CONFERENCE PROGRAMME SUMMARY

Learning through Enquiry Alliance 2007 Annual Conference University of Gloucestershire, University of Manchester, University of Reading, University of Sheffield, University of Surrey and the University of Warwick Learning for a Complex World: Facilitating Enquiry Monday June 25th – Wednesday June 27th 2007 at the University of Surrey, Guildford PROGRAMME SUMMARY May 10th 2007 Monday June 25th Nearly all sessions in AC Building 9.00 Registration 01/AC01 10.00-10.50 Parallel workshops 11.00-1150 Parallel workshops 12.00 Finger buffet lunch Wates House 12.45-13.50 Keynote Address AC Lecture Theatre Professor Michael Eraut, Learning the Complexity of Professional Practice 14.00-14.50 Parallel workshops 15.00– 15.50 Parallel workshops 16.00 Coffee break: 01AC01 & corridor AC03, AC courtyard if dry 16.30-17.45 Keynote Address AC Lecture Theatre Professor Joe Trimmer Facilitating Interdisciplinary Inquiry: an immersive approach developed by the Virginia Ball Centre for Creative Inquiry WATES HOUSE 18.30 Learning through Enquiry Alliance reception 19.15 Conference dinner After dinner entertainment: Kai Janson, SCEPTrE Musician in Residence Tuesday June 26th 07.00 Breakfast 09.00 – 09.55 Parallel workshops & Learning to Learn through Supported Enquiry Symposium 10.00 – 10.55 Parallel workshops & Learning to Learn Symposium 10.55 – 11.15 coffee break 01/AC02, ‘AC courtyard if dry’ 11.15 – 12.10 Parallel workshops & Learning to Learn Symposium 12.15 – 12.50 Final plenary session AC Lecture Theatre 13.00 Lunch at Wates House Tuesday June 26th all sessions in AC Building 14.00 – 17.00 PARALLEL MASTER CLASSES The aim of these sessions is to introduce participants to a range of techniques and contexts for facilitation that they may not have encountered before Participants will be able to observe expert facilitators, experience a technique and try it out for themselves All the sessions will be supported by a written Guide to Facilitation and parts of the sessions will be filmed with the intention of creating a wiki to host short film clips of facilitators in action Collaborative, inquisitive and appreciative inquiry Richard Seel Creative thinking and problem working Fred Buining Exploring with wiki Maja Jankowska & Mark Gamble Group learning and stand-up comedy Kevin McCarron TWO OTHER SESSIONS BEING NEGOTIATED WATES HOUSE 18.00 Dinner (self-service hot buffet) 19.00 ‘Guildford Adventure’ : team-based experiential enquiry Devised by Russ Law (SCEPTrE Associate) Wednesday June 27th details given in separate programme 09.00 – 12.00 PARALLEL MASTER CLASSES Collaborative, inquisitive and appreciative inquiry Richard Seel Creative thinking and problem working Fred Buining Exploring with wiki Maja Jankowska & Mark Gamble Group learning and stand-up comedy Kevin McCarron TWO OTHER SESSIONS CURRENTLY BEING NEGOTIATED 12.10 – 12.45 Concluding plenary AC Lecture Theatre What have we learnt? 13.00 Lunch Wates House Keynote Speakers Learning the Complexity of Professional Practice June 25th 13.00 – 13.50 MICHAEL ERAUT is Professor of Education at the Sussex Institute of the University of Sussex Michael is the UK’s leading researcher in the field of professional learning and how professionals learn in work place settings His pioneering research has found that most learning occurs informally during normal working processes and that there is considerable scope for recognising and enhancing such learning Professor Eraut’s books include the highly acclaimed Developing Professional Knowledge and Competence Michael’s keynote will focus on the ways in which people learn to become a professional in their chosen field drawing particularly on the research he has undertaken in the fields of nursing, accountancy and engineering He will pay particular attention to the role of enquiry and the ways in which learning is facilitated in the process of professional formation He will also consider how enquiry features in tackling professional problems with a view to promoting discussion on higher education’s role in developing the capabilities and attitudes necessary to master the complexities of professional practice Facilitating Interdisciplinary Inquiry: an immersive approach developed by the Virginia Ball Centre for Creative Inquiry June 25th 16.30 – 17.45 JOSEPH TRIMMER is Professor of English and Director of The Virginia B Ball Centre for Creative Inquiry at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana The author of numerous articles on literature, culture and literacy, Professor Trimmer’s books include The National Book Award for Fiction: The First Twenty-five Years [1978]; Understanding Others: Cultural and Cross-Cultural Studies and the Teaching of Literature [1992]; and Narration As Knowledge: Tales of the Teaching Life [1997] His textbooks include Writing With a Purpose, 14th edition [2004]; The Riverside Reader 9th edition [2007]; eFICTIONS [2002]; and Sundance Introduction to Literature[2007] Professor Trimmer has also