MARGINALIZATION (Different learners in Marginalized Group
Using HESS to support FD Professional Practice
1. Higher Education Study Skills (HESS) Using HESS to Support Professional Practice Hazel English UPC HELP CETL, South Devon College 11 th May 2010
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14. Thank you Any questions ? Hazel English Julie.swain@plymouth.ac.uk,Hazel.english@cityofbristol.ac.uk
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21. A guide to writing irresistible CVs Does my employability look big in this?
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Editor's Notes
Benefits of Blended Learning for UPC Embed & sustain blended developments across a dispersed network supporting & enabling Widening Participation agendas The key potential benefits of increasing the use of Blended Learning in UPC are to: to develop distance learning in a way that includes sound pedagogical models to an increasingly receptive and demanding educational market; provide high quality learning and support to distance learners equivalent to that provided to campus attendees; increase the flexibility, accessibility and personalisation of learning; enhance the capacity for integration of study with home, leisure, social and working lives; treat e-learning skills as normal, necessary and desirable in the 21 st Century; to be innovative and pro-active into e-learning opportunities across the partnership sharing good models of practice widen access increasing diversity and wider participation; provide access to extensive resources developed in-house (UPC/UOP) and within colleges across the network to maximise usage and engagement provide improved communications and accelerated tracked and monitored assessment and feedback; develop potential learner opportunities through wider curriculum portfolios; enhance level 3 possibilities to reach more learners. identify flexible study modes at course design stage to meet the demands of wider subject specialists use communication channels such as videoconferencing to work collaboratively across UPC provide suitable support in the transition between Level Two and Level Three study
Extract from the Definitive Module Record (DMR), showing 2 learning outcomes. HESS was used to provide the materials to support learners in developing their portfolios for assessment.
Week 1 learners carried out a Learning Styles questionnaire using the HESS link – and used this to feed into the SWOT analysis for Professional Practice. In week 3 Study Skills covers note-taking and week 4 covers research methods – which are then used to support the Week 4 activity in Professional Practice to research the legal, ethical and regulatory frameworks which are applied in their own organisations. In Weeks 5 & 6 they produced an online presentation – and have been sign-posted to the materials on HESS to develop their presentation skills as appropriate. They evaluate each others presentations online – here’s an extract from the discussion forum,
This screenshot of the Study Skills module on Blackboard shows that the Toolbox is signposted from the start of the course
This screenshot shows the detail in the Study Skills module – use of materials through HESS which will be used to support Professional Practice.
HESS link in Professional Practice module.
This screenshot shows the detail of a week’s schedule for Professional Practice, identifying HESS links,
Activity for the learners in which they could be supported by HESS materials.
Comments on Discussion Forum: students posted their presentations online and received feedback from their peers.
Comments on Discussion Forum: students posted their presentations online and received feedback from their peers.
Week 13’s topic was to draft a cv. For this the learners were linked in to the UPC Careers Adviser on HESS. Slides from the cv adviser presentation are added here as it takes too long to download.
“ Does my employability look big in this?” is a guide to writing irresistible CVs, and was developed by the University of Plymouth Careers Service.
The University’s careers service provides CV writing advice based on the views of graduate employers. Different employers have different preferences. You will improve your CV more effectively by seeking a range of feedback and advice, and then making up your own mind about the advice you accept and the advice you reject.
You will see this content slide throughout the presentation. The slide show is in five sections. The first explores the principles behind writing a great CV. The second section explains a range of layouts, and which one to use. The third section explains how to write compelling statements that attract job interviews, and how to target employers. The forth section shows you how to remember the skills you developed over the past five years. Finally the fifth section links to more than twenty resources many of which you will have met during the presentation.