University of Plymouth Teaching and Learning Showcase 2024

Digital innovation
Join colleagues from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business and Library and Digital Support for this interactive workshop in one of the Babbage Building's new innovative spaces (Babbage 304) to discover how AI can be used to enhance student learning experiences and outcomes, as well as the ethics and implications of its use.

Design and delivery of inclusive teaching, learning and student support (in situ in Babbage – demonstrations in innovative spaces)
Join colleagues from the School of Computing, Engineering, and Mathematics, and Plymouth Institute of Education to see how two innovative spaces within the Babbage Building (STEAM labs and Babbage 410) can be used to enhance student learning and enable changes to the curriculum. The STEAM laboratories are active learning spaces where students can investigate the fundamental working principles of physical systems through experimentation. These facilities should be of interest to anyone from the STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) subjects. The Innovative Teaching spaces in Babbage can support different styles of teaching and student activities through a diversity of flexible furniture solutions and IT systems.

Design and delivery of inclusive teaching, learning and student support
A collaborative workshop featuring staff from the Schools of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery, Society and Culture, and partner college Exeter College (BSc (Hons) Public Services and BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care), to explore how inclusive teaching methods, lesson plans and assessments can allow all students to reach their maximum potential.

Sustainability education in action
Led by Paul Warwick, Jacklyn Barry and Kim Davis with Alex Cahill, John Kilburn, Piers Revell and James Tarling. This workshop will be offered through a collaboration of a variety of presenters linked to the University's Centre for Sustainable Futures in Education. It will provide participants with the opportunity to consider how Education for Sustainability (EfS) can be developed through an active learning, place-based approach and in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It draws from educational research that has informed the recent guidance for EfS, produced by the QAA and Advance HE on the sustainability competencies that graduates need to develop. This workshop will explore a variety of examples of how staff are supporting students to develop these competencies through a series of challenge based and active learning approaches. In so doing we hope this workshop will provide an open space for us to consider together the benefits but also the challenges of developing EfS in this active and participatory way.

Design and delivery of inclusive teaching, learning and student support (including simulated learning)
Hear members of staff from the Schools of Nursing and Midwifery, Health Professions and Psychology explain how the use of simulated learning experiences including Escape Rooms, interprofessional learning events and non traditional placements, can enhance students learning.

Graduate attributes/educational gain
Join colleagues from the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business for this interactive workshop to discover how the use of board games can create an innovative learning environment for students. As well as hearing how designing and using games can benefit students during their studies and future careers, you’ll also have the opportunity to give some of the games a go for yourself.