worked on twenty documentary films for PBS—including the six-part series, Middletown [1982], which was nominated for ten Emmys and won first prize at the Sundance Film Festival Joe’s interactive keynote will describe and draw lessons from the approach that has been developed and pioneered at the Virginia Ball Centre for Creative Inquiry The Centre sponsors four interdisciplinary, collaborative, community based seminars each year that enable faculty and students to work collaboratively to:  explore the connections among the arts, humanities, science and technology,  create a product to illustrate their collaborative research and interdisciplinary study  present their product to the community in a public forum Four faculty members are chosen – two in the autumn and two in the spring – to facilitate the seminars and fifteen students are selected by application or audition to participate in each seminar Working with a community sponsor, each group creates a product [e.g an exhibit, performance or publication] to engage the community in public dialogue Each group is supported with a budget of $15,000 The Centre provides a summer stipend to enable faculty to prepare for their seminar and covers the cost of a semester's ‘leave’ for the four fellows to facilitate their seminars Workshop and Scholarly Paper Sessions page THEME Disciplinary Enquiry / Pedagogy Enquiry-based learning: generic methodologies for learning via the world of work Dr Olwyn Westwood & Professor Frank Hay EIHMS, University of Surrey Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy / work as enquiry Practical implementation of enquiry based methods for teaching in electrical engineering Vaios Lappas, University of Surrey, Surrey Space Centre Scholarly paper: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy Facilitating Enquiry: a concert pianist's perspective: From interpretation to performance: music as a model of enquiry Emilie Crapoulet, Department of Music Something different : interactive musical recital / enquiring conversation 13 Developing academic and transferable skills through enquiry-based online task Marga Menendez-Lopez, Department of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Surrey Scholarly paper: disciplinary enquiry, pedagogy / using technology 17 Dynamics of a process model - enabling integrated learner development for a complex world Arti Kumar CETL Associate Director and National Teaching Fellow University of Bedfordshire Workshop: disciplinary enquiry and pedagogy 18 Pre-Seminar and Seminar Online Writing in English Literature Duco van Oostrum, School of English/CILASS Academic Fellow, University of Sheffield Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / using technology 19 Drop a pebble, surf the wave: embedding IBL at Undergraduate Foundation Level Zero.” Tim Herrick and Willy Kitchen, Institute for Lifelong Learning, University of Sheffield Workshop; discipliarye enquiry, pedagogy and technology 22 Let’s start at the very beginning: how can an Inquiry-based learning approach facilitate induction? Margaret Freeman, University of Sheffield Scholarly paper : disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 24 Four case studies of adapting enquiry-based learning to a single school Norman Powell, Centre for Enquiry Based Learning and Peter J Hicks, William S Truscott, Peter R Green, Anthony Peaker, Alasdair Renfrew, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Manchester, Scholarly Paper: disciplinary enquiry 27 Enquiry based learning and stand-up comedy: university teaching as the improviser’s art Kevin McCarron, School of Arts, Digby Stuart College, Roehampton University Something different: stand-up comedy pedagogy 29 How can lurking on street corners fine-tune experiential learning? Tim Roberts, University of Chester Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 30 Feeding the Second Wolf Tim Roberts, University of Chester Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 32 Developing problem-based interdisciplinary education for sustainable development Charles Engel, Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor Rosemary Tomkinson, Head of Teaching Support and Development, EPS Faculty Helen Dobson, Teaching Support and Development, EPS Faculty Adele Aubrey, Teaching Support and Development, EPS Faculty Bland Tomkinson, University Adviser on Pedagogic Development, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Scholarly Paper: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 33 Humboldt’s relevance to British Universities to-day Lewis Elton, University of Manchester and University of Surrey Scholarly paper: scholarly enquiry / pedagogy 34 Take me to your leader David Jaques, Independent Consultant Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 35 Interactive conversations: playing with curiosity and shifting perspectives Penelope A Best, Roehampton University / Creative Partnerships/ Private Consultancy Experiential Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 