Learning and Teaching Conference 2023 Resources

Conference Resources

The ReCap recordings and PowerPoint slides for the Workshops, Presentations and Lightning Talks delivered at the conference can be found below, grouped into the sessions from the Conference Programme. Abstracts for each topic can also be found by clicking on the title in the programme timetable. A small number of presenters chose not to make the recording of their session available, and these are indicated in the appropriate session.  

Keynote Speaker Address

The keynote address entitled ‘From promise to pragmatism: Delivering a better student experience’ was delivered by Simon Lancaster and Grace Simpson from the Nous Group. 

Keynote Speaker Address ReCap Recording

Session 1 – 11:00-12:00

Room G.06 - Presentation 

1. Peer Networks for Engineers: A mixed-methods and participatory bottom-up design to enable students as partners and co-creators in their education 
   Dr Sharron Kuznesof (SNES), Charlotte Boulton (Inclusive Newcastle), Mark Geoghegan (School of Engineering), Alison Shaw (Inclusive Newcastle) 
2. Best of Both Worlds – Learning Partnerships help students apply their knowledge beyond the research-intensive university 
   Abby French (SAgE Faculty Office), Lucie Oxley (SAgE Faculty Office - Engineering), John Lockey (SAgE Faculty Office - MSP/Computing), Sam Bachkheti (SAgE Faculty Office - SNES) 
3. Co-designing reflective strategies with students – reflections on the co-production of the ‘Practising Reflection’ workbook 
   Dr Areti Galani (School of Arts and Cultures), Dr Gayle Meikle (School of Arts and Cultures), Dr Hannah Marsden (School of Arts and Cultures) 

Room G.06 – 11:00-12:00 - Presentation ReCap Recording [Please note: the final minutes of Presentation 3 were not recorded]

Room G.06 – 11:00-12:00 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides 

Room 1.17 - Lightning Talk

1. Integrating and evaluating enterprise development educational initiatives across academic disciplines
   Dr Lucy Hatt (Newcastle University Business School), Graham Cole (Lecturer in Enterprise, SAgE Professional Services)
2. Participant’s views, engagement, and satisfaction towards feedback meetings employing inquiry-structured agenda topics
   Dr Nadine Hayudini Nograles (Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia), Dr Steffi Tan Shih May, EdD (NUMed) Ms Nurul Atiah Iylia Mohd Ariff Krishnan (NUMed)
3. Addressing challenges, building communities and creating value in taught programmes
   Sharon Joyce (School of Engineering), Katie Wray (SAgE Faculty Office)
4. Transnational Cross-campus Teaching in The Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: Benefits, Challenges and Suggestions
   Liberty Emerson (School of Medicine), Mr Ned Tilling (Student - co-presenter - SME), Mr Jun Jie Lim (Student - NUMEd), Dr Paul Hubbard (NUMed), Dr Andrew Chaytor (SME)

Room 1.17 - 11:00-12:00 - Lightning Talk ReCap Recording

Room 1.17 - 11:00-12:00 - Lightning Talk PowerPoint Slides

Room 1.18 - Presentation

1. Working differently together: The use of TEL to support MDT working online
   Dr Scott Walker (School of Medicine - Newcastle University), Dr Rebecca Hancock (School of Medicine - Newcastle University), Dr Jessica Hardisty (School of Pharmacy - Sunderland University), Charlotte Richardson (School of Pharmacy – Newcastle University)
2. Does Virtual Case-based Discussions Foster Clinical Reasoning among Medical Students?
   Mr Jun Jie Lim (Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia)
3. Live fieldwork broadcast – a student co-production partnership
   Janine Maddison (School of Natural and Environmental Sciences)

Room 1.18 - 11:00-12:00 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 1.18 - 11:00-12:00 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.14 - Presentation

1. Community Beyond the Classroom: Co-Creation for Outreach and Engagement
   Dr Stephanie Holton (History, Classics & Archaeology), Elizabeth Cattermole (Stage 3 Classics), Elise Riding (Stage 3 Classical Studies)
2. SACS FUTURES: a collaborative community which supports students as they prepare for life after graduation
   Dr Jane Nolan (SACS - ICMuS), Dr Barbara Henderson (SACS Journalism), Francesca Arlett (SACS Fine Art - UG student)
3. Evaluation of Digital Tools to Support Laboratory-Based Learning
   Dr Hanno Kossen (SNES - Chemistry), Oliver Tromans (SNES – Chemistry student), Wynnie Chong (SNES – Chemistry student)

