Working in collaboration to enhance the student experience.

Description

Academic skills are most successful when embedded with the curriculum (Coulson et al., 2021; Wyatt, 2011). There is excellent collaboration between Lecturers, Academic Librarians and Learning Development in a wide range of programmes at UON, however, in our experience there are also a range of challenges that can cause issues with buy-in from some academic staff. A common issue is when embedded academic skills sessions should happen. Engaging students with an active teaching approach can be even harder (Armellini et al., 2021; Hicks and Sinkinson, 2021). Using a fictional scenario, we will guide you through the trials and tribulations of embedded support for key academic skills. The workshop will highlight different approaches that can be used to navigate through difficulties and offer potential solutions to collaborative working between Lecturers, Learning Development and Academic Librarians. At the end of the workshop, you will have ideas to reflect on how provision works on your course and changes that you think would be worth considering.

References
Armellini, A., Teixeira Antunes, V. and Howe, R. (2021) Student Perspectives on Learning Experiences in a Higher Education Active Blended Learning Context, TechTrends, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11528-021-00593-w

Coulson, K., Loddick, A., Rice, P. (2021). Exploring the Impact of Learning Development on Student Engagement, Experience, and Learning. In: Huijser, H., Kek, M., Padró, F.F. (eds) Student Support Services. University Development and Administration. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3364-4_19-1

Hicks, A. and Sinkinson, C. (2021) Participation and presence: interrogating active learning. Portal: Libraries and the Academy. 21(4), pp.749-771.

Wyatt, L.G. (2011) Nontraditional Student Engagement: Increasing Adult Student Success and Retention, The Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 59 (1), 10-20, DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2011.544977

Period	17 Jun 2024
Event title	UON Learning and Teaching Conference 2024
Event type	Conference
Degree of Recognition	Local