39 From Coke Bottles to Mole Traps: Collections based learning and independent enquiry at the Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading Rhianedd Smith, Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading and CETL-AURS Workshop / discussion demonstrations of object analysis techniques discipline enquiry / pedagogy 38 Using enquiry to identify needs and means of support for enquiring university teachers Ranald Macdonald, Learning and Teaching Institute, Sheffield Hallam University and Alison Holmes University Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Workshop: professional enquiry / pedagogy 40 Bite-sized EBL: incorporating EBL in your teaching (Workshop) Susan Jamieson, University of Glasgow Workshop: disciplinary enquiry / pedagogy 42 Enquiring Minds: learners' cultures in the classroom John Morgan and Ben Williamson, Futurelab Scholarly paper : Discipline enquiry / pedagogy 43 Reflecting in a complex world: developing a repertoire of models to work with the complexity encountered in the professional world Julie-Ann MacLaren European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, and SCEPTrE Fellow, University of Surrey Workshop/professional enquiry/ work as enquiry 44 History as Inquiry: in search of the history of the English Language Susan Fitzmaurice and Philip Shaw, University of Sheffield Scholarly paper: discipline enquiry / pedagogy THEME Work as Enquiry Supervising - the Ultimate in Facilitating Enquiry? Dr Anne Lee, Centre for Learning Development Scholarly paper: work as enquiry The local practice learning scene – investigating enquiry in the workplace Dr Margaret Volante Centre for Research in Nursing and Midwifery Education, University of Surrey Scholarly paper: work as enquiry How nursing professionals learn Pam Smith and Helen Allan, EIHMS University of Surrey Workshop: work as enquiry Phenomenological inquiry into professional practice and learning Josie Gregory Senior Lecturer in Management Learning, School of Management, University of Surrey Workshop: work as enquiry 16 Preparing to work in the creative industries: individual genius or teamwork? Anne Wealleans, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston University Workshop: work as enquiry 25 Enquiry learning for academics and academic workplace development Sibyl Coldham and University of Westminster Complementary Therapies Scheme of courses Interactive enquiry workshop: work as enquiry 31 Re-imagining a performance of theory and learning Caroline Ramsey, Practice Based Professional Learning CETL and Centre for HR and Change Management, Open University Interactive Workshop: work as enquiry 37 Collaborative Inquiry as Social Construction Peter Critten, Middlesex University Business School Scholarly paper: Work as enquiry THEME Student Voice The power of audio-diaries to capture practice learning in midwifery Gina Finnerty, CRNME, European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences University of Surrey Scholarly paper: student voice Appreciating good teaching and learning: students' as partners in a University-wide Appreciative Inquiry Kathy Jones and Gabby Scholk University of Surrey Students’ Union Storytelling: student voice 10 New partnerships in enquiry: Tales of a student networker Sarah Cambell, Year Psychology Student University of Surrey Storytelling: student voice 11 Rich stories of enquiry Learning: students’ views of the world of enquiry Natacha Thomas (year law student) and other student story tellers Norman Jackson and Jo Tait, SCEPTrE, University of Surrey Storytelling: student voice 12 The CoLab story : the role of enquiry learning in the invention of a new student-led enterprise Rob Sharpe, John Kavanagh, Mingyen, Claire Webster, Tony Mackelworth (CoLab Team) University of Surrey Storytelling and interactive professional enquiry 15 How did students talk about the problem? The problem as a provoker of a liminal space Terry Barrett, Centre for Teaching and Learning, University College Dublin Scholarly paper : student voice 36 First-year students talk about learning and inquiry Robert Petrulis and Philippa Levy, CILASS: The Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sheffield Workshop: student voice 41 Ambassadors for Inquiry – The CILASS Student Network one year on Tim Fiennes (Student Co-ordinator, CILASS Student Ambassador Network) and Sabine Little, University of Sheffield Scholarly paper: student voice 46 Developing the Developing Developers: An EBL Approach to Educational Development Karen O’Rourke Centre for Excellence in Enquiry-Based Learning, The University of Manchester Greg Tinker CEEBL Student Sabbatical Officer 2006-7 Mary Sattenstall CEEBL Student Intern - Medical and Human Science Louise Goldring CEEBL Student Intern - Humanities Jamie Wood CEEBL Student Intern - Humanities Kate Maull CEEBL Student Intern - Life Sciences Presentation/workshop : student voice 47 Learning to enquire about the experiences of mental health service users: promoting “Service