Project Title: TechExplorer: Exploring the Ways in Which Students use Technology to Support Their Own Learning Activities
Project Leader(s): Pete Lonsdale
Many students use a range of technologies to support their learning. Others may wish to use them but are not sure how. We will explore student technology use and share those practices through an online community. Students will be recruited to focus groups and diary studies that will provide us with case studies and demonstrations of the effective use of technology for self-directed learning. We will use these to enhance our understanding of how Keele students use technology for learning so that we can improve the support we offer through existing online services, or offer new ones if needed.
TechExplorer: Exploring the Ways in Which Students use Technology to Support Their Own Learning Activities by Pete Lonsdale is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Project Title: Once Upon a Molecule
Project Leader(s): Katherine Haxton
Narrative tools in teaching make use of the idea that all humans are essentially storytellers who can construct stories to make greater sense of knowledge and experience. The use of narrative tools may allow us to overcome key issues in current Chemistry teaching, particularly where students fail to draw on prior learning to solve problems in class. The modular system, or strategic assessment driven learning styles may make this more problematic. This project will encourage students to investigate the complexity of chemistry and related multidisciplinary issues through narratives in polymer, environmental and industrial chemistry.