Publishing journals today and for the future

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Culture and Human Computer Interaction: Culture’s influence on interaction

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, 'Electronic Publication', taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078

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Communities in the information society, real or virtual?

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Exploring methods to test usability of ICT applications with people with learning disabilities

This presentation is taken from a Master's level module, Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication, taught at the Department of Information Studies, University College London. The headed page for this collection of resources is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3101/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Autonomous Learning Portfolio in Spanish Language

Powerpoint presentation on Autonomous Learning. This presentation was shown on the 23rd of June 2011 at the University of Leeds in the course of the event "SMLC Language Teaching Conference".

Shared with the World by Mr Antonio Martínez-Arboleda

Review and Endorsement of OERs by Graduate-Recruiting Employers

Research on review and endorsement of Open Educational Resources (OERs) is being conducted using HumBox resources as part of an Open University SCORE Fellowship Project. The aims of this project, led by Antonio Martinez-Arboleda at the University of Leeds, are to explore and develop a feasible model for employer engagement in OERs and to add extra value to existing and future OERs, hence reinforcing our existing Communities of Practice and encouraging high-quality open content publication and re-use. In particular, the project will look at ways of facilitating the review and endorsement of OERs by graduate-recruiting employers in the HumBox, where a vast range of Arts and Humanities OERs of all levels of granularity have been uploaded and shared by an increasing number of practitioners. In connection with this project, Antonio is interested in proposing a more dynamic, case-based and multilateral approach to employability in the area of Arts in UK HE. In this respect, the review and endorsement of OERs by employers can play a crucial role in this transformation. This project will build on the work which is already being done in the area of employers’ engagement in OERs and will consider the different review and endorsement tools introduced by key OERs repositories. If you are interested in having some of your resources reviewed or endorsed by employers or simply finding out more about this project, please contact Antonio Martínez-Arboleda at sllama@leeds.ac.uk

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Verão em Portugal

This illustrated podcast in European Portuguese was created by Will Masters, a student of Applied Languages at the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, as a part of a research project entitled ‘The Role of Student Audio Casting and Production in the Language Learning Curriculum’. The recording presents a refelction on the student's first experiences of Portugal, and of learning Portuguese. The podcast can be used as a learning resource in several different ways: as a focus for discussion or aural comprehension by students of the Portuguese language.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Verão em Portugal (Text)

This text and translation into English accompanies the illustrated podcast in European Portuguese created by Will Masters, a student of Applied Languages at the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, as a part of a research project entitled ‘The Role of Student Audio Casting and Production in the Language Learning Curriculum’. The recording presents a refelction on the student's first experiences of Portugal, and of learning Portuguese. The podcast can be used as a learning resource in several different ways: as a focus for discussion or aural comprehension by students of the Portuguese language.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Romania's 'Little Vienna'

This illustrated podcast in Romanian was created by Valentina Moldovan, a Masters' student at the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, as a part of a research project entitled ‘The Role of Student Audio Casting and Production in the Language Learning Curriculum’. The recording presents an account of Timişoara, Romania's second city, its landscapes, its historical and cultural importance.The podcast can be used as a learning resource in several different ways: as a focus for discussion or aural comprehension by students of the Romanian language.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Romania's 'Little Vienna' (Text)

This text and translation into English accompanies the illustrated podcast in Romanian created by Valentina Moldovan, a Masters' student at the School of Languages and Area Studies, University of Portsmouth, as a part of a research project entitled ‘The Role of Student Audio Casting and Production in the Language Learning Curriculum’. The recording presents an account of Timişoara, Romania's second city, its landscapes, its historical and cultural importance.The podcast can be used as a learning resource in several different ways: as a focus for discussion or aural comprehension by students of the Romanian language.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

Professional Reported Speech in Spanish in a Political Context - C1-C2 Level

This is a learning activity for students of Spanish Language in Final Year (BA) or for anyone who is in the levels C1 or C2 of The Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). It aims at showing different linguisitc strategies for the correct and purposeful use of reported speech in the professional context of journalism. It contains three sheets, one with all the background readings and videos and the plan for the whole set of activities, another with the exercises of Activity 4 (Reported Speech in Spanish), and one with an assessed task. It is connected to existing video resources in this repository. This work was presented and used in the 2010 E. Allison Peers Symposium (University of Liverpool) to the participating students, writers and academics.

