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Second Workshop<\/h1>\n

Second CIP workshop: Student Perspectives on Transitions and Control Over Content<\/h2>\n

12 May 2017<\/p>\n

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In May, the Centre for Innovation in Pedagogy held its 2nd workshop, where we once again celebrated collaboration and innovation in teaching and learning between what we have called the \u2018non-obvious\u2019 partnerships; between students and academics and academics and learning technologists. This year we ran a dual theme of the role of teaching innovation in higher education and the student perspective on transitions and control over course content and structure.<\/p>\n

We heard presentations from Ali Owrak of Alliance Manchester Business School, from the student innovation teams, and from Learning Technologists, Will Moindrot and Phil Styles. The presenting student innovation officers were led by Weika Tan, Vanessa Mbamalu, Jun Gao and Pak Liu. With the centre now over a year old this was a good opportunity to say thank you to our outgoing third-year students; Rebecca Gilbertson, Rex Chukujama, Mariola Yankova and Marwan Mohamad and welcome in our newbies from year one; Michael, Mollie and Siyu.<\/p>\n

\"AliThis year we were very fortunate to have Ali Owrak as our keynote speaker. In an inspirational speech, Ali set the tone for the workshop by highlighting the need for conveners to take a step back and think \u2018how exactly are we expecting our students to react to our assessments?\u2019 Ali discussed the challenges faced by innovating academics in terms of relationships with colleagues, comparing himself to Jack Sparrow running back to his ship chased by a whole division of angry colleagues in a hilarious analogy on the life of an innovator. Ali also discussed the many innovations that he employs on his courses aimed at capturing student interest and engagement.<\/p>\n

Opening for the students was Vanessa Mbamalu and Jun Gao in a very professional presentation on student challenges and transitions from further education, with a particular focus on the little-known perspective of the overseas student. Vanessa presented some findings from a survey asking students to rank the challenges they face with some surprising results; the most cited challenges being \u2018too many coursework in too short a time span\u2019, \u2018recognising the value of fees\u2019 and \u2018understanding how to learn independently\u2019 Gao then gave a moving account of the view and hurdles faced by overseas students in terms of social isolation and language barriers whilst away from home and at university.<\/p>\n\n\t\t