Nine new projects are benefiting from the Teaching and Learning Innovation Fund.
They were selected following a call for bids at the end of last year by the Digital Teaching and Learning Sub-committee, which is responsible for steering the development of innovation in education across Cambridge.
The fund is awarded yearly and provides grants of up £20,000 to teaching staff at the University. If successful at pilot stage, many will have the potential for wider application throughout the University.
Among this year’s winners was an idea for a ‘flipped-classroom’ by Dr Michael Ramage from the Department of Architecture. Students will learn new concepts online ahead of their lectures allowing their classroom time to be used to reflect on what they have learned.
Elsewhere, Dr Nicola Jones and Dr Priya Sastry from the Department of Medicine will use the funding to create online role-playing scenarios for medical students and junior doctors that simulate real-life emergencies. And at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Dr Chris Wingfield is creating a 3D image library of artefacts to supplement hands-on practicals.
A full list of winners can be found at the end of this article and summaries of their proposed projects are available on the Centre for Teaching and Learning website.
Online lectures, simulated medical emergencies and a 3D image library are some of the innovative projects being piloted to enhance learning at Cambridge.
| Name | Department | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Clare Allen | Veterinary Medicine | E-portfolios to enhance student reflection in workplace learning environments |
| Dr Maximilian Bock | Engineering | MaterialsPi: Materials science education tools for Raspberry Pi integrated student projects |
| Dr Afzal Chaudhry | Medicine | Development and deployment of a mobile app to collect student feedback |
| Dr Ronan Daly | Engineering | Project TATE (Tablet Assisted Teaching in Engineering) |
| Dr Nicola Jones and Dr Priya Sastry | Medicine | Managing shortness of breath and chest pain: Online moulages and interactive role-playing scenarios for medical students and junior doctors. |
| Dr Ingrid Obsuth | Institute of Criminology | Building positive and inclusive learning cultures through a theory-based staff training programme |
| Dr Michael Ramage | Architecture | Structural design principles: Diverse content for diverse minds |
| Dr John Richer and Dr Austen Lamacraft | Physics | PyCav: Unifying undergraduate computation at the Cavendish |
| Dr Chris Wingfield | Archaeology | Learning How to Look: Developing a Digital Teaching Collection for Archaeology |
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