Main Courses
12 Apps of Christmas
Contributor: Chris Rowell, Regent’s University London, rowellc@regents.ac.uk Ingredients: A virtual learning platform (eg Moodle, Wordpress, Blackboard Open Education) Method: Twelve Apps of Christmas is an online programme which covered the basics and ...
5 Days of Digital Literacy
Contributor: Jason Williams, Anglia Learning & Teaching, Anglia Ruskin University Ingredients: A blogging site e.g. WordPress, or any online platform capable of publishing text, images, and video. Method: 1 short blog post per day for the first 5 w ...
Accessibility Awareness
Contributor: Bob Parson (rparson86@gmail.com) Ingredients: Piece of paper for each participant Method: In a classroom , everyone has a blank piece of paper. Tell everyone to copy the instructor. Tell one half of the group to close their eyes or turn th ...
Bonfire of the Adjectives: Exploring Standardisation
Contributor: Duncan Cross, University of Bolton, d.cross@bolton.ac.uk Ingredients (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity): Parts 1- 4 - 1 set of adjectives per group, Part 5 - institutional generic marking schemes, Part 5 and 6 institution ...
C’est La View: The Game of Social Life: A Role Playing Game for Teaching about Privilege, Oppression, and Intersectionality
Contributor: Kosha Bramesfeld, PhD (kbramesfeld@gmail.com) Ingredients (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity) Instructions and materials for playing C’est La Vie: The Game of Social Life are published with the Office of Teaching Resources ...
Course Outline Speed Dating
Submitted by: Mel Young, Cambrian College, mel.young@cambriancollege.ca Name of Recipe: Course Outline Speed Dating; (some institutions call them a syllabus) Ingredients: Bring a course outline for each participant at your session. I usually print off ...
Developing Your Teaching and Learning Philosophy Statement
Contributors Gesa Ruge, Assistant Professor, Discipline of Built Environment and Design, University of Canberra, Australia. gesa.ruge@canberra.edu.au Coralie McCormack: Adjunct Professor, University of Canberra, Australia. coralie.mcormack@gmail.com ...
Familiar Faces
Contributor: Lindy-Ann Blaize Alfred, Robert Gordon University, l.blaize-alfred@rgu.ac.uk Ingredients: slides, participant resources, familiar-faces PowerPoint slides Method: Explain the purpose of the exercise – to identify as many familiar faces as p ...
Feedback and Tutoring Styles
Contributors: Gaye Manwaring, University of Dundee, g.manwaring@dundee.ac.uk and Lorraine Anderson, University of Dundee, l.l.anderson@dundee.ac.uk Ingredients: Prepared handouts (see below) Method: The aim of the session is to encourage participants ...
Feedback and Tutoring Styles
Contributors: Gaye Manwaring, University of Dundee, g.manwaring@dundee.ac.uk and Lorraine Anderson, University of Dundee, l.l.anderson@dundee.ac.uk Ingredients: Prepared handouts (see below) Method: The aim of the session is to encourage participants ...
Flavouring for lectures
Contributor: Jo Peat (j.peat@roehampton.ac.uk), University of Roehampton Ingredients: (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity) other colleagues – between 3 and 4; lapel microphones Method (what you do): One academic takes the stage to give t ...
Fry-Drive
Contributor: Darren Comber, University of Aberdeen, d.comber@abdn.ac.uk Ingredients (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity): Set aside at least 30 minutes for this exercise. You’ll need a watch. It also helps if the room you’re using has mo ...
Gallery Walk
Contributor: Sarah Chesney, Flourish Learning Ltd, sarahchesney@flourishlearning.co.uk Gallery Walk: Ideal for after lunch because participants move around the room. Reasonable adjustments have to be made if a participant cannot move with ease, in whic ...
International Surprises Game
Sally Brown, Emerita Professor, Leeds Beckett University, UK s.brown@leedsbeckett.ac.uk Ingredients (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity) This game is designed to enable any number of participants over around 12 to share understandings of ...
Making a Cup of Tea
Contributor: Nicky Meer, University of Cumbria, n.meer@cumbria.ac.uk Ingredients (any equipment or supplies needed for the activity) A4 sheet of answers (Two sided) Serves as a main course 90 minute workshops or longer for more people. Method (what yo ...
Mouse or Elephant Assessment
Contributor: Deena Ingham, Loughborough University. D.ingham@lboro.ac.uk Ingredients: Paper or whiteboards and Pens Method: Ask every person in the group to draw a mouse (or an elephant) without any further instructions and giving no opportunity for ...
Paper Express
Contributor: Scott White, University of Toronto, OISE, Inner City Option Time required: 25 - 30 minutes (2-3 minutes of instruction, 10-15 minutes of group work and testing, 1-2 minutes per group to present) Ingredients: 1 Sheet of paper (plain copy pa ...
Plagiarism Prevention Tutorial
Contributor: Kosha Bramesfeld, PhD (kbramesfeld@gmail.com) Ingredients: The tutorial, quiz questions, and answer key [available in English and in French] are published with the Office of Teaching Resources (OTRP) in Psychology and can be freely accesse ...
Pre-Reading Jigsaw Show
Contributor: Alice Cassidy, In View Educational Development, alicecas@telus.net Ingredients: One reading that you can divide up into a number of natural ‘sections’, of 1-2 paragraphs each. Method: Divide your number of participants into 4. The result ...
Reaching for the Same Snack
Contributor: Klodiana Kolomitro, Queen’s University, kk78@queensu.ca Ingredients: A pinch of enthusiasm, a dash of open-mindedness, and a spoonful of sharing Method (what you do): Reaching for the same snack (a.k.a Crossing the line) gives people a cha ...
Reflection Round Robin
Contributor: Lisa Endersby, York University, lendersb@yorku.ca Ingredients: Flipchart paper, markers, tape, sticky notes (optional), pens/pencils (optional) Method: Write a question/theme/topic/prompt on the top of a piece of flipchart paper. Repeat a ...
Round Robin
Contributor Gaye Manwaring, University of Dundee, g.manwaring@dundee.ac.uk Ingredients Blank paper or prepared sheets Method Put them into groups of about 5. Ask each person to come up with a contentious or controversial statement relevant to the them ...
Sharing Tricks of the Trade
Contributor: Dr Roisin Donnelly, Learning, Teaching and Technology Centre, Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), Ireland roisin.donnelly@dit.ie This activity is used in a 3 hour workshop entitled ‘Designing Knockout Interactive Lectures!’ as part of th ...
TaRT (Teaching as Art)
Contributor: Iddo Oberski, Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teaching, Queen Margaret University, ioberski@qmu.ac.uk Ingredients: You’ll need a stack of arty postcards. I tend to choose fairly traditional pictures, taking into account the participant gro ...