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Embedding Interdisciplinarity: Developing a Generic Undergraduate EBL Team Project Module
Global and societal issues are best addressed by
interdisciplinary teams. This requires graduates to be able to communicate their knowledge and skills across interdisciplinary boundaries. Building on previous work, this project will develop an undergraduate interdisciplinary EBL module which will be open to all disciplines across the university. 24 students from 5 disciplines will work together and provide feedback on their experiences of the module so as to identify institutional issues, including support for WebCT.
Project Team: Julia McMorrow, Charlotte Woods, Isobel Braidman, Susana Lorenzo, Caroline Bowsher Faculty: Humanities, Medical and Human Sciences, Life Sciences
Funding year: 2005
Keywords: interdisciplinary, undergraduate, webct, medicine, geography, spanish, languages, education, biology, teamwork, poster
Case Study (PDF, 137.4Kb)
Pedagogic Development - Enquiry-Based Learning for Constructed Textiles
Learning how to weave can be problematic for designers. The discipline demands the visualisation of 3D structures and manufacturing processes. Weave design has traditionally been taught through a technology-based route using lectures, laboratory classes and written exams. Observations and analyses of exam results have shown that the design students find constructed textiles difficult to master. Through this project we will translate some of the lectures from TX2009 Weaving for Designers into Problem Based Learning.
The aims of this project are to:
- Match the teaching methods more closely with the learning style of the students
- Promote deep and holistic learning
- Promote a more vibrant and stimulating learning experience
- Ensure students are at the centre of the learning environment
These aims will be met by creating an EBL environment for constructed textile design through a blended learning approach, converting weave design lectures into PBL, and creating a WebCT portal in which curriculum objectives and study techniques are clarified.
Project Team: Kate Sayer Faculty: Engineering and Physical Sciences
Funding year: 2005
Keywords: textiles, design, visualisation, 3d, manufacturing, process, weaving, webct, pbl, undergraduate, teamwork
Case Study (PDF, 98.4Kb)
Reading Ancient Texts Today: Papyri, Narrative and the Articulation of Past and Present
This project aims to improve student engagement with the content of Classics and Ancient History programmes by making the JRULM collection of papyri and early manuscripts more accessible to undergradtuate students and using enquiry-based educational theories. A range of resources (including online digitised texts) will be developed to provide jumping off points for student exploration of texts in translation and the original Greek. A framework will be developed for students to explore their own learning experiences through group discussion of Greek myth. This will invole EBL study groups and a student-directed WebCT project.
Project Team: Dr Emma Griffiths Faculty: Humanities
Funding year: 2007a
Keywords: classics, history, webct, papyri, manuscripts, library
