Pedagogic Research and Scholarship Institute

Past Events

This page contains links to documents produced to support our events.

PRSI diary of Activities 2007/08

Support for PedR Workshop series

Main Events

First Event — Prepare to meet your ideal PedR partner! 
In the run up to Valentine’s Day -This will have a focus on developing research teaching links (both pedagogic and subject-based) and on exploring new research collaborations. Further information available
Tuesday 12 February 2008 All day, TC007 Park

Departmental seminars

Events with External Advisers

Expert Themed Workshops

In 2007 PRSI’s Inaugural Event took place, giving colleagues in the university the opportunity to feed their views into the PRSI priorities and to shape the activities of the Institute.  Participants at this event provided feedback on the event summarised in a presentation file and this was used to prepare a follow-up report.

One of the research projects in which PRSI is collaborating with the University’;s Centre for Active Learning is through our activities on Podcasting & Digital Storytelling — a number of meetings have taken place to explore the potential of these techniques for learning and teaching.  Some of the discussions were summarised in the whiteboard notes 1 & whiteboard notes 2, and partly captured in brief feedback interviews captures in audio feedback clips 1 & feedback clips 2.  This has resulted in a Podcasting & Digital Storytelling report.

2nd May 2007 am: Session 1 in the PRSI ‘support for PedR’ series Getting started! Research design and methods for pedagogic research projects.  Report and Feedback to come.

Trying to make sense of the 'captured' discussions

PRSI diary of Activities 2006/07

April to December 2007 — PRSI Annual Writing Project (please check accompanying attachment for details or contact Gill Oddy for additional information).  The date of the writing retreat in June or September 2007 will be confirmed shortly.

16th May 2007 am:  Teaching Fellow meeting to discuss inputs to PRSI - 11-1 including lunch.

W/c 21st May 2007 (tbc) ‘Postgraduateness’ and skills for taught postgraduate learning (PRSI/CLT session) led by Lindsey McEwen

31st May 2007:  PRSI swap-shop event with three themes: (a) sharing PedR experience through current/ past projects; a cross-University view; (b) Getting funded!  Funding sources for PedR — internal/ external and actual bidding; (c) Getting published!  PedR writing — approaches and possible outlets.  Sessions (b) and (c) will followed up by longer workshops in term I 07/08.

Late June 2007 (tbc) - What’s it all about?  Alternative approaches to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and setting the research agenda (a discussion led by Arran Stibbe and Jane Roberts as outcome from discussions at the learning Café event in February 07)

Launch Event

In August 2006, the PRSI Launch Event took place.  In this event the PRSI was unveiled for the university and beyond.