Inspiring Student Learning: Rising to the Challenge of RBL

Heriot-Watt Global Learning & Teaching Symposium, 27-29^th October 2020

You are warmly invited to join this semester’s global learning and teaching symposium, Inspiring Learning: Rising to the Challenge of RBL.  This three-part conversation is an opportunity to reflect on an unprecedented period of change and consider practical and pragmatic ways to inspire student learning online and on-campus.

The symposium offers a chance to:

• Connect with colleagues and share your practice. ​
• Pause, breathe and find new sources of inspiration. 
• Explore insights from across the higher education sector.

The events are open to everyone across our Heriot-Watt community. They are scheduled in three parts:

Tuesday 27^th October 10am UK | 2pm Dubai | 6pm Malaysia

• Keynote seminar: Getting the Blend Right: Inspiring Student Learning through Blended Learning
• Speaker: Dr Alison Gilmour, University of Greenwich
• Read Dr Alison Gilmour’s biography
• Followed by an informal teabreak chat with Dr Alison Gilmour
• Please register for Alison Gilmour’s keynote here.
• Watch Dr. Alison Gilmour’s keynote again here.

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Wednesday 28^th October: 9.15am UK | 1.15pm Dubai | 5.15pm Malaysia

• Keynote seminar: Engaging learners across place/s, space/s, and time/s: The potential of inquiry-based course designs and dialogic pedagogies
• Speaker: Dr. Susan Bridges, University of Hong Kong
• Read Dr Susan Bridges biography
• Download the abstract for ‘Engaging learners across place/s, space/s, and time/s: The potential of inquiry-based course designs and dialogic pedagogies’
• Followed by an informal teabreak chat with Dr. Susan Bridges
• Please register for Susan Bridges’ keynote here.

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Thursday 29^th October: 8am UK | 12 noon Dubai | 4pm Malaysia

• Responsive Blended Learning in Action: An opportunity to hear from colleagues across the University about their Responsive Blended Learning practice, and to share your own practice and ideas.
• Followed by themed teabreak conversations to allow you to connect informally with colleagues across the university.
• Please register for the ‘Responsive Blended Learning in Action’ session here.
• The session will be chaired by Lee Miles, Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Textiles and Design
• Presenters include:
  • Rosemarie McIlwhan – ‘Reflecting on the first 5 weeks of RBL’
  • Helen Lever – ‘Virtual Fieldwork’
  • Tadgh O’Donovan – ‘Supporting students through RBL’
  • Alex MacLaren – ‘Supporting student collaboration’
  • Lisa McIntyre – ‘Responding to student feedback’
• Join ‘Responsive Blended Learning in Action’ sharing practice session via Microsoft Teams

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All keynote events will be held on Microsoft Teams. They will be recorded and made available after the event.