Hi again,
Just a quick opporuntity o update the blog on what's been happening with the OU lately. I've got a couple of students residing at HMP Shepton Mallet this year which has been a bit of an experience due to the OUs policy that all students receive 6 hours face-to-face tuition. So, twice now I've made the journey up to Shepton and sat down for a couple of hours with my students, who are doing well and on course to pass!
I've also given two 'normal' tutorials and attended an afternoons worth of presentations in Bristol last Saturday on plageurism and student retention which were both very interested. Essentially, plageurism is handled in different ways depening on the level and the studetn and the best way to hols onto students is to ring them up at the start of the year. Too late for that now but I might do a little experiment next time round.
Finally, Barbara, my staff tutor sat in on the tutorial last week and I'm pleased to say was very impressed with my presentation, more so that the interview board the other day ;-)
Bye for now
Ian
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
New Job?
Hi,
I went for a new job a couple of weeks ago, it was in the Skills Team which is part of the Education Enhancement department here at the university. It was a bit more money and up at the main campus. I attended the interview porcess and gave a couple of presentations plugging my experience as a web developer. However, I did get the impression after a while that it wasn;t technical know-how they were after, but rather more experience of training and university diplomacy.
SO, I didn't get it, which is all well and good because I was seriously considering turning it down had I been offered the job (honest!). The interview panel seemed to think that investing time and money in advanced e-learning techniques wasn't justifiable where I think that Exeter should be at the forefont of e-learning...it's what students expect nowadays and I wouldn't be content just throwing stuff up onto WebCT so I could tick a box. That's not how I work.
So, the best result for everyone I think. I've always been happy in ELaC at St Lukes and I'll be here for a while yet. We do cutting edge web development here. Why did I ever think the grass was greener?
Ian
I went for a new job a couple of weeks ago, it was in the Skills Team which is part of the Education Enhancement department here at the university. It was a bit more money and up at the main campus. I attended the interview porcess and gave a couple of presentations plugging my experience as a web developer. However, I did get the impression after a while that it wasn;t technical know-how they were after, but rather more experience of training and university diplomacy.
SO, I didn't get it, which is all well and good because I was seriously considering turning it down had I been offered the job (honest!). The interview panel seemed to think that investing time and money in advanced e-learning techniques wasn't justifiable where I think that Exeter should be at the forefont of e-learning...it's what students expect nowadays and I wouldn't be content just throwing stuff up onto WebCT so I could tick a box. That's not how I work.
So, the best result for everyone I think. I've always been happy in ELaC at St Lukes and I'll be here for a while yet. We do cutting edge web development here. Why did I ever think the grass was greener?
Ian
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