Shared with the World by Mr Antonio Martínez-Arboleda

Sikhism Faith Guide

A guide to Sikhism written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities. The guide covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Employability Tutorials

Simple tutorial/seminar plan to facilitate conversation with level 3 students about their career plans.

Shared with the World by Dr Mel Prideaux

Interactive module introduction seminar

Used as an introduction to a ‘Students into Schools’ module which accredits teaching placement and associated reflection. Could be used as a model for any introductory session where it is important to quickly engage participants

Shared with the World by Dr Mel Prideaux

Buddhism Faith Guide

A guide to Buddhism written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities. The guide covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

test of new resource

I am testing what kind of resource I can share on humbox

Shared with the University by Ms Sophie Something

Discourse 1.1

Issue 1.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Discourse 1.2

Issue 1.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 10.1

Issue 10.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 2.1

Issue 2.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 2.2

Issue 2.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 3.1

Issue 3.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 3.2

Issue 3.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 4.1

Issue 4.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 4.2

Issue 4.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 5.1

Issue 5.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 5.2

Issue 5.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 6.1

Issue 6.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 6.2

Issue 6.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 7.1

Issue 7.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 7.2

Issue 7.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 8.1

Issue 8.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 8.2

Issue 1.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 9.1

Issue 9.1 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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Discourse 9.2

Issue 9.2 of the journal Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

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The Challenges of using the World-Wide Web in Teaching the History of Science

A collection of articles that represents a diverse range of views on the use of the Internet in the history and philosophy of science.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Where next? Unlocking the potential of your philosophy degree - an employability guide

A subject specific guide designed for philosophy students to help them identify and articulate how the skills that their degree is developing in them prepare them for the world of work.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Where next? Unlocking the potential of your theology or religious studies degree - an employability guide

A subject specific guide designed for theology and religious studies students to help them identify and articulate how the skills that their degree is developing in them prepare them for the world of work.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

British Parliamentary Debating Model

This student-led discussion tool is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

Evaluating Multiple Interpretations Generative Learning Object

This student-led discussion tool is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

Peer Assessment

This student-led discussion tool is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

Reflective Writing

This student-led discussion tool is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

Self-Assessment

This student-led discussion tool is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

Student-led Discussions

This seminar format is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

Hinduism Faith Guide

A guide to Hinduism written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities. The guide covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

TRS employability: 2010 Equality Act & Religious Literacy

An overview of the 2009 Equality & Human Rights report into Religion, belief & religious literacy. An overview of religious discrimination in the 2010 Equality Act, an overview of TRS employability skills related to these two areas and a brief ovreview of TRS degree acquired transferable & soft skills

Shared with the World by Dr Christina Welch

Feedback shortcuts for assessing writing

Here is a set of comments I use frequently when giving feedback to students. It's designed for EFL writers with an English level equivalent to IELTS 5.5 or above. The links are to sites I regularly use in teaching, and the recommended books are available in my university library. Feel free to adapt according to your students' level, needs and available resources. There are different ways you could exploit the comments set: 1. (on paper) as a cover sheet when returning written work. 2. (in Microsoft Word) as the basis for creating AutoText entries, which you can quickly insert into Comments when reviewing electronic copies of your students' work. 3. (in Turnitin) as the basis for creating a QuickMark set in GradeMark. I've appended the .qms file so if you're already a Grademark user you can download then import it into your own Quickmark library and modify as appropriate.

Shared with the World by Carol Bailey

Short Stories for Children

A collection of five resources dealing with the process of writing fiction for children.

Shared with the World by Mr Billy Brick

Feedback resources for Religious Studies

A collection of resources to support RS tutors in providing feedback to students and activities for students to work on tutor feedback.

Shared with the World by Dr Deirdre Burke

Islamic Studies Network

This collection provides a place to locate materials relating to Islamic Studies.

Shared with the World by Dr Deirdre Burke

France in Africa

A selection of resources built around the theme of the French presence in Africa

Shared with the World by Prof Tony Chafer

Illustrated audio recordings in Romanian

A collection of illustrated audio recordings in the Romanian language by students at the School of Languages and Area Studies, the University of Portsmouth. The recordings narrate the situation of contemporary Romania, and describe the city of Timişoara in Western Romania, the nation's second-largest city.

