The Window on Teaching series at Warwick is run by the Library’s Teaching Grid. Speakers are invited from the teaching community to discuss and share information on current teaching practice and innovation.
I try to attend as many as possible that are of interest and relevance. Most recently I attended a session run by Emma King from the Learning Development Centre on game-based learning, and specifically the potential for the use of controller free technology (e.g. Microsoft Kinnect) in learning.
One of the best things about the series is that all sessions are recorded and the videos made available online. An email from the Teaching Grid team yesterday is what has prompted this post as it reminded me the videos from the latest events are now available.
Of particular interest to me is the session run by Nick Wake from the business school who gave a demonstration of a smartphone app he has developed to support student learning. Recently I’ve been working on a variety of online tutorials to deliver information skills to undergraduates and I can really see the potential of developing an app like this to support the tutorial and allow students to engage with it in different ways.
