Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
Festival of Learning and Teaching – Transition and Transformation: Thinking, Experiencing and Being in STEMMB
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The Festival of Learning and Teaching is Imperial’s annual collaborative and celebratory forum of educational innovation and achievement across the College.
With uncertainty and change in the higher education sector, we all find ourselves at points of transition and in moments of transformation. This might be transition from practices during Covid-19, transformation of our practices, or student transitions through a transformative educational experience. The Festival hosted in 2023 explored the experiences of both students and staff, and considered challenges and opportunities for thinking, experiencing and being, situating our conversations within three broadly defined themes:
- Day 1: Discovery-based learning
- Day 2: Assessment and feedback
- Day 3: Student and staff interaction and wellbeing
As well as the in-person project showcase, the event also hosted a virtual poster gallery which incorporates educational research from across the College.
Event resources
Discovery-based Learning
Keynote session delivered by Professor Oguz Acar, Marketing & Innovation at King's College London: Discovery-Based Learning and Innovation in Disruptive Times
Recording
Parallel sessions
- New capabilities in immersive and interactive learning media by Daniel Mitelpunkt, Head of the Digital Media Lab and Thomas White, Senior XR Consultant
- Artificial Intelligence as Teaching Assistant: Early Findings on Integrating ChatGPT and other LLMs into Discovery-based Entrepreneurship Education by Professor David Shreir, Professor of Practice (AI & Innovation), Imperial College London
- Reflective tools to support real-world, community-engaged learning by Stephanie Powell, Community Collaboration Lead, School of Public Health
- Student Research Networks - A model for the enhancement and enrichment of research education by Dr Aaron M. Lett, Centre for Student Research Networks and Cecilia Dunsterville, Faculty of Medicine Student Network Manager
- Lab Pods – where the magic happens! by Dr Ana P. Costa-Pereira, Department of Surgery & Cancer, Faculty of Medicine
- Discovery-Based Learning via Participatory Live Coding by Jay DesLauriers, Graduate School, Imperial College London
- Design Week by Idris Kevin Mohammed, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- A Discovery-based Learning Activity to Push Students Over the Threshold by Linda Stringer, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Stop and Think: improving our clinical reasoning by Sian Powell, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Assessed Self-Discovery for EDI Advocacy by Chloe Agg, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- “The Medical Student’s Playground” via Guided Discovery-Based Learning by Dr Christopher John, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
- Graphic Medicine: Enhancing patient and personal narratives using comics by Dr Neepa Thacker, Year 5 Primary Care Course Lead and Mr Tom Rozier-Hope, Primary Care Executive Officer
- ‘Exploring the identity development of the budding neuroscientist at postgraduate level: a mixed-method study with perspectives from alumni and academics’ by Dr Stefano Sandrone and Dr Iro Ntonia, Imperial College London
- Student’s perception of Integration of research within the medical curriculum and what could be done to change it by Dr Nida Sajjad, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- Life and Death Training in 360 Virtual Reality by Risheka Walls, Consultant Physician at Imperial College NHS Healthcare Trust and the Digital Development Lead (Phase 3) at Imperial College School of Medicine
Assessment and Feedback
Keynote panel session delivered by Dr Christine O'Dea, Subject Group Leader (Logistics, Transportation, Operations and Analytics) at Huddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield: AI text generators and assessments – realizing the potential benefits to students and tutors in higher education contexts; Dr Peter Kemp, Senior Lecturer in Computing Education, King's College London: Overview of the assessment and pedagogical system; Dr Reuben Shipway, lecturer in Marine Biology, University of Plymouth: Chatbots and AI – a new frontier in higher education
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Parallel sessions
- Curiosity, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment by Mike Tennant, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
Anatomy of Assessment by Professor Martyn Kingsbury, Dr Monika Pazio, Dr Vijay Tymms, Imperial College London - Automated feedback on self-study: a value proposition and some critical questions by Dr Peter Johnson, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
- Design and Professional Practice: A Case Study on Developing Feedback Literacy Throughout the Curriculum by Dr Maria Parkes and Dr Ian Radcliffe, Imperial College London
- Multimode assessment feedback by Moira Sarsfield, Director of FoNS Ed Tech Lab
- Breaking Experimental Reports into Bite-Size-Chunks by Professor Jason Riley (VDE), Department of Materials, Imperial College London
- 100% Peer Assessment?! by Dr Isabel Rabey, Teaching Fellow, Department of Physics
- How do students' historical relationship with academic feedback shape their broader relationship with the assessments? by Jordon Millward, PhD Student, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship
- Using Automated Programming Assessment Tools for Assessments as Learning by Masoud Seifikar, Imperial College London
- Maximising the Potential of Introvert students in our Assessment and Feedback Practices by Heather Hanna, Imperial College London
- Qualitative Feedback by Robert Woodward, Lekan Ladipo and Persefoni Stylianoudaki, Imperial College London
- Exploring the Impact of Digital Technologies on Assessment and Feedback: Student perspectives by Jason Zheng, Stephanas Lim, Yasmin Baker, Runtian Wu, Rea Tresa, Shi Wei Yuan
Student and staff wellbeing
Keynote session delivered by Kate Ippolito, Principal Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship: Reciprocal emotional interaction in university classrooms: Who influences feelings of coping and succeeding, and how?
