PTAS Projects 2011-12 to 2014-15

2014-2015 Projects

March 2015

Using feedback postcards

Team: Michelle Arora, David Hope, Neil Lent, Helen Cameron

E-Light: Edinburgh, energy and education exchange

Team: Jamie Cross, Jeremy Knox, Dave Reay, Amrita Sadarangani, Chris Speed, Catherine Magill

Masters degree perceived value

Team: Sarah Henderson, Gill Aitken, Sheila Fisken, Thomas Waterfield

Peer-led PhD training workshops

Team: Bob Irvine, Muireann Crowley, Yanbing Er

Preparation for practice

Team: Alan Jaap, David Hope, Avril Dewar, Helen Cameron

Developing learning for sustainability

Team: Niamh Moore, Ann Bruce, Isabelle Darmon, Isabel Fletcher, Alexis Herren, David Somervell, Marisa Wilson

Art and anatomy Edinburgh

Team: Victoria McCulloch, Nichola Robertson, Gordon Findlater and Kimmie Dunlop

Enhancing interdisciplinary learning

Team: Mia Nelson, Jonathan Wyatt, Pam Smith

October 2014

Developing academic writing using Turnitin

Team: Simon Beames, Amy Burge, Anna Groundwater, Stuart Nicol, Robert Chmielewski, Sharon Boyd, Jessie Paterson

Widening participation - history of art

Team: Jill Burke, Emily Goetsch, Andrew Patrizio, Claudia Hopkins, Cara Samuels, Charlotte Englund, Josephine Tipper, Lowrie Davies

Embedded study skills & student attainment

Team: Philip Cook, Andrew Thompson, Carmen Gebhard

Student-led media library development

Team: Brian Mather, Andrew Gardiner, Eoghan Clarkson, Jessie Paterson, Catriona Bell, Susan Rhind

Teaching international students: supporting lecturers

Team: Joy Northcott, Jill Northcott, Cathy Benson, Lindsay Knox, Andrew Drybrough

Social justice development

Team: Nataša Pantić, Rowena Arshad, Lani Florian, Amanda Martindale, Akwugo Emejulu, Ann Rae, Andrew Horrell, Carolin Kreber (Moray House School of Education), Christine Bell (Global Justice Academy), Michelle Brown and Elizabeth Cooper (University Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability) and Research Assistant Mary Taiwo

Peer support for pre-arrival

Team: Jessie Paterson, Kay Aitchison, Catriona Bell, Gura Bergkvist, Eoghan Clarkson, Susan Rhind

Learning by developing in a ‘Living Lab’

Team: Arno Verhoeven, James Stewart, Ewan Klein, Raluca Bunduchi, Jamie Cross

2013-2014 Projects

March 2014

Co-development of a flipped classroom strategy

Team: Sally Argyle, Caroline Hahn, Eoghan Clarkson, Jessie Paterson, Susan Rhind

Managing your digital footprint (research strand)

Team: Louise Connelly, Sian Bayne, Nicola Osborne

Tactical decision games in teaching

Team: Iain Drummond, Janet Skinner, Morwenna Wood, Gauhar Sheikh, Trisha Lamb, Steven Klym

Early warning system - students at risk of failure

Team: David Hope, Pamela Docherty, Toby Bailey, Susan Rhind, Margaret Cullen, Avril Dewar, Helen Cameron

A curly arrows app for Chemistry?

Team: Alison Hulme, Peter Kirsop, Stephen Gilmore

Dissertations at a distance

Team: Jen Ross, Gill Aitken, Sian Bayne, Sarah Henderson, Erin Jackson, Clara O'Shea

Third space: evaluating a pilot

Team:  Lorena Georgiadou, Alette Willis, John Harries, Johanna Holtan

Doctoral students as (collaborative) writers

Team: Jonathan Wyatt, Dagmar Alexander

Online training - good clinical practice

Nuno Ferreira, Rebekah Lwin, Emily Taylor

Tutor feedback - online academic writing courses

Team: Jill Northcott, Pauline Gillies, David Caulton

Interdisciplinary simulated learning

Team: Jennifer Tocher, Janet Skinner, Tonks Fawcett

October 2013

Evaluating the long-lasting benefits of integrated assessment and feedback practices on academic skills and performance of undergraduate SBMS students

Team: Celine Caquineau, Allison Wroe, Ruth Deighton, Kirsty Ireland

Innovations in (online) reflexive practice: linking theory with technique within the virtual learning environment

Team: Nicholas Jenkins, Heather Wilkinson, Ailsa Cook, Jo Alexjuk, Charlotte Clarke

Musical improvisation in Higher Education: Values, methods and assessment

Team: Raymond MacDonald, Zack Moir, Nikki Moran, Michael Edwards

Growing and sustaining an online community: flexible learning, experience and teaching for English Literature students and beyond

