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The LOV AI Co-Creation Approach: Creating Business Teaching Cases with Deep Research AI
Dr David Grundy used the Lecturer Oversight and Verification of AI (LOV AI) Co-Creation Approach to develop business teaching cases for a MBA module, combining OpenAI’s ChatGPT o3 Deep Research model with structured expert supervision to produce extended case studies, concise summaries, and a suite of derivative teaching materials.
CHEMmunicate: an ice breaking game to boost communication and community
Dr Cristina Navarro Reguero and Dr Matthew Hopkinson designed CHEMmunicate, a fun team game where students draw chemical structures by asking yes/no questions—boosting communication skills and reinforcing organic chemistry knowledge.
Enhancing support for international students in Faculty of Medical Sciences
Dr Alessio Iannetti (FMS) explored how best to support international students—while comparing their needs to those of home students. Guided by student and colleagues feedback, his pilot project suggests practical ways to strengthen support and foster inclusive learning communities.
Using Inspera Digital Exams for a Language Module Assessment Strategy
Loiana Leal, Lecturer in Modern Languages, worked with the LTDS Digital Exams Team to introduce digital exams using Inspera in a Portuguese module—co-creating authentic assessments with students to improve marking, feedback, and the overall experience.
Using portfolios to capture competency and engagement beyond module assessment
Discover how Katie Wray, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, collaborated with colleagues from LTDS and FMS TEL to pioneer an innovative reflective portfolio approach that was used with first-year undergraduate engineering students.
Using Applied Pedagogy to Deliver Social Value, on a Management Consultancy module
Jo Clark (NUBS) describes working with MBA students to deliver a consultancy project, using the social value model, adding authenticity and contemporary relevance to academic theory, testing students’ skills as business consultants, and delivering value to a client organisation.
Surprise! Using creative, “playful learning” and humour to take older ideas seriously
Find out how Professor Nick Megoran from the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology designed an unconventional lectures in geopolitical theory that uses creative, playful learning and surprise to engage students.
Viewing a module’s exam questions to enhance student engagement
John Hedley, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, explains how his module’s NUMBAS exam assesses students’ effort during the module, by giving them the opportunity to see, practise and ask for advice on all exam questions prior to taking the exam, and in the process developing a deep understanding of the module’s learning outcomes.
Creating consistent and automatic feedback for large student cohorts in Engineering
Dr John Hedley, Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering, designed a marking criteria for a team of markers on a large population engineering module, enabling fast and consistent marking, alongside effective descriptive student feedback that is automatically generated.
Space Investigators: a cross-university astronomy exhibition co-developed by students and staff
In this case study Dr Vicky Fawcett, Research Associate in Astrophysics, describes how Newcastle, Durham and Northumbria Universities collaborated to design a hugely successful astronomy exhibition at the Great North Museum, with the aim of getting more children from low socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as their families and the wider local community, interested in STEM subjects.