Team-Based Learning
Team Based-Learning (TBL) was used in the MBBS curriculum helping students to develop team working skills and providing a forum for meaningful discussion.
Category: Assessment and feedback
Supporting summative sustainability analysis using formative tests
This case study describes how formative tests are used in the School of Engineering to scaffold students learning prior to summative assessment.
Improvising Assessment: Continuous Feedback in Creative Practice
Tom Astley, winner of the Outstanding Contribution to Feedback Teaching Excellence Award shares his approach to providing continuous feedback to students.
Inter-university competition – Greggs marketing challenge for postgraduate taught students
Find out about how Newcastle University Students took part in a competition to prepare a marketing and product development plan for local firm Greggs.
Escape rooms, quizzes and bite size videos
When teaching ophthalmology to MBBS students Dr Jeffry Hogg introduced a range of games and quizzes to help engage students with their learning.
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Providing audio feedback
Andrea Wilczynski from the School of Modern Languages records individual audio feedback for Stage 2 students studying German. Read more about the results here.
A School-appointed ‘Coursework Czar’ reviews the setting of assessments
Dr Lindsay Marshall, Senior Lecturer Computing Science, Agriculture and Engineering What did you do? The School of Computing Science has appointed a “coursework czar” to act as an internal checker on the setting of all pieces of coursework. Who is involved? Dr. Lindsay Marshall serves as a “coursework czar” and reviews assessments as they are Read more about A School-appointed ‘Coursework Czar’ reviews the setting of assessments[…]
Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics
Dr Kirsten MacLeod, Lecturer School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Humanities and Social Sciences What did you do? Introduced compulsory Peer Review for First Year students. Who is involved? Dr Stacy Gillis, Dr Ruth Connolly and Dr Kirsten MacLeod introduced a peer review component for first term survey modules. Seminar tutors divide all of Read more about Peer review to improve essay writing for first years in School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics[…]
Peer assessment of lab reports to increase student self-regulation and development
Dr Glynn Atksinson describes the benefits of peer feedback for Stage 1 engineering students.
Organisation of a conference on current issues in animal science by final-year students
Dr Jonathan Guy, Senior Lecturer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Science, Agriculture and Engineering What did you do? Final year students organise a conference on current issues in animal science. Who is involved? Jonathan Guy, Facilitator, Andrew Beard, Facilitator, Helen Adamson, (expertise on poster design) Helen Atkinson, (Careers department) Eve Simcox, (Faculty Research Impact Read more about Organisation of a conference on current issues in animal science by final-year students[…]