User” involvement in enquiry based learning Clark Davison, Megan Earl-Gray, Emma Harding, Mia Harrison, Sally Morgan, Tamsyn Packman, Gillian Roose and Anna Tickle, University of Surrey Presentation interspersed with discussion : student voice, disciplinary enquiry and work as enquiry THEME Using Technology to Facilitate Collaborative Enquiry 13 Developing academic and transferable skills through enquiry-based online task Marga Menendez-Lopez, Department of Languages and Translation Studies, University of Surrey Scholarly paper: disciplinary enquiry, pedagogy and using technology 14 Introducing voting systems to encourage more enquiring student engagement in lectures: Work in progress - the unfolding story of a significant institutional change project Vicki Simpson, Paul Burt (E-Learning Unit) and Osama Khan (School of Management) University of Surrey Workshop: using technology 18 Pre-Seminar and Seminar Online Writing in English Literature Duco van Oostrum, School of English/CILASS Academic Fellow, University of Sheffield Workshop: disciplinary enquiry/using technology 19 Drop a pebble, surf the wave: embedding IBL at Undergraduate Foundation Level Zero.” Tim Herrick and Willy Kitchen, Institute for Lifelong Learning, University of Sheffield Workshop; discipline enquiry / pedagogy / using technology 20 I-lit and e-learning : engaging the learner at a distance using information literacy and electronic resources Ruth Hunn and Malcolm Elder, Information Specialist, Science, Cranfield University (Defence College of Management and Technology) Scholarly paper: information literacy / using technology 21 Technology by design: exploring LAMS and design for inquiry-based learning Philippa Levy, Sabine Little, Ola Aiyegbayo, CILASS (Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences) University of Sheffield Workshop: using technology 23 Embedding technology within problem-based learning: Development of the ‘University of Birmingham Virtual Teaching and Learning Centre for Problem-Based Learning’ Mike McLinden, School of Education, University of Birmingham Workshop: using technology 28 Enquiry through blogging So many questions, so little time… Emma Purnell, University of Wolverhampton Scholarly paper: pedagogy / using technology Learning to Learn through Supported Enquiry Symposium AC Lecture Theatre Chair: Dr Bill Hucthings, Director, CEEBL University of Manchester Learning to Learn through Supported Enquiry (L2L) is an FDTL5 project which started in January 05 and is due to complete in July 07 The aims of the project are –  To improve student learning by deepening the learning experience to emphasis intentional ‘learning to learn’ so enabling students to become self directed learners  To support staff as they evolve conceptions and practice in teaching and learning that are enquiry based and to map lines of development between current and more enquiry based practices  To enhance knowledge of how to transfer educational developments through an evolutionary approach to introducing enquiry processes In this symposium we will illustrate the genesis of the project; map our conceptual understanding of EBL; share stories of enquiry based learning in three disciplinary settings; talk about our learning from the project and show how participants in the project have moved forward into new cycles of enquiry and development 9.00 L2L overview: where did we start? Paul Tosey, Project Director L2L 9.30 Theoretical conceptions: what we mean by ‘learning to learn’ and enquiry based learning? Mary Dickinson, L2L Project Manager 10.0 Invitation to dialogue with leaders of three applications of enquiry based learning at Surrey– (includes coffee at 11.00) How can we develop dietetics tutors as facilitators to support enquiry and problem based learning? Kath Hart, School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences & SCEPTrE Fellow How nursing students understand enquiry based learning and is it important? Allison Wiseman & Jacqui England, European Institute of Health & Medical Sciences How can we support hospitality students to reflect on their enquiry-rich practice? Peter Alcott, School of Management & SCEPTrE Fellow 11.30 Synthesis: what have we learned from the project and what new cycles of enquiry are emerging? Juliet McDonnell, L2L Project Manager 12.15 Final Conference Plenary: What have we learnt about enquiry and its facilitation? 1.00 Lunch ... Centre for Creative Inquiry WATES HOUSE 18.30 Learning through Enquiry Alliance reception 19.15 Conference dinner After dinner entertainment: Kai Janson, SCEPTrE Musician in Residence Tuesday... experiential enquiry Devised by Russ Law (SCEPTrE Associate) Wednesday June 27th details given in separate programme 09.00 – 12.00 PARALLEL MASTER CLASSES Collaborative, inquisitive and appreciative inquiry... and what new cycles of enquiry are emerging? Juliet McDonnell, L2L Project Manager 12.15 Final Conference Plenary: What have we learnt about enquiry and its facilitation? 1.00 Lunch