Warwick Network Day
Research Exchange
and
Teaching Grid
Developing Services
• Responding to changing learning styles and
Learning Grid success
• Targeted provision for specific stakeholder
groups
• Expanding support for T/L and Research
• Differentiated services to support the institutional
strategy
The
Teaching
Grid
The Teaching Grid
An introduction
The Physical space
• An Experimental Teaching Space
– A space to try out new teaching ideas with a
group of students
• A Collaborative Space
– A place to share ideas
– A place to develop and refine teaching skills
Key Features
• Flexibility - to support imaginative teaching
scenarios
• Technology – to support teaching enhancement
• Support – from advisers and partner support
agencies
The story so far
• An e-learning Showcase event to encourage the
development of e-teaching practices by sharing
existing good practice
• A varied programme of developmental
workshops, courses
• A series of courses from IT services e-learning
advisers
• A diverse range of teaching and learning
activities in the Experimental Teaching Space
What are the users saying?
‘It has demonstrated that by thinking more
carefully about the use of space and the roles of
the students it is possible to encourage a more
interactive and student-led approach to
learning.’
Sarah Richardson
History
What are the users saying?
‘I don’t think we could now go back to teaching
that element of the PGA in any other way really
because it’s just been such a rich experience
both for me and for the participants.’
Manus Conaghan
Learning and Development Centre
What are students saying?
‘At the end I asked if there had been any value
to the session, and they said “yeah, absolutely, it
has reminded us what plays do” they enjoyed
doing it, they said they know about the website
now which they didn’t know about, they’re going
to go away and use the website as part of their
revision.’
Jonathan Heron
Theatre Studies
How’s the Teaching Grid
supporting wider developments?
• Engaging in discussions about the future for
teaching spaces at Warwick
• Providing a safe environment in which staff can
experiment with new teaching ideas to find out
what works, and what doesn’t
• Supporting departments to reflect on the
purchase of new resources to include in
teaching rooms
Further information
• See the website at
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/go/teachi
nggrid/what_is_the_teaching_grid/
What’s on Offer
• Dedicated space for researchers – 65 study, 25
‘leisure’; 35 seminar or 70-90 combined space
• Collaborative working, quiet study, meetings and
seminars, conferences
• PCs, wireless and A/V…and lockers
• The Matrix – sophisticated display facility for
dissemination and collaboration
• To come: videoconferencing
Seminar Rooms
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Chemistry cross-Department inductions
National PG(R) Colloquium in German Studies
Arts Faculty PG Seminar Series
Graduate Shool Chair’s Forum
Careers Service drop-in sessions
Bon Polymer Colloids research group discussion
Science Faculty Skills training for researchers
GRADschool sessions
Plans and Intentions
• Stimulate collaborative working – inspire
innovation
• Virtual networks: online forums, mutual support
– ‘You Say We Say’ for problems and solutions
– Peer exchange and learning
• Build a community
• ‘What does Warwick want from its research
students?’