KIITE Student Education Conference 2020
The KIITE Student Education Conference 2020 took place on 29 January, at Keele Hall. The theme of the conference was ‘Sustaining a ‘Healthy’ Curriculum’, and the conference addressed the question what does it mean to build and sustain a ‘healthy’ curriculum?
We were delighted to have the conference keynote from Dr Chi Baik, Associate Professor in Higher Education from the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education.
Programme
09:00 - 09:30 Registration and Refreshments
09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and Introductions
09:45 - 10:30 Keynote: Chi Baik Enhancing university student wellbeing: What is the role of university educators?
10:30 - 11:30 Parallel Presentation Sessions - delegates will be able to choose from one of the following two sessions:
| The Student Voice as a Driver of Healthy Curricula (Ballroom courtyard side) 3 x 20-minute presentations | The Holistic Approach to Curriculum Design: Physical, Virtual and Community (Salvin Room) 3 x 20-minute presentations |
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Say it as it is! |
Using video glossaries to support the international student transition: A UK-China case study Katie Szkornik |
| Learning from students - evaluating the impact of extracurricular learning development workshops on curricular engagement and self-efficacy. Kizzy Beaumont & student co-presenters Iona Clayton, Matt Clendon & Michael Brown |
Engaging Augmented Environments: Building Immersive Digital Spaces Steven Rogers & Karl Gimblett |
| Student Transitions to Science Undergraduate Education Richard Waller |
Why Not Me? Students’ Identity, Community Belonging and Wellbeing in Academic Schools Michael Fay |
11:30 - 12:00 Break and refreshments
12:00 - 13:00 Parallel Presentation Sessions - delegates will be able to choose from one of the following three sessions:
| Curriculum and Induction (Ballroom courtyard side) 5 x 10 minute presentations | Pedagogy and Practice (Old Library) 5 x 10 minute presentations | Qualities and Skills (Salvin Room) 5 x 10 minute presentations |
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| How to Stay Professional on Social Media Pete Lonsdale |
Moving the learning from the Discussion Board to the cloud Nazim Ali |
Supporting academic writing skills development without “killing the golden goose” |
| Factors Affecting the Implementation of Curriculum Innovation in English Language Teaching in Chinese Higher Education Xia Liu (KIITE Visiting Scholar) |
Supporting international students: lessons learned from a TNE degree Daniela Plana |
Politicising Academia: The Bipolarity Between ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Mohammed Khan |
| Academic Reading Retreats: What are we retreating from? Angela Rhead & Chris Little |
A 1000 years of lectures. Is it time to make a change? Simon Rimmington |
Addressing gender balance in Music Technology Manuella Blackburn |
| Active blended learning in the veterinary curriculum: Can we train a generation of veterinary graduates to embrace life-long learning from Day 1 Dave Mazzocchi-Jones |
Blended Learning: Flexibility in English Language Teaching Bilkis Usman |
Developing resilience and wellbeing in pharmacy students David Morgan & Karen Anne Gunnell |
| Tackling inequalities: Building a ‘healthier’ Literature curriculum through feminist reflexivity Aimee Merrydew |
Can we ‘teach’ students to be resilient? Let’s try! Penny List |
What makes a good vet? How perception of prospective students compares to that of employers Nuria Canedo |
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:30 KIITE - Developments in Curriculum Design
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KIITE - Developments in Curriculum Design |
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Health and Wellbeing Strategy Elective Pathways & Interdisciplinary Education at Keele |
15:30 - 16:00 Keynote: Kate Lister ‘Embedding wellbeing in curriculum, learning and teaching’
16:00 - 17:00 KIITE Carousel
17:00 Close
16:00 - 17:00 The KIITE Carousel
The final section of the conference will be the ‘KIITE Carousel’. A Carousel is a communicative, interactive opportunity for conference delegates to move around the room, pausing at intervals to meet, comment, discuss and explore the themes of the "stations" situated in the conference hall. ‘Stations’ can be conference speakers (expanding on their presentation), Special Interest Research / Scholarship Groups or Education Services, Networks, Projects or Challenges.
As delegates circulate, they will have the opportunity to interact with each of them, and (variously) offer support to the project, sign up to the group or engage with the educational challenge.
Refreshments will accompany the Carousel.
| Global Opportunities Rachel Skittery, Natasha Corke, Jake Leech |
Introduction to Start to Success Kara Holloway |
| The Medical School Feedback Portal Adrian Molyneux |
Learning Development in the School of Law Hannah Gibbons-Jones |
| Building pedagogic innovation into a contemporary veterinary curriculum Dave Mazzocchi-Jones |
Challenging Dominant Discourses and Decolonizing the Curriculum Sophia Taha |
| Team-Based Learning Graeme Jones |
Undergraduate Research in the curriculum Jonathan Parker |
| Student Transitions to Science Undergraduate Education - interactive consensus building methodology Angela Turner |
Going in the Write Direction: Supporting a ‘Healthy’ Curriculum through Student Learning Services Grant Mitchell and Aimee Merrydew |
| Engaging Augmented Environments: Building Immersive Digital Conferences Steven Rogers & Karl Gimblett |
Using Microsoft Teams to Deliver Highly Engaging Social Learning Environments Vikki Foley & Matt Street |
Subthemes for the 2020 Student Education Conference include (but are not limited to):
- Embedding wellbeing in the curriculum
- Inclusivity and diversity in the curriculum
- Portfolio Health: designing the right ‘diet’ of modules & programmes
- Education for Sustainability
- Digital wellbeing and online communities
- Learning spaces, campus space
- Embedding confidence and resilience
- Lean assessment & feedback
- Encouraging ‘healthy debate’
- Recruitment, retention (and financial health)
- Future-proofing the curriculum: graduate wellbeing
- Making learning & teaching manageable: student & staff wellbeing
- Student Support and the Curriculum
- Social & Project-based learning
- Using data to measure the ‘health’ of a curriculum
- Evaluating a healthy curriculum: the scholarship of learning and wellbeing
- Supporting International student experiences
- Taboo, Controversy, Risk: What shouldn’t be included in a ‘healthy’ curriculum?
- Creativity and Wellbeing