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Festival of Learning and Teaching – Transition and Transformation: Thinking, Experiencing and Being in STEMMB

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The Festival of Learning and Teaching is Imperial’s annual collaborative and celebratory forum of educational innovation and achievement across the College.

With uncertainty and change in the higher education sector, we all find ourselves at points of transition and in moments of transformation. This might be transition from practices during Covid-19, transformation of our practices, or student transitions through a transformative educational experience. The Festival hosted in 2023 explored the experiences of both students and staff, and considered challenges and opportunities for thinking, experiencing and being, situating our conversations within three broadly defined themes:

  • Day 1: Discovery-based learning
  • Day 2: Assessment and feedback
  • Day 3: Student and staff interaction and wellbeing

As well as the in-person project showcase, the event also hosted a virtual poster gallery which incorporates educational research from across the College.

Event resources

Discovery-based Learning

Keynote session delivered by Professor Oguz Acar, Marketing & Innovation at King's College London: Discovery-Based Learning and Innovation in Disruptive Times
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Parallel sessions

Assessment and Feedback

Keynote panel session delivered by Dr Christine O'Dea, Subject Group Leader (Logistics, Transportation, Operations and Analytics) at Huddersfield Business School, University of Huddersfield: AI text generators and assessments – realizing the potential benefits to students and tutors in higher education contexts; Dr Peter Kemp, Senior Lecturer in Computing Education, King's College London: Overview of the assessment and pedagogical system; Dr Reuben Shipway, lecturer in Marine Biology, University of Plymouth: Chatbots and AI – a new frontier in higher education
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Parallel sessions

  • Curiosity, Differentiated Instruction and Assessment by Mike Tennant, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
    Anatomy of Assessment by Professor Martyn Kingsbury, Dr Monika Pazio, Dr Vijay Tymms, Imperial College London
  • Automated feedback on self-study: a value proposition and some critical questions by Dr Peter Johnson, Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London
  • Design and Professional Practice: A Case Study on Developing Feedback Literacy Throughout the Curriculum by Dr Maria Parkes and Dr Ian Radcliffe, Imperial College London
  • Multimode assessment feedback by Moira Sarsfield, Director of FoNS Ed Tech Lab
  • Breaking Experimental Reports into Bite-Size-Chunks by Professor Jason Riley (VDE), Department of Materials, Imperial College London
  • 100% Peer Assessment?! by Dr Isabel Rabey, Teaching Fellow, Department of Physics
  • How do students' historical relationship with academic feedback shape their broader relationship with the assessments? by Jordon Millward, PhD Student, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship
  • Using Automated Programming Assessment Tools for Assessments as Learning by Masoud Seifikar, Imperial College London
  • Maximising the Potential of Introvert students in our Assessment and Feedback Practices by Heather Hanna, Imperial College London
  • Qualitative Feedback by Robert Woodward, Lekan Ladipo and Persefoni Stylianoudaki, Imperial College London
  • Exploring the Impact of Digital Technologies on Assessment and Feedback: Student perspectives by Jason Zheng, Stephanas Lim, Yasmin Baker, Runtian Wu, Rea Tresa, Shi Wei Yuan
Student and staff wellbeing

Keynote session delivered by Kate Ippolito, Principal Teaching Fellow, Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship: Reciprocal emotional interaction in university classrooms: Who influences feelings of coping and succeeding, and how?
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Parallel sessions

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

Professor Peter Haynes opened the event with a speech highlighting “The Imperial Festival of Learning and Teaching is a fantastic opportunity for us to celebrate our recent achievements and innovations. As well as this, to look forward to the challenges and opportunities that are ahead of us”.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

The first day of the event was focused on Discovery-based Learning, the event welcomed Professor Oguz Acar from King's College London who presented a keynote presentation on 'Discovery-Based Learning and Innovation in Disruptive Times'.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

The Digital Media Lab ran a workshop called 'New capabilities in immersive and interactive learning media' which was an interactive session testing out new XR.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

The event included many opportunities for the audience to get involved and ask questions on padlet, mentimeter and in-person.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

Professor Peter Haynes, Vice-Provost (Education and Student Experience) presented Dr Andréia Vargas-Seymour with a prize for winning the most voted poster at the Festival.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

The event incorporated many interactive workshops, presentations and panel sessions.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

On the final day of the event Kate Ippolito from the Educational Development Unit presented the final keynote speech on 'Reciprocal emotional interaction in university classrooms: Who influences feelings of coping and succeeding, and how?'.

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

Professor Martyn Kingsbury opened the final day of the event

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

Colleagues from across college gathered to participate in the event

Festival of Learning and Teaching 2023

The event hosted student panels on day 2 and 3 of the event