The National Student Survey 2015 SOLO taxonomy I am pleased to say that John Biggs himself has endorsed this representation of his ideas; "I've just found your website on SOLO et al. via google. I'm delighted! Your diagrams of prestructural-extended abstract are very elegant..." (Unsolicited email, 29 May 2005) The SOLO taxonomy stands for: Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes It describes level of increasing complexity in a student's understanding of a subject, through five stages, and it is claimed to be applicable to any subject area. I confess to a slight distrust of this kind of "progressive" model, which aspires inexorably to a final state. However, the emerging field of work on Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge links in very effectively with the SOLO taxonomy and offers some points about how the above issues might be addressed. There is a small but enthusiastic group of teachers using the SOLO taxonomy to structure their teaching in schools, and blogging about it.
ASKe - Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning - Oxford Brookes University* The work of the centre has been organised into 4 strands of activity, click on them to find out more. Contact us ASKe Pedagogy Research Centre Faculty of Business, Oxford Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, Wheatley, Oxford OX33 1HX Tel: +44 (0)1865 485673, Fax: +44 (0)1865 485830 Email: aske@brookes.ac.uk ASKe Pedagogy Research Centre ASKe, the Assessment Standards Knowledge exchange, was established as a Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) based at Oxford Brookes University Business School. ASKe's work continues at the ASKe Pedagogy Research Centre (led by Professor Margaret Price) based in the Faculty of Business at Oxford Brookes. Keynotes and Publications are found on the left-hand menu but for further information regarding our research please visit our pages on the University's Faculty of Business website here. What makes good feedback good? Read more about our collaborative research project with Cardiff University including the Final Report. External Examiner project
Frameworks for Higher Education Qualifications - England, Wales and Northern Ireland This guidance is about the implementation of The framework for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland It applies to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic awards granted by a higher education. FHEQ, framework, higher education qualifications, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Publication date:Aug-2008ISBN/ISSN:ISBN 978 1 84482 871 5Size:247KBDescriptionThis guidance is about the implementation of The framework for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ). It applies to degrees, diplomas, certificates and other academic awards (other than honorary degrees and higher doctorates) granted by a higher education provider in the exercise of its degree awarding powers.
A SoTL Primer | Nancy L. Chick How many times did you introduce SoTL to someone new in the last year, and what did that introduction look like: a definition, a description, a metaphor, a citation, a workshop, a book, a website? I dream of a SoTL primer, a little anthology of key readings that would together provide some coverage, depth, and range of the field. I imagine a simple cover, a size that fits comfortably in my hands and lightly in my bookbag, lovingly worn pages with dog-eared corners and post-it notes throughout, and oh that book smell. On a whim one day, I emailed the following question to an unscientific sampling of friends and colleagues: If you were putting together a SoTL primer of 1 to 10 titles to introduce colleagues to the field, what would you include? I’ll put the full list on my SoTL Guide once it’s ready, but for now, here are a few highlights: So far, I’ve received 22 additional lists (plus mine). Compiling all 23 lists into a single bibliography, there are 112 citations. What’s your list?
The Learning Spy - Reflections on my teaching & their learning International Journal for Students as Partners Vision The International Journal for Students as Partners (IJSaP) is a new journal about learning and teaching together in higher education. IJSaP explores new perspectives, practices, and policies regarding how students and staff (used here and subsequently to refer to academic staff/faculty, professional staff, and other stakeholders) are working in partnership to enhance learning and teaching in higher education. Shared responsibility for teaching and learning is the underlying premise of students as partners, and IJSaP is produced using a student-staff partnership approach. IJSaP is designed to appeal to a wide audience of readers and potential authors in the higher education community. About IJSaP IJSaP is an open access, online, English-language, peer-reviewed journal which is committed to enacting the principles of partnership in the way it operates. The distinctive features of IJSaP:
Anderson and Krathwohl - Bloom's Taxonomy Revised - The Second Principle Understanding the New Version of Bloom’s Taxonomy ©Leslie Owen Wilson (2016, 2013, 2005, 2001) Contact Leslie A succinct discussion of the revisions to Bloom’s classic cognitive taxonomy by Anderson and Krathwohl and how to use them effectively Background: Who are Anderson and Krathwohl? Here in the United States, from the late 1950s into the early 1970s, there were attempts to dissect and classify the varied domains of human learning – cognitive (knowing, or head), affective (emotions, feelings, or heart) and psychomotor (doing, or kinesthetic, tactile, haptic or hand/body). While all of the taxonomies above have been defined and used for many years, there came about at the beginning of the 21st century in a new version of the cognitive taxonomy, known commonly before as Bloom’s Taxonomy. The Cognitive Domain: The following chart includes the two primary existing taxonomies of cognition. Taxonomies of the Cognitive Domain Table 1.1 – Bloom vs. (Diagram 1.1, Wilson, Leslie O. 2001) Sources:
digitalstorytellingsynthesis / Digital storytelling in higher education McLellan (2006: 73), while recognising that digital storytelling has applications in a range of disciplines, prioritises its use for personal stories, digital story archives, memorial stories, avocational stories, educational stories and stories in medicine and health. This usage can be said to reflect the agentive nature of storytelling. Oppermann (2008), Coventry (2008), Jenkins & Lonsdale (2008) Olney et al (2009) all provide examples of how digital storytelling use within higher education is broadening out beyond the priority areas identified by McLellan. Behind this increased use, both in frequency and spread is an understanding of the impact that this approach can have on the student learning experience that draws upon the pedagogy of storytelling but also recognises the affordances provided through the use of technology. Benmayor (2008: 198) identifies digital storytelling as a social pedagogy, approaching learning as a collaborative process.
SOLO taxonomy A few weeks ago I rather rashly offered to present on SOLO taxonomy to the North Somerset Aspire network. As always with this sort of foolishness it’s made me consider my understanding of the subject in a lot more depth. Before the Summer I’d never even heard of it. But since then the whole world (or at least the very narrow teaching geek world I inhabit) has exploded with SOLO fever. So, after cannibalising Tait’s Prezi, I began putting together a presentation which said what I thought needed saying. And here are the bits and bobs to go with the presentation : 'Grown up' statements on AfL to classify And the SOLO levels sheet to help prompt the AfL card sort: And the 'meta' hexagons (which are really just hexagons about SOLO and probably a bit of a disappointment) And just in case anyone’s not had enough about SOLO rammed down their throats recently, here’s a collection of posts which touch on it. Please leave any comments: always value formative feedback. Like this: Like Loading...
"The flipped classroom will redefine the role of educators" | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences The following interview is excerpted from an article published this month on the website EvoLLLution—"illuminating the lifelong learning movement." Eric Mazur is area dean of Applied Physics at Harvard University and Balkanski professor of physics and applied physics. Since introducing the flipped model to his classroom, Mazur has seen a great response from his students, both in their attitudes and in their grades. In this interview, Mazur explains the benefits of this approach, and how it will redefine the role of post secondary educators in 10 years’ time. 1. Well, it's been quite a while. In fact, whenever I lecture for professional reasons, at a conference or anything else, and I don’t have an ability to get immediate feedback from my audience as I get from my students, I feel totally lost. 2. I used the greatest invention in information technology, called the book. When I started doing what I did, I didn’t call it the flipped classroom. Read the entire interview here