Written by Dr Alison Hill I was an inaugural Exeter Education Incubator fellow in 2017/18 looking at ways to address the mathematics gap in my classes. I developed bespoke resources for my medicinal chemistry module, and a Smart Worksheet (in conjunction with LearnSci) for one of the second year biochemistry classes. In both cases I…
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Our Work In Progress (WIP) meetings are an opportunity to hear about projects run by our fellows this year. They represent a chance to meet like-minded colleagues and engage with them on exciting and innovative projects. The meetings are crucial to the ongoing development and refinement of ideas, so do come along to one of…
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In the Incubator’s recent Innovation Lab, academics and students used the principles of design thinking to innovate and improve aspects of education and student experience at Exeter. Each project team worked with a Design Coach to support them with this new way of working. One of our Design Coaches, Dr Bo Kelestyn (The University of…
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Our STEM topics are built in a culture of collecting and representing scientific knowledge based on clear facts that have emerged from (often) centuries of scientific endeavour. For those designing and delivering University content to students it has become clear that some more focussed discussion around what decolonising is, is required. A question often asked is: How is decolonising relevant to STEM? To help address this question, a team at the University of Exeter…
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Introducing the idea A University of Exeter Educator Incubator project in partnership with Lund University and our Nursing students. We are looking for nursing students to volunteers, as researchers, facilitators, and co-authors! Globally Engaged Learning: What are the benefits both educational and professionally of embedding globally engaged learning communities in nursing education? Why is…
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