Room 2.14 - 11:00-12:00 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 2.14 - 11:00-12:00 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.15 - Workshop

Reducing perfectionistic concerns in new undergraduate students
Dr Billie Moffat-Knox (School of Psychology), Dr Tracy Donachie (School of Psychology)

Room 2.15 - 11:00-12:00 - Workshop ReCap Recording

Room 2.15 - 11:00-12:00 - Workshop PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.16 - Presentation

1. Why Can’t Module Choice be More like Netflix? The Use of Agile Methodologies to Improve the Student Understanding of the Module Selection Process
   Helen Elliott (HASS Faculty Office), Meg Hardiman (Student, School of English, Literature, Language and Linguistics), Levi Croom (PGT student and Faculty Student Experience Administrator for HaSS)
2. Students as Partners: Reflections of a student-staff co-creation project
   Dr Amina Razak (Inclusive Newcastle Knowledge Centre), Kudzaishe Chiwara (UG), Anna Christy (PGR), Jonathan Lee (UG), Micha Newman (UG), Andy Oroke (PGR), Kirijana Yogaratnam (UG), Student Advisory Board, School of Engineering
3. School X: Snakes and Ladders - the experience of designing an interdisciplinary course
   Professor Ruth Morrow (School X)

Room 2.16 - 11:00-12:00 - Presentation Recap Recording

Room 2.16 - 11:00-12:00 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Session 2 - 12:05-13:05

Room G.06 - Lightning Talk

1. Unlocking the potential of learning analytics: leveraging data to support students and enhance their educational experience
   Sam Flowers (LTDS), Matt Laidler (LTDS)
2. Integration of social media as a tool to increase engagement with the Student Staff Committee
   Beker Khalid (School of Pharmacy), Dr Clare Tolley (School of Pharmacy), Cristina Guirola Carias De Newell (School of Pharmacy)
3. Designing Interactive Technologies to Support Student’s Emotional Well-being in the Classroom of Statistics— An Empirical Study
   Dr. Pascal Stiefenhofer (NUBS), Viana Nijia Zhang (Computing Student - Open Lab)
4. Student motivations for engaging in higher education and expectations of experience
   Dr Elaine Tan (NUBS), Ana Bogdanovic (NUBS)

Room G.06 - 12:05-13:05 - Lightning Talk ReCap Recording [Please note: Lightning Talk 4 was not recorded]

Room G.06 - 12:05-13:05 - Lightning Talk PowerPoint Slides

Room 1.17 - Presentation

1. Developing transferable skills in students through co-creating work-based learning outcomes - work supervisors' perspectives
   Mr Ong Chee Ming (Singapore Institute of Technology)
2. Putting the work-based learner and their context at the heart of blended learning on the MSc Strategic Leadership in NUBS
   Dr Amy Stabler (NUBS), Dr Nicola Patterson (NUBS), Prof Sharon Mavin (NUBS), Dr Joanne James (NUBS)
3. Co-creating evaluation with student researchers, a NUSU-Inclusive Newcastle collaboration
   Charlotte Boulton (Inclusive Newcastle), Emily Halsall (UG History Student & NUSU Academic Societies Intern)

Room 1.17 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 1.17 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 1.18 - Presentation

1. Coding caring in digital communication: an examination of attentive and salient interaction between students and teachers in a UK university
   Professor Caroline Walker-Gleaves (ECLS)
2. Why are we not tapping on Digital Learning Experience Design (LXD) science?
   Loiana Leal (School of Modern Language)

Room 1.18 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 1.18 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.14 - Presentation

1. Wellbeing and the Academic - a developing partnership to improve student experience
   Kirsty Hutchinson (Student Health and Wellbeing)
2. Intercultural orientation workshops for students on the MA Cross-Cultural Communication+ programmes
   Dr Alina Schartner (ECLS), Yao Wang (ECLS - PhD candidate)
3. Students who are Parents & Higher Education: A case study presentation of challenges faced by Student Parents in Newcastle University and how the university can create a more inclusive and supportive culture
   Mrs Vivian Nnemaobinwa Okoye (Student in the School of Psychology)

Room 2.14 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 2.14 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.15 - Workshop

Accessibility Tools in Microsoft 365: From Awareness to Action
Jack Ennis (Digital Adoption, NUIT), Jen Stewart (Specialist Learning Adviser, Student Health and Wellbeing Services)

This workshop was not recorded.

