Presentation Slide
Session Structure
Great session that focused on how each one of us could turn ideas and thoughts into a SIP. The format was basically a presentation followed by pair sharing. There was then an opportunity to ask more questions and make a few comments and finally we would give feedback via post-it notes. There was a real energy in the room as each of us began the process of trying to piece together what our SIP might look like.
My Topic Choice
How can we create greater cross cohort integration between London and Hong Kong students?
I previously lived in China and have always been interested in communication and exchanging ideas. I work on MA ACE which although one course is made up of two cohorts – London and Hong Kong. The course is promoted as being very international but the two cohorts tend to exist as two separate courses rather than a unified group. This is one of the areas I explored during my elective unit – Curriculum Design and something I would like to explore in greater detail.
Feedback
Lindsey suggested Action Research as one possible approach. I already have experience of this from of working from a previous employer and I feel this try it out and evaluate it, approach is my default way of working. I am very happy to know that this is considered a relevant approach to the SIP.
I have added some notes that came to me while listening to other peoples presentations and feedback. These are listed below as bullet points.
- Transitional tasks for new students
- Ask students what they think would be useful
- In terms of cross cohort collaboration, what do students believe to be a valuable use of their time?
- Questionnaire – if relevant then use Google form
- Put any questionnaire feedback into Wordle to see keywords as a word cloud
- Co-present Unit 1 as ‘double act’ partnership rather than Andy on his own
- Lindsey suggested: Ruth Chang: How to make hard choices | TED Talk
Working with the students
I have decided to start my final PgCert unit in January. This is because MA ACE students have a January start and this means I will be able to work with them as they begin their CSM learning journey. At lunch time (after the Pg Cert session this mornings) I spoke with Andy Marsh who is the MA ACE course led. He is very supportive of my aims and based on this mornings session I proposed a cross cohort pre-course ice breaker activity for students to complete prior to starting unit 1. I will meet again with Andy in October to look at other joint cohort opportunities.