Academic Enhancement and Standards Seminars for 2016-17 by George Roberts · September 29, 2016 OCSLD organises the Academic Enhancement and Standards Commitee (AESC) Seminar series. The seminars are intended to challenge and inform AESC members and are open to all interested colleagues across the university. The speakers and topics reflect some of the issues relevant to AESC How can we measure learning gain? Why use learning outcomes in higher education? What’s the role of games in learning? What is the impact of interdisciplinary learning? How can we design engaging learning spaces? Can mindset interventions improve learning behaviour? All talks are 12-1 at Gipsy Lane, following the AESC meeting. Lunch is provided. Please confirm your attendance by emailing Samina Bashir sbashir@brookes.ac.uk Programme The power of learning analytics to measure learning gains: an Open University, Surrey and Oxford Brookes story Dr. Bart Rienties, Institute of Educational Technology, Open University 26 October 2016, Buckley 2.01/2.02 Why use learning outcomes in higher education? Exploring the grounds for academic resistance and reclaiming the value of unexpected learning. Professor Anton Havnes, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences 30 November 2016, Buckley 2.01/2.02 Games and play in HE teaching and learning, Alex Moseley, Leicester Learning Institute, University of Leicester 25 January 2017, JHB 128 (Executive Suite) Interdisciplinary Pedagogy for Social Innovation Professor Alison Honour, Technology Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University 8 March 2017, JHB 128 (Executive Suite) Engaging Spaces, David White, Head of Digital Learning, University of the Arts, London 5 April 2017, JHB 128 (Executive Suite) Active citizenship as a measure of learning gain Dr. Mary Deane, OCSLD, Oxford Brookes University 24 May 2017, JHB 128 (Executive Suite) Implicit Theories of Intelligence (Mindset): is the theory relevant in the UK and relevant for Higher Education? Professor Sherria Hoskins, Department of Psychology, Portsmouth University 28 June 2017, JHB 128 (Executive Suite) Tags: seminar