HEFi Newsletter - June 2023
HEFi Awards 2023
The HEFi Teaching and Learning Awards celebrate teaching excellence at Birmingham, and recognise academic and professional services colleagues who design, deliver and/or support exceptional student learning. The Awards Dinner, this year on 21st June, is a celebration of the wonderful work that goes on across our institution. We are delighted to announce the shortlist for this year's Awards. The winners will be announced on the night.
Personal Academic Tutor of the Year
Craig Blunt
Apurav Bhatiya
Mohamed Haffar
Award for Digital Learning Innovation
Scott White
Marjorie Collaco
LLM Energy and Environmental Law Team
HEFi Digital Team – CAL
Award for Educational Leadership
Dan Moore
Andrew Quinn
Dan Cottle
Eike Ritter
Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year
Pablo Pakula
Ash Stokoe
Darrelle Villa
Inclusive Educator Award
CEPLER Team, Law School
Student EDI Team, Academic Services
Award for Outstanding Academic Support
Hannah Heath
Pilar Rojas-Gaviria
Dylan Williams, Laura Hancock, Natalie Rowley, John Wilkie
MPH Dubai Team
NZT Team, EPS
Quizzes Quick Win!
A recent Canvas feature release enables markers to grade a quiz by question, rather than just by student as before. This is available in both Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes and should make the marking of specific topics within a quiz much easier. We'll continue to post Canvas Quick Wins in future newsletters.
Evolution of Assessment Strategies in the Era of General AI
The Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) community of practice first in-person event providing an opportunity to further explore:
- Our strategic institutional response.
- Case studies: How we are adapting assessment practices.
- Assessment tools to support enhanced practice.
- Where next? What do we need and where should we go?
To secure your ticket please visit our eventbrite page.
Getting started with programme leadership
This workshop will guide participants to identify the varied dimensions of programme leadership and the programme leader role, and support them to plan specific future steps in the development of their own knowledge and skills, as well as the development of their own professional networks to support them in their role. To secure your ticket please visit our eventbrite page.
MicroCPD
In the below MicroCPD,
Professor Michael Grove (DPVC, Education Policy and Academic Standards discusses the capabilities of Generative AI technologies and the implications for both staff and students in higher education.
In the below MicroCPD,
Marios Hadjianastanasis and Alison Davies (HEFi) discuss the opportunities for carrying out educational research within the University and how HEFi can provide support.
Audience - all staff involved in teaching or supporting learning