This week I’d like to share with you the MOOC projects we are supporting in the coming academic year. These projects are aiming to help students to tackle real world challenges, and are linked to the University’s Grand Challenges project week. Emma Jeanes – Gender Equality MOOC Gender inequality is a global, pervasive and enduring…
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I begin this week by offering heartfelt congratulations to the theme leader of Success for All, Professor Wendy Robinson, on her appointment as our Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the College of Social Sciences and International Studies. It is appropriate, given Wendy’s success, to spread the word about the fascinating projects being run within the Success for All theme in…
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This week in the Exeter Education Incubator Blog I’d like to introduce three of the exciting projects which we are supporting this year. These project are all part of the Learning Reimagined theme, which is led by the Director of the Education Incubator Dr Sarah Dyer. This theme explores ways to re-imagine learning and teaching…
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Exeter Education Incubator Café We finished last week with an event which allowed Incubator fellows from last year and next year to explain their projects to colleagues. Dr. Sarah Dyer opened proceedings, with an overview of the year to date, and an explanation of the format for the afternoon. The attendees were able to speak…
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Last week a group of academics, who have had Exeter Education Incubator bids accepted, were invited to take part in a facilitated workshop which aimed to ‘cultivate the innovative spirit’. Daphne Van Run, of Dream Meets Reality ran the session supporting next year’s Incubator Fellows in developing new networks, while at the same time providing…
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