As we enter a new year of study, after the bloating of Christmas, and when everything in the heads of undergraduate students is consigned to distant memory, to make room for the excitement of beer and family skiing trip, many students reflect on their need to redouble their efforts when they get back to Uni.
Continuing the diet of fun, alcohol and freedom might seem remarkably inviting. But the stark reality of Semester 1 assessments and a Semester 2 of building on the shaky foundations of knowledge acquired before Christmas will cause many students to think about their wastes and their preparedness for the hard slog to Easter Vac.
Echoing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's call for clearer labelling on food I have devised a transparent teaching labelling system: that should help students to be selective about how they spend their valuable time:
The TEF Teaching intensity metric is a blunt instrument, looking only at "contact" hours - whatever that means - as if sitting in a lecture for a long time miraculously transforms into student learning!
My Teaching Intensity Trafficlight System (no acronym suggests itself) will show students just how much they are missing by not attending the lecture and really meaning to watch the Lecture Capture (honest).
Any takers?
Continuing the diet of fun, alcohol and freedom might seem remarkably inviting. But the stark reality of Semester 1 assessments and a Semester 2 of building on the shaky foundations of knowledge acquired before Christmas will cause many students to think about their wastes and their preparedness for the hard slog to Easter Vac.
Echoing Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's call for clearer labelling on food I have devised a transparent teaching labelling system: that should help students to be selective about how they spend their valuable time:
The TEF Teaching intensity metric is a blunt instrument, looking only at "contact" hours - whatever that means - as if sitting in a lecture for a long time miraculously transforms into student learning!
My Teaching Intensity Trafficlight System (no acronym suggests itself) will show students just how much they are missing by not attending the lecture and really meaning to watch the Lecture Capture (honest).
Any takers?
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