Module 1 - Foundation Module
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the module, participants should be able to:
- discuss a variety of methods and resources available for effective teaching and learning in higher education (e.g. lecturing, small group teaching, the use of ICT, innovative teaching methods)
- apply a variety of methods and resources to enhance their own practice as teachers in higher education
- articulate theories and models of teaching and learning in higher education, through material presented during the module and through their own reading of educational literature
- apply relevant educational theory to enhance their own practice
- discuss a model of curriculum design and development, and how it relates to aims, learning outcomes, assessment, delivery and evaluation in higher education teaching
- apply such a model to module design in their own teaching context
- discuss and evaluate the methods of assessment commonly used in higher education, including innovative approaches to assessment
- apply various methods of assessment in their own practice
- provide evidence of reflection on their own assessment practices and on possible modifications to these, using materials presented in the module and their own reading of educational literature
- discuss effective ways of providing oral and written feedback to students
- reflect on different kinds of teaching sessions in their own practice, and relate their experiences to the relevant educational literature
- reflect on changes and developments in their own teaching over a semester period
- suggest changes to their own practice based on reflection and their reading of relevant literature.
Content will include:
- models of module development, teaching and learning
- discussion of the skills involved in lecturing, small group teaching and laboratory teaching
- assessment in Higher Education
- technology in teaching and learning
- opportunity to practise lecturing skills with video feedback
Assessment:
Two assignments:
- Teaching Journal and Portfolio based on participants' own teaching
- Participants' evaluation of their own assessment procedures.
