Engaging Students Through In-Class Technology (ESTICT) launch event

Engaging Students Through In-Class Technology (ESTICT) is a UK network of education practitioners and learning technologists interested in promoting good practice with classroom technologies that can enhance face-to-face teaching.

We are holding our first event on  Thursday 26th November 2009 at University of Leicester.

The aim of the day is to share best practice in the use of in-class technology, with a particular focus on the pedagogic uses of electronic voting systems (also known as ‘clickers’ audience response systems ARS, personal response systems PRS). This event is aimed at those both those with experience of EVS who wish to share their best practice and those with an interest in the technology that would like to know more.

Programme
Thursday 26 November 2009

09.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and introduction
10.15 – 10.30 Networking event
10.30 – 11.15 Keynote : Dr. Steve Draper, Senior University Teacher, Dept of Psychology, University of Glasgow. Steve is an acknowledged expert in the field of EVS and has published widely on it’s use in Higher Education.
Title: Ways to improve learning with EVS: some deep procedures for teachers, and what
software features matter for these. Abstract.
11.15 – 11.30 coffee
11.30 – 12.00 Mark Goodwin, Teaching Fellow, GENIE CETL . ‘Teaching bioethics using electronic voting technologies’
12.00 – 12.30 Mark Russell, National Teaching Fellow and Principal Lecturer, School of Aerospace, Automotive and Design Engineering, University of Hertfordshire. ‘Tracking student progress with EVS’
12.30 – 13.30 Carvery lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Workshop : exploration of the pedagogical models which can be used EVS
14.30 – 15.00 coffee
15.00 – 15.30 Reports from workshop groups
15.30 – 16.00 The future and aims of the ESTICT community

Join the ning community for ESTICT

The tag for the event is #estict (friendfeed room which pulls feeds from blogs, twitter and delicious on #estict tag)

Engaging Students Through In-Class Technologies

Even though I am offically on my summer holidays now until September (ahh the wonder of scheduled posts!) there is just time for me to mention a new Special Interest Group I’m involved in.

Engaging Students Through In-Class Technology (ESTICT) is a UK network of education practitioners and learning technologists interested in promoting good practice with classroom technologies that can enhance face-to-face teaching.

The ESTICT banner will over arch inter-related Special Interest Groups (SIG). The first of these SIGs is “EVS and Beyond” where EVS stands for Electronic Voting Systems.

The aims of the “ESTICT: EVS and beyond” SIG are:

  • To promote the use of EVS in teaching and learning (through models of good practice, events, case studies, networking face to face and online)
  • To disseminate and promote EVS practice with respect to conducting evaluations and research
  • To encourage collaboration between all stakeholders within and across institutions and promote a community of practice (includes students, practitioners and learning technologists)

Join our ning community http://estict.ning.com/

Once registered on the ESTICT site you will be able to find further details of and register for our first free event to be held at the University of Leicester on Thursday 26th November 2009.

The aim of the day is to share best practice in the use of in-class technology, with a particular focus on the pedagogic uses of electronic voting systems (also known as ‘clickers’ audience response systems ARS, personal response systems PRS). This event is aimed at those both those with experience of EVS who wish to share their best practice and those with an interest in the technology that would like to know more. Both experts and novice users are welcome.

Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Steve Draper, Senior University Teacher, Dept of Psychology, University of Glasgow. Steve is an acknowledged expert in the field of EVS and has published widely on it’s use in Higher Education. The title of his talk is: Ways to improve learning with EVS: some deep procedures for teachers, and what software features matter for these.

Places are limited so don’t delay.