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ARP: Reflection on Project & Research Methods
My initial project idea is to observe points of positionality-related thinking during weekly crits in my Intro to HCI course (see previous post). I thought this could be done by looking at the recordings (which unobtrusively happen in class anyway) … Continue reading
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ARP: Initial Idea and Rationale
Working Project Title: Exploring Positionality-related Thinking on Technology Use in First-year Interaction Design Crits From the previous PGCert units, I found that first-year Computer Science students on the Intro to Human-Computer Interaction course often present ideas in crits that are … Continue reading
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IP Unit: Reflective Report
1. Introduction This blog reports the development of an intervention which encourages positionality-related thinking in Computer Science (CS) students. The hope is that through developing their own positionality and self-reflecting, a plurality (Sturdee et al., 2021) of students’ experiences can … Continue reading
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IP Blog 3: Race
In this blog, I reflect on resources relating to race and higher education. UAL’s anti-racism action plan (Purnell and Patel, 2021) sparked my reflection on performativity, and on how anti-racism is “evidenced” by universities. The plan says it will create … Continue reading
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IP Blog 2: Faith, Religion, and Belief
This blog reflects on how to support students in sharing their faith and identity within my Computer Science lecturing, drawing on course readings and recent teaching experiences. Reflecting on Literature In workshop 2A/2B, we reflected on what constitutes as faith. … Continue reading
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Formative Assessment: Intervention Summary Proposal
Teaching Context In my teaching, I frequently run brainstorming sessions. Examples include students identifying unexpected links between blog posts on guest lectures (2nd Year BSc Computer Science), and brainstorming usability issues with Moodle pages (MSc Computer Science). These sessions use … Continue reading
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IP Blog 1: Disability
This blog uses Crenshaw’s (1989) theory of intersectionality – where race, gender, and other characteristics overlap and create discrimination beyond a single-axis – to reflect on films by individuals identifying as disabled. Illustrative Examples Film one presents the Social Model … Continue reading
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My Observation of a Peer’s Teaching Practice
Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Fashion Design Student Crit Size of student group: 20 Observer: Corey Ford Observee: Mikolai Berg Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs PgCert and Fellowship assessment, but it … Continue reading
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Case Study 2: Plan for and support student learning through appropriate approaches and environments
Contextual Background The context for this case study is the Introducing Computer & Data Science module, which is shared between two-degree programmes: Computer Science and Data Science. Towards the end of the module, I received a message from the Data … Continue reading
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Blog 4: Reflection on Timeline Activity
Summary of Experience/Resource In this post, I reflect on the timeline activity from workshop 1 – as a class we organised different events and policies in teaching onto a timeline. I was impressed by how the activity covered a breadth … Continue reading
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