Feedback & PGCTHE 2

Seminar Feedback

I ran a seminar for Tomorrow's Consumer today - I had adapted spooky bingo to be a revision game, which worked really well - although it didn't really last long enough.

At the end of the session I asked for some informal feedback - said that since I wouldn't be seeing them again until next term I wanted them to tell me what to start doing, stop doing etc.

Some helpful feedback here - some nice positive comments, but also a couple I can use to improve - speaking louder in the lecture theatre and dealing with people talking... something I'm reviewing as a critical incident at the moment.

Think I will repeat this in the other seminars & lectures this week. It's a bit scary though.

A student also came up to me at the end and asked why I no longer took his Thursday afternoon MKT1001 seminar. He said he didn't want to be mean, but the new lecturer didn't seem to have a handle on it. I explained how I'd been allocated different hours now, and that he should give her a chance as she was new. I was secretly flattered though.

PGCTHE 2

Had an enjoyable second PGCTHE session. We sat in the same groups as last time so I feel like I'm starting to get to know the others a bit. We covered assessment, levels of learning and understanding.

We then reviewed the critical incidents we had prepared. I worked in a group with Francis and Mike and a psychology lecturer whose name I didn't know. I shared the French Whispering situation (since it is unresolved) I really got a lot out of it - Francis was particularly insightful, and I think everyone agreed that I needed to speak to them and try and understand why the were talking - high likelihood that language may be at the heart of it. I now feel more confident in my strategy for Friday.

We also had a look at a couple of portfolios. I didn't think they were presented in a way that was particularly easy to understand. Di clarified some important points about the relationship between the literature and the incidents. Mike also mentioned that he's also doing an e-portfolio, and is using the learning outcomes to direct the content of his critical incidents. This seemed like something worth considering - as a checklist if not as content headings. Christine and Damien were interested in getting some help with E-Portfolios - I have set up a session to show them Googlesite.