What is the symposium programme?

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9.15am 

Registration with arrival refreshments 

Room: Foyer and Sir Howard Stringer Room

9.45am 

Official opening: Professor Martin Williams, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education)

Welcome: Professor Rhona Sharpe, Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning 

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre 

Keynote address: Fostering student agency and engagement in assessment and feedback: taking a programme approach

Professor Tansy Jessop, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Education and Students), University of Bristol 

Chair: Dr Jane Pritchard, Head of Educational Development, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre

10.45am 

Refreshment break and opportunity to view posters and connect with Centre for Teaching and Learning staff and partners 

Posters:

• Jonathan Attwood (Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences) - Tackling concussion education at medical school
• Rachna Begh (Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care Sciences) - Redesigning group work: a survey on students' preference for group work preparation and presentations
• Maria Czepiel (Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages) - Two alternative teaching activities in first-year Spanish Literature
• Francesca Donnellan (Department of Biochemistry) - Design and implementation of a novel, clinically focused Immunology workshop for graduate entry medical students
• Kit Gallagher (Doctoral Training Centre) - Teaching scientists to make better software
• Jasper Theodor Kauth (Blavatnik School of Government) - Case Centre on Public Leadership: innovative and immersive teaching for tackling global challenges
• Mingwan Lin (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) - Examining student perspectives: integrating virtual reality and instructor-lead dissection room sessions for system-based learning in cardiovascular and respiratory anatomy
• Mark Roberts (Department of Biochemistry) - Pores in the parks
• Samuel Snowdon (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) - Enhancing spatial understanding of anatomy by integrating ultrasound alongside gross anatomy practical classes

Room: Foyer and Sir Howard Stringer Room

11.15am 

Morning session (choose one of two concurrent sessions to attend)

Concurrent session 1: Lightning talks on embedding digital education

• William Finnegan (Department for Continuing Education) - The Vice-Chancellor’s Colloquium
• Kit Gallagher (Doctoral Training Centre) - Integrating synchronous and asynchronous digital teaching tools in doctoral training
• Sharmila Rajendran (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) - Advancing medical education through digital technology: empowering students with 3D models
• Marion Sadoux (Language Centre) - Using AI tools for Language Centre: what do our learners think?

Chair: Dr Chloe Walker, Digital Education Consultant, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre

Concurrent session 2: Workshop facilitated by Professor Tansy Jessop: Co-creating institutional principles for curriculum design: how, why, and so what? 

Room: Mure Room

12.15pm 

Lunch and opportunity to view posters (as per list above) and connect with Centre for Teaching and Learning staff and partners

Room: Foyer and Sir Howard Stringer Room

1.15pm 

Poster prizes and presentations from winners of a Vice-Chancellor's Education Award 2024

• Aaron Maniam​ (Blavatnik School of Government) - Policy challenge II: North Korea crisis simulation
• Sharmila Rajendran (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics) - Digital synergy: unleashing dynamic and inclusive anatomy education

Chair: Professor Rhona Sharpe

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre 

2pm 

Keynote address: University learning in an age of AI

Helen Beetham, consultant researcher in digital education

Chair: Marion Manton, Head of Digital Education, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre

Short refreshment break

Room: Foyer and Sir Howard Stringer Room

3pm 

Afternoon session (choose one of two concurrent sessions to attend)

Concurrent session 1: Lightning talks on diversifying summative assessment

• Luisa Coelho and Cornelia Wiedenhofer (Language Centre) - The use and advantages of reflective portfolios in students' learning and assessment
• Kathy Noren (Disability Advisory Service) - Creating inclusive learning environments at Oxford: reflections on Abrahart vs University of Bristol
• Mark Roberts (Department of Biochemistry) - Blocking Biochemistry: using immersive block teaching at Oxford
• Barbara Zonta (Department of Pharmacology) - Cracking the code: mastering essay criteria for MSc Pharmacology exams!

Chair: Dr Anne Crook, Senior Educational Development Consultant, Centre for Teaching and Learning

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre 

Concurrent session 2: Practical AI in teaching and learning workshop facilitated by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (please note: this is a repeat of the workshop being facilitated by the Centre in May and June 2024) 

Room: Mure Room

4pm 

Closing remarks: Professor Rhona Sharpe, Director, Centre for Teaching and Learning 

Room: TS Elliot Lecture Theatre 

4.15pm 

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