Monthly Archives: March 2024

Whilst working as a specialist technician I also maintain my own creative practice outside of my teaching time. This often directly feeds into my teaching work and helps me to engage and support students within their academic projects. During some … Continue reading →

  Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Induction Workshop titled 3D Print: Past Present and Future Size of student group: 12-20 Observer: Lindsay Observee: Kira Oliver   Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs … Continue reading →

I recently did the Object Based learning micro teach had hugely overthought what I should do for this & ended up really striping it back. These are my reflections around that task. Before my PgCert learning I was using objects … Continue reading →

Assessment looks quite different in my teaching space to what it does in most of the university. As I sit outside of the usual curriculum I am not assessing student’s work against grade margins in the usual manner. For me … Continue reading →

We had one session before we started the PgCert properly, this was in December and was a chance for us to get acquainted with each other, the course, our tutors and how the next year was likely to play out. … Continue reading →

The title of Barrow’s 2006 piece ‘Assessment and student transformation: linking character and intellect’ was thought provoking for me. It lead me to consider what I believe university is truly for, it is a place designed to produce individuals who … Continue reading →

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: BA Fashion Design and Development Lesson (Pattern Scanning & Marker Making on Lectra & NScan Software and Scanning Demo Workshop.  Size of student group: 18 Students Observer: Kira Oliver  Observee: Andrea Marfo Part OneObservee to complete in brief and send … Continue reading →

  Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Workshop, 3D Print: Past, Present, Future Size of student group: 10-20 Observer: Andrea Marfo Observee: Kira Oliver   Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs PgCert and … Continue reading →

As my teaching environment sits outside of the main course curriculum’s across the university I get a huge spread of students coming to me for support, oftentimes these individuals will only come by for one or two sessions (either workshops, … Continue reading →

Attitude is “a disposition to respond favourably or unfavourably towards some psychological object.” Fishbein and Ajzen (1975) strikes a chord for me as a specialist technician within the field of 3D Printing and digital design. A large majority of the … Continue reading →