Room 2.16 - Presentation

1. Piloting the Science and Culture of Wellbeing module: Student experiences of a mental health literacy module
   Ruth Furlonger (School X - Combined Honours), Ellen Marshall (Psychology)
2. Before and After Teaching: the role of Extra Curricular Activities (ECAs) and its Impact on the Fine Art Curriculum
   Prof Irene Brown (SACs Fine Art), Dr Christian Mieves (SACs)
3. Collaborative Intercultural Encounters for Global Educational Experiences
   Dr Müge Satar (ECLS) Linda Jose (ECLS), Szu Han Ke (PGR - ECLS), Wenwen Zhang (PGR – ECLS)

Room 2.16 - 12:05:13:05 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 2.16 - 12:05-13:05 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Session 3 - 14:05-15:05

Room G.06 - Lightning Talk

1. MOOC Adventures: From Conception to Reality
   Dr Iain Keenan (School of Medicine)
2. Embracing AI
   Dr Paul Mackay (INTO)
3. Using interactive methods to engage young people in Widening Participation research
   Dr Krystal Douglas-Dodd (Inclusive Newcastle Knowledge Centre)
4. Cabinet: Exhibitions Programme
   Dr Gayle Meikle (SACs)

Room G.06 - 14:05-15:05 - Lightning Talk ReCap Recording

Room G.06 - 14:05-15:05 - Lightning Talk PowerPoint Slides

Room 1.17 - Presentation 

1. Individual student generated videos creation as an assessment method: new evidence
   Dr Yulia Dzenkovska (Newcastle University Business School), Mr Nick Howey (Newcastle University Business School)
2. Student Voice, Student Choice: EDI, the Hidden Curriculum & Making the Transition to University
   Dr Chloe Ashbridge (SELLL), Dr Stacy Gillis (SELLL), Helen King (SELLL)
3. Who knows really what satisfactory feedback is?
   Dr Damian Parry (SBNS)

Room 1.17 - 14:05-15:05 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 1.17 - 14:05-15:05 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 1.18 - Presentation

1. Co-creation and evaluation of novel recruitment processes (CONVINCE Project)
   Mehmet Sebih Oruc (Newcastle University), Rebekah Puttick, Michelle Palmer, Gail de-Blaquiere
2. Does a life sciences student’s demographic background correlate with their access to careers and developmental opportunities and therefore their academic achievement as well as graduate destinations?
   Dr Vanessa Armstrong (SBNS), Neha Ramchandani Ramchandani (Stage 2 student - SBNS)
3. Bridging the Transition Gap
   Liv Jonassen (Academic Skills Team, Library) Sara Bird (Education Outreach Team, Library), Lauren Aspery (Bridging the Gap Project Coordinator, Library)

Room 1.18 - 14:05-15:05 - Presentation ReCap Recording

Room 1.18 - 14:05-15:05 - Presentation PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.14 - Lightning Talk

1. Co-creating assessment criteria and rubrics for an architecture theory course
   Dr Martin Beattie (SAPL)
2. Comment Banks are a poor feedback method... Discuss!
   Dr Simon Parker (SNES)
3. Developing skills and enhancing employability – student engagement with LinkedIn Learning
   Sarah Carnegie (Business School), Dr David Gundy (Business School)
4. Consolidating Blended Learning
   Nuala Davis (LTDS), Emma McCulloch (LTDS)

Room 2.14 - 14:05-15:05 - Lightning Talk ReCap Recording

Room 2.14 - 14:05-15:05 - Lightning Talk PowerPoint Slides

Room 2.15 - Workshop

Creating virtual tours using H5P
Helen Anderson (LTDS), Devin Louttit (LTDS), Malgorzata Rabenda Derman (LTDS),  Dave George (SNES)

Room 2.15 - 14:05-15:05 - Workshop ReCap Recording

Room 2.15 - 14:05-15:05 - Workshop Instructions (Word)

Room 2.16 - Workshop

Gamifying group work – come along and play at being a student - then borrow our game for any of your group work modules
Dr Catherine Douglas (SNES), Dr Jeremy Franks (SNES), Manjot Brar (Student Co-Creator)

Room 2.16 - 14:05-15:05 - Workshop ReCap Recording

Room 2.16 - 14:05-15:05 - Workshop PowerPoint Slides

Student Centred Education Panel Discussion

This session also includes the presentation of the Poster and Video Competition Awards.

Student Centred Education Panel Discussion - ReCap Recording