The workshop, led by Yasamin Bekir and colleagues, focuses on understanding student learning styles and motivation, highlighting effective methods to engage students. Participants are encouraged to share personal experiences and techniques for teaching while utilizing technology to enhance learning. The session also includes interactive activities, discussions, and evaluations to gather feedback on improving future workshops.

1. UNDERSTANDING
THE MIND OFTHE
STUDENT
By
Yasamin Bekir; KeziahTay; Ashley Carr;
Piyush Jain; Domagoj Brkanac
12/12/2018 | 12:00-2:00
How Students Learn by
Students

2. Learning Objectives
■ To identify the preferred
techniques of student
learning styles, highlighting
which are effective and
ineffective.
■ Explore the ways in which
students are motivated and
are caused to be
demotivated.

3. Keziah Tay
• BSc Food Science and
Nutrition
• Visual Learner

4. • BA Finance and
Business
• Kinesthetic Learner
Yasamin Bekir

5. • MSc in Business
Administration
• Combination Learner
Piyush Jain

6. Domagoj Brkanac
• MSc Advancing
Physiotherapy Practice
• Combination learner

7. Ashley Carr
• Exeter, Devon
• BA Finance and
Investment
• Kinesthetic learner

8. ICE BREAKER
Person Bingo:
•Time to break the ice!
•The aim is to find someone who matches
the question within the card
•You must write their name!

9. Styles of Learning

10. How to
connect
with your
students…

11. 1. Show an effort to learn your students names
2. Be a person, share a small amount of
personal information
3. Show passion for your field
4. Be approchable
5. Be aware of different cultural backgrounds

12. Scaling up
How can you still connect on a larger scale?
1. Interact with us, ask us questions
2. Walk around the hall, give us eye contact
3. Enthusiasm, switching off is easy at the back
4. Introduce yourself and be yourself

14. FACEBOOK

15. NEW WAYS TO TEACH STUDENTS IN
THEIR FAVORITE WAY

16. AULA

17. TWITTER

19. How can we use Technology to enhance learning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv02p3i2YP0

20. Break

21. • Here are some statements,
some are true, some are
false...
• If you think the fact is true,
raise your hand.
True or
false?

22. o Humans share 90% of their
DNA with banana's?
o Astronauts shrink when
they are in space?
o There are more stars in
space then there are grains
of sand on all the worlds
beaches
True (10-200 billion billion stars and 2.5-10 billion
billion grains of sand)
False (they actually grow 2 inches)
False (it's only 50%)

23. Hotdesking
Groups of Five

24. Hot questions
 What techniques do you use to engage in
student learning
 What do you find is your biggest hurdle in
teaching

25. Our Stories
■ The good, the bad – we’d like to tell you a little bit about our own
learning stories and how these have shaped our understanding of
what good teaching is…

26. Discussion
■ Learning and
teaching are
done best when
talked about.
■ We would like to
take this
opportunity to
open up the floor
for any questions.

27. Stop, Start & Continue
Evaluation
STOP-
What you didn’t like
START-
What would you like us to implement
CONTINUE-
What you would like us to do again

28. THANK YOU FOR
COMING
WE HOPE THIS
WORKSHOP HAS
BEEN BENEFICIAL

29. Bibliography
1. AULA Education. (2018). Retrieved from AULA:
https://general.aula.education/?redirect=https://coventry.aula.education?#/select
2. Socrative. (2018). Retrieved from Socrative.com: https://www.socrative.com/
3. The Guardian (2015) The list of references illustrated [online] available from
<https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-daily-quiz> [2 April 2015]
4. Curriculum Vitae (2015) The list of references illustrated [online] available from <
https://chroniclevitae.com/news/970-how-to-work-the-lecture-hall > [10 April 2015]
3. Facebook. (2018). Retrieved from Facebook.com: https://www.facebook.com/
4. Twitter. (2018). Retrieved from twitter.com: https://www.twitter.com/
5. qs.com, 2017. Social Media in Higher Education: Best Practice. [Online]
Available at: http://www.qs.com/portfolio-items/social-media-in-higher-education-best-practice/