Outputs (35)

The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning (2023)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2023, February). The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning. Presented at Geographies of Blended Learning Conference, Cardiff, Wales

The online pivot caused by the COVID-19 pandemic required many staff to adapt their practices to digital learning environments. Whilst studies have reported the different approaches adopted, fewer have evaluated the resultant learning experience. In... Read More about The benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for future blended learning.

Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic (2022)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Abzhaparova, A., Cox, W., & Alexander, A. (2022, August). Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Newcastle

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in profound disruption to geography higher education. A pivot to online teaching required staff to rapidly adapt their practices to novel learning environments and digital spaces. Whilst many studies have reported the d... Read More about Reflecting on the benefits and challenges of online learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2022, August). Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment. Presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference (RGS-IBG Annual International Conference), Newcastle

Receiving assessment feedback is inherently emotional for students. As such, instructors need to consider how to manage students’ responses to feedback so that they feel capable of improving their work and maintaining their wellbeing. In this present... Read More about Positioning relational feed-forward as a caring pedagogy to enhance students’ affective responses to assessment.

The history of the higher education research group (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Healey, R., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2021, September). The history of the higher education research group. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

This paper sets the scene for the discussions that follow by evidencing and reflecting upon the history of the Higher Education Research Group. We report on the purpose of the Group when it was established in the late 1970s as the Higher Education Le... Read More about The history of the higher education research group.

Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd (2021)
Presentation / Conference
West, H., Hill, J., Finn, M., Healey, R., Marvell, A., & Tebbett, N. (2021, September). Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

In 2019, the Higher Education Research Group (HERG) formally became the Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd). What may appear as a simple change in name masks a renewed understanding of the synergies between geography education (at all lev... Read More about Formalising the relationship between Geography Education & Geographies of Education as GeogEd.

Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2021, September). Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, Online

A key debate in higher education is how assessment and feedback can be constructed to maximize opportunities for meaningful student learning. In this paper, we explore how a learning-focused model of feedback, teacher-student dialogic feed-forward, i... Read More about Creating pivotal moments in undergraduate learning through assessment dialogue.

Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2019, December). Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education Annual Conference, Celtic Manor, Wales

We present results from a three-year qualitative enquiry, exploring changing student emotions and learning behaviours linked to a student-teacher dialogic assessment approach implemented in a second year undergraduate course at a large teaching-orien... Read More about Reconceptualising Assessment and Feedback to Promote Student Wellbeing.

Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Healey, R., West, H., & Dery, C. (2019, October). Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing. Paper presented at International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

In the context of rising student wellbeing challenges, supporting students and their emotions in learning is increasingly significant. Pedagogic partnerships have the potential to help students work with their emotions in their learning in a positive... Read More about Borderland Spaces of Partnership: Encountering Emotion in Learning and Enhancing Student Wellbeing.

Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., & West, H. (2019, August). Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students. Paper presented at Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference, London, United Kingdom

In the context of increasing wellbeing challenges for students in higher education, we argue that pedagogic partnership has the potential to help students recognise and work positively with their emotions. We present a case study exploring changing s... Read More about Student-Faculty Partnership in Assessment: Encountering Emotion and Enhancing Wellbeing in Students.

Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hill, J., Keywood, S., Malcolm, G., & West, H. (2019, July). Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing. Paper presented at AdvanceHE Annual Conference, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK

In this workshop we present results from a longitudinal mixed methods study which evidences that dialogic feed-forward assessment asserts a positive influence on the undergraduate student experience in a number of inter-related cognitive and affectiv... Read More about Reconceptualising assessment to promote student learning, resilience and wellbeing.