Shared with the World by Dr Margaret Anne Clarke

University of the Arts London

Content created by staff and students at the University of the Arts London

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Student motivation and engagement
Shared with the World by Dr Angela Gallagher-Brett

Using CMC in Secondary Business English

Conference presentation and handout.

Shared with the World by Dr Zoe L Handley

Discourse: Learning and Teaching in Philosophical and Religious Studies

The journal of the Subject Centre for Philosophical and Religious Studies (200 - 2011). Discourse contains subject-specific articles, discussion, and high quality pedagogical research papers.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Faith Guides

Covering Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism, and written by respected academics with many years' research and teaching experience, and in conjunction with the relevant religious communities, this series covers key religious and cultural sensitivities that may arise within a university environment.

Shared with the World by Ms Danielle Lamb

Assessment (Collection 3 of 7)

This Collection is the third of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This resource collection aims to provoke thought about the role of assessment and feedback in undergraduate English programmes. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Course design (Collection 2 of 7)

The activities in this collection provide opportunities for English lecturers (and others) to experiment and think creatively about the modules you currently teach or ones you may teach in the future. Some activities utilise videos of colleagues who have successfully designed whole programmes and individual modules. There are also worksheets and documents that you can download and modify.

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Inclusive teaching (Collection 6 of 7)

This Collection is the sixth of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This collection of activities for individuals and groups highlights the importance of teaching inclusively in English Studies. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

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Large group teaching (Collection 5 of 7)

This collection of resources for English lecturers (and others) provides platforms and exercises through which to refine your ideas about what a lecture should and can do pedagogically. Included are examples of actual lectures, guidance on how to evaluate and reflect upon your own and other people's lectures, a mock ‘bad’ lecture and suggestions for how to stretch the limits of large-group teaching structures.

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Online teaching (Collection 7 of 7)

The object of this collection of resources is to both familiarise lecturers with the scope of online learning in English studies and to encourage thinking about the design, delivery and assessment of online learning.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Small group teaching (Collection 4 of 7)

This Collection is the fourth of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This collection of activities for individuals and groups aims to help lecturers come to terms with some of the challenges of designing and running seminars. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

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The Subject & Pedagogy (Collection 1 of 7)

This Collection is the first of seven that make up 'The Pool', a selection of Open Educational Resources designed to support the professional development of English lecturers. This resource collection (like all those which together form 'The Pool') is designed to inspire thinking about the formative relations between educational practice and the scholarly study of language, writing, and culture. Of interest to lecturers at different career stages (especially those just setting out), and to leaders of accredited courses.

Shared with the World by Mr Brett Lucas

Electronic Publishing

A collection of teaching materials taken from a Masters level module at University College London with a focus on the Digital Humanities and Electronic Publishing. The header page with list of contents and links is at: http://humbox.ac.uk/3078/

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publication

A collection of teaching materials taken from a Masters level module at University College London with a focus on the Digital Humanities and the Legal and Social Issues of Electronic Publishing. The header page with list of contents and links is at:

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

XML: Extensible Markup Language

A collection of teaching materials from a Master's level introductory module in XML and XSLT.

Shared with the World by Mr Simon Mahony

Employability and Life-long Learning Skills in Modern Languages and Cultures, History and Politics

This is a collection of subject-focused learning activities and pedagogical proposals in which a wide range of life-long learning and employable skills are fostered. These activities are intended to promote deep learning by engaging students with academic content in a socially and personally relevant way, beyond the traditional one-way “audienceless” communication channel of "the essay". The activities also connect with the idea of "Students as Producers" of knowledge, which is now being put into practice by a ground-breaking project led by the University of Lincoln. There is also a connection with the project OpenLIVES, led by the University of Southampton (University of Leeds and University of Portsmouth also participate) in which Antonio is involved. One of the Aims of OpenLIVES is to implement a methodology that places students as knowledge producers through the creation and dissemination of their own OERs (Open Educational Resources), which are produced as part of their course, in the HumBox. These activities have been developed as online role plays but are perfectly feasible without online discussion boards or with different degrees of online work.

Shared with the World by Mr Antonio Martínez-Arboleda

Student-led Discussions

This is a collection of tools for a student-led seminar framework. Each tool is described and evaluated in terms of benefits, challenges and required resources; also offers references to further reading. Based on 'Religion, Culture and Gender', a level 2 module in Religions and Theology, University of Manchester.

Shared with the University by Katja Stuerzenhofecker

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