Learning and Teaching

STEM Annual Conference 2012Date: 12 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012Location/venue: Imperial College and The Royal Geographical Society London , England, SW7 2AZ Proceedings - ISBN 978-1-907207-45-7 All papers can be found at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/academyevents/STEM_annual_conf
Papers relating to computing


Tools for Teaching Dr Mark Kerrigan Enhancing Small Group Teaching and Learning Using Online Student Response Systems Dr Harin Sellahawa
[For presentation slides click here (PDF, 664 KB)] Open Virtual Worlds for Open Learning Dr Colin Allison & Dr Alan Miller
[For presentation slides click here (PDF, 2.14 MB)] Buzz-Boarding; An Innovative Approach for Teaching Computing. Mr Victor Callaghan
[For presentation slides click here (PDF, 780 KB)] Virtual Cluster to Enhance Student Experience Within a Teaching Environment Mr Robert Warrender, Dr David Nelson & Prof John Tindle Dealing With Contract Cheating: A Question Of Attribution Dr Thomas Lancaster & Mr Robert Clark…

STEM Annual Conference 2012Date: 12 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012Location/venue: Imperial College and The Royal Geographical Society London , England, SW7 2AZ Proceedings - ISBN 978-1-907207-45-7 All papers can be found at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/academyevents/STEM_annual_conf

Papers for Geography and Environmental Sciences

Developing a Web 2.0 technology for hazard response simulation Dr Servel Miller & Prof Derek France Blended Learning For Multi-Disciplinary Geography-Based Field Work Mr David Smith & Dr Simon Jones
[For presentation slides click here (pptx, 2.61MB)] Innovative and Successful Fieldwork Practice Workshop by Prof Derek France
[For presentation slides click here (pptx, 2.46 MB)] Increasing student's awareness of employability: Embedding careers education across marine sport programmes. Dr Emily Beaumont Embedding employability into the postgraduate curriculum through professional practice: a carbon management case study. Dr Rachel Dunk Flexible L…

STEM Annual Conference 2012Date: 12 Apr 2012 - 13 Apr 2012Location/venue: Imperial College and The Royal Geographical Society London , England, SW7 2AZ Proceedings - ISBN 978-1-907207-45-7 All papers can be found at: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/academyevents/STEM_annual_conf


Papers relating to engineering

Practices and Approaches for the Integration of Teaching and Research Dr Esat Alpay & Mr R. Verschoor The role of practice-based doctorates for developing professional practice within science and engineering. Prof Peter Smith
[For presentation slides click here (pptx, 902 KB)] Innovative Curriculum Partnerships for progression and success: Aston University Engineering Academy Prof Alison Halstead Employer Involvement in Undergraduate Projects: Staff and Students' Perspectives Dr Abel Nyamapfene
[For presentation slides click here (pptx, 5.60 KB)] Experience with an integrated work-based learning route to an Engineering MSc and CEng for engineers working full time. …

Taken from: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/detail/2012/17_18_Apr_HEA_STEM_2013_Conf_Bham  HEA STEM: Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2013: Where practice and pedagogy meetDate: 17 Apr 2013 - 18 Apr 2013Location/venue: University of Birmingham Call for papers The Higher Education Academy's second annual learning and teaching STEM conference entitled “Where practice and pedagogy meet” will take place on 17-18 April 2013 at The University of Birmingham. Higher education has changed dramatically over the past ten years with advances in technology, the changing expectations of students, growing diversity and the increasing variety of higher education institutions. This conference aims to disseminate evidence based, effective practice and to examine how this impacts on STEM disciplines. The Conference will explore the relationship between pedagogy and practice across the full range of HEA STEM disciplines (see below for the full list of HEA STEM disciplines). Areas for consid…

Taken from: HEA STEM bulletin

1. HEA STEM: Transitions, employability and professional identity: case study in Architecture Date: 4 Sep 2012 Start Time: 11:00 am Location/venue: University of Ulster, York Street, Belfast
2. Talent 2030/HEA Young women engineers network event - Sponsored by HEA STEM Date: 10 Sep 2012 Start Time: 2:00 pm Location/venue: Lakeside Centre, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET The event will hear presentations from leading figures in industry and higher education, exploring how we can best encourage and support young women to pursue further study and employment in engineering, manufacturing and related fields.
3. HEA STEM: “New to Teaching” Workshop for the Engineering and Materials Disciplines Date: 13 Sep 2012 - 14 Sep 2012 Start Time: 10:30 am Location/venue: University of Liverpool

A journal paper has been published, with an finalist student from 2011 as one of the co-authors. 

Kariyawasam K., A., Turner S., Hill G. (2012) "Is it Visual? The importance of a Problem Solving Module within a Computing course", Computer Education, Volume 10, Issue 166, May 2012, pp. 5-7, ISSN: 1672-5913.

To avoid potential bias for the work on student experience during a problem-solving module from tutors, also to get honest feedback, the survey data collection and some of the analysis was carried out by an undergraduate computing student (one of the co-authors Kumuditha Achini Kariyawasam) under an URB@N funded project. URB@Nstands for 'Undergraduate Research Bursaries at Northampton'. It is a bursary scheme that offers undergraduate students an opportunity to participate in a pedagogic research project taking place at the University of Northampton






ABSTRACT
This paper looks at student’s view of the usefulness of a problem solving and programming module in the first ye…