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Parallel sessions
- Perpetuating or transforming culture? Examining the role of collaboration in undergraduate Physics by Amy Smith, Department of Physics, Imperial College London
- Healthy boundaries: Navigating interactions within and beyond the learning environment to support teacher and student wellbeing by Nikki Boyd, Centre for Higher Education Reseach and Scholarship, Imperial College London
- Learning analytics as a wellbeing aid by Greg Robinson, Helen Walkey, Mehdi Moussaoui, Shireen Lock, Moira Sarsfield, Imperial College London
- Exploring halls of residences as wellbeing resources by Dr Julianne K. Viola and Dr Luke McCrone, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship, Imperial College London
- Fostering Educational Diversity and Inclusivity: Enhancing Student Wellbeing through the Learning Well Project by Dr Sue Sing, Dr Tiffany Chiu, Dr Richard Bale, Hannah Bannister, Imperial College London
- Educating with care: a holistic approach to learning by Dr Wafa Khamri, Senior Teaching Fellow, Imperial College London
- Welfare Programme for the Global Master in Public Health by Wendy Kwok, Jenny Husbands, Sondus Hassounah and Anna Szajda, School of Public Health, Imperial College London
- Should university learning and teaching be enjoyable? by Catherine Mansfield and Kate Ippolito, Imperial College London
- Uncertainty and emotion in physics problem-solving by Jon Fenton, Physics, Imperial College London
- Inclusivity does not translate to equity by Katie Stripe, Senior Learning Designer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
- Interactions and Wellbeing panel: Exploring Student and Staff Experiences of ‘Being’ in our STEMMB Context by Nathalie Podder, Aglaia Freccero, Anthea MacIntosh LacRoque Hannah Bannister, Anna Goodwin
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
Professor Peter Haynes opened the event with a speech highlighting “The Imperial Festival of Learning and Teaching is a fantastic opportunity for us to celebrate our recent achievements and innovations. As well as this, to look forward to the challenges and opportunities that are ahead of us”.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
The first day of the event was focused on Discovery-based Learning, the event welcomed Professor Oguz Acar from King's College London who presented a keynote presentation on 'Discovery-Based Learning and Innovation in Disruptive Times'.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
The Digital Media Lab ran a workshop called 'New capabilities in immersive and interactive learning media' which was an interactive session testing out new XR.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
The event included many opportunities for the audience to get involved and ask questions on padlet, mentimeter and in-person.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
Professor Peter Haynes, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) presented Dr Andréia Vargas-Seymour with a prize for winning the most voted poster at the Festival.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
The event incorporated many interactive workshops, presentations and panel sessions.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
On the final day of the event Kate Ippolito from the Educational Development Unit presented the final keynote speech on 'Reciprocal emotional interaction in university classrooms: Who influences feelings of coping and succeeding, and how?'.
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
Professor Martyn Kingsbury opened the final day of the event
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
Colleagues from across college gathered to participate in the event
Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023
The event hosted student panels on day 2 and 3 of the event