Project Title: 'Forewarned is Forearmed': Enhancing the Employability of Keele University's Economic Geologists
Project Leader(s): Brian O'Driscoll, Alan Butcher and Ralf Gertisser
Interview skills are arguably one of the most practical and transferable skill-sets of all, and yet amazingly many students find themselves interviewing for the first time after graduating, when the stakes are high and when a lack of experience can mean that they pay a heavy price for being unprepared. The mineral resources industry is a rapidly expanding employment sector nationally and internationally, but is still ultra-competitive. This teaching innovation proposal aims to ‘arm’ Keele University Economic Geology graduates with an interview experience that will bridge the gap between university learning and securing their first position in the employment sector.
Project Title: Have Your Say: Keele in Two Ticks Video Wall
Project Leader(s): Beth Johnson
Videoing via mobile telephones (smart phones) or other recording devices is a facility with which a majority of students are familiar within a social context. This project intends to promote the use of videoing in order to reflect upon and suggest innovative ways of improving teaching and learning within a pedagogical context.
The Have Your Say: Keele in Two Ticks Video Wall project asks Film Studies and Media, Communications and Culture students to respond to specific pedagogical themes/issues/questions by recording and uploading on the KLE two minute videos. An example theme is ‘Your feedback on our feedback’. The themed video wall will be moderated by a member of staff and the topic/theme will change every 8 weeks to keep the wall fresh and progressive. Videos will be recorded on smartphones or other recording devices so no special equipment is required. The purpose of the video wall is to give students a voice and provide an arena where they have the opportunity to reflect upon their own learning and teaching.
Have Your Say: Keele in Two Ticks Video Wall by Beth Johnson is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