Team: David Salter, Brian Wall, Charity McAdams

From periphery to core: personal tutoring in transition

Team: Alette Willis, Siobhan Canavan

2012-2013 Projects

March 2013

Digital detectives

Team: Helen Bond, Jeremy Kidwell, Eddie Boyle

Delivering innovative personalised feedback for large multi-station practical assessments

Team: Helen Rodgers, David Hope, Helen Cameron

Where art meets science: development and evaluation of innovative 3-D models for undergraduate education

Team: Tobias Schwarz, Catriona Bell, Andrew Gardiner, Joan Smith, Andrea Roe, Eoghan Clarkson, Jessie Paterson, Susan Rhind

Investigating innovative environmental analysis teaching methods for undergraduates

Team: Ola Uduku, Gillian Treacy, Lisa Moffitt, John Brennan

Interactive e-books for … Engineers

Team: Antonios Giannopoulos, Victoria Dishon, Martin Gillie, Craig Warren

Humanising an asynchronous online course - could Jelly Babies be the answer?

Team: Maggie Carson, Louise Connelly

Social Media: enhancing teaching & building community?

Team: Sara Dorman, Luke March

Transitions between academic cultures: developing culture specific understandings of critical reading among higher degree students

Team: Mairin Hennebry, Cathy Benson, Chris Doye

October 2012

Improved data collection, analysis and student support in Mathematics

Team: Dr Toby Bailey, School of Mathematics , Lois Rollings, School of Mathematics, Dr Chris Theobald, School of Mathematics, Dr Pamela Docherty, School of Mathematics

A longitudinal study investigating student perspectives on generic research methods courses

Team: Dr Kenneth Fordyce, School of Education, Dr Peter Allison, School of Education, Dr Rory Ewins, School of Education

A comparative study of home and international students' expectations and achievements in sciences, maths and engineering disciplines

Team: Dr Judy Hardy, School of Physics & Astronomy , Professor Colin Pulham, School of Chemistry, Professor Graeme Reid, School of Biological Sciences, Dr Peter Kirsop, School of Chemistry

Development and evaluation of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) in the veterinary curriculum: platform for a new undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education

Team: Dr Neil Hudson, School of Veterinary Studies , Dr Catriona Bell, School of Veterinary Studies, Professor Susan Rhind, School of Veterinary Studies, Dr Ian Handel, School of Veterinary Studies, Dr Richard Mellanby, School of Veterinary Studies

Guiding, monitoring and enhancing autonomous postgraduate learning abroad with virtual learning environments

Team: Dr Stephen Bowd, Dr Jill Burke

Exploring online distance learning: interdisciplinary collaboration and student experiences in international development studies

Team: Sam Spiegel, School of Social and Political Science, Kevin Bardosh, School of Social and Political Science, Dr Barbara Bompani, School of Social and Political Science, Professor James Smith, School of Social and Political Science

2011-2012 Projects

June 2012

Critical skills in politics and international relations

Team: Dr Elizabeth Bomberg & Ms Victorial Loughlan

Introducing psychology via public engagement

Team: Dr Robert McIntosh, Dr Richard Shillcock; Dr Peter Lamont

German in the workplace: boosting employability and language skills - Annette Gotzkes

Team: Professor Peter Davies , Dr Eleoma Joshua, Dr Laura Bradley, Dr Mary Cosgrove, Dr Frauke Matthes, Dr Sabine Rolle

Ways of thinking and practising in Chines and Japanese studies

Team member: Dr Chris Perkins, Dr Daniel Hammond

Engineering education for a sustainable society - Martin Crapper

Team: Dr Martin Gillie, Dr Tim Stratford, Dr Luke Bisby, Dr Jane Blackford, Dr Eirini Theofanidou

Developing satisfying and effective feedback for medical students.

Team: Dr David Hope, Dr Helen Cameron, Professor Jamie Davies

Physics AiMS: an alumni mentoring scheme for Physics and Astronomy students

Team: Dr Judy Hardy, Dr Will Hossack, Dr Richard Blythe

PeerWisdom: Evaluating and boosting biology student benefits from the PeerWise online learning tool

Team: Dr Heather McQueen, Professor David Finnegan, Dr Martin Simmen

Lecturer in your lounge: providing digital feedback to distance education students using screencasting

Team: Dr Jo-Anne Murray

Leveraging digital technologies to enhance feedback, Part 2: bootstrapping blogs for peer review on written work

Team member: Professor Michael Northcott, Mr Jeremy Kidwell

Extending an audio-feedback tool into new contexts: student and staff experiences

Team: Professor Susan Rhind, Professor Graham Pettigrew, Dr Catriona Bell, Dr Claire Phillips, Ms Rachel Whittington, Dr G Pearson, Ms S Spielman, Ms Emma Grant

Websites and the creation of community: flexible learning for second year English Literature students

Team: Dr David Salter, Ms Charity McAdams, Mr Brian Wall

Discovering development: Psychology research with children and young people

Team: Dr Emily Taylor, Mr Tim Fawns, Dr Jo Williams, Dr Nuno Ferreira