Buddy Penfold; Laurie Truscott; Nicholas Rodgers from De Montfort University We are academics from De Montfort University, in the School of Fashion and Textiles, teaching studio based, practical creative subjects. The students learn through active learning, constructivism pedagogy (Hamer and Van Rossum, 2010) and working as a community of practice (Wenger, 2010). Context for this… Continue reading Promoting friendships in first-year university students: creating a community
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Learning to be WISER for a day – reflection, connection, direction: Focus on SoTL
Associate Professor Earle Abrahamson, NTF, PFEHA FISSOTL, Learning and Teaching Specialist, Learning and Teaching Innovation Centre, University of Hertfordshire The ANTF symposium spanned two wonderful days of learning with, and from, colleagues. Hosted at De Montfort University in Leicester and set against a backdrop of the “WISER” acronym (Wellbeing, Innovation and Impact, Students/Staff/Stakeholders collaborations, Equity… Continue reading Learning to be WISER for a day – reflection, connection, direction: Focus on SoTL
Launching the Collaborative Innovation Project Fund (2023-24)
Are you an NTF recipient with an idea (or more likely ‘ideas’) for a collaborative learning and teaching project? Perhaps you are already involved in collaborative project work that, with the right support, could be taken to the next level? The ANTF Symposium at De Montfort University on April 20 – 21 saw the launch… Continue reading Launching the Collaborative Innovation Project Fund (2023-24)