Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success - Lecture 1 - slides

These materials are used in student tutorials as part of the routes to success course. The tutorials are typically delivered to a large group (~50) in an interactive manner, with the slides serving as reference/check materials. Some of the questions in the slides can also be used as individual handouts

Prepare for success

You can use these learning activities to prepare yourself for academic life in the UK.

iTunesU - open educational content in audio and video formats available via iTunes

There is a wealth of open educational content in audio and video formats available via iTunes U, one of the services offered especially for education via iTunes. There are details of how to get started as well as an informative video to help you. Details of how to get started with sharing content can be found for developers.

Example General Feedback on Routes to Success Portfolios

This document provides example feedback which has been generated following the marking of a class set of portfolios. It is used as a part of the Routes to Success Module, specifically on the section titled Sustaining Success. Students can read the feedback prior to completing the portfolio to alert them to the possible shortfalls which may occur when they undertake this type of task. The feedback is introduced in the context that the task of completing the portfolio is a developmental one, and that students can expect to learn and improve their performance for this type of task as they develop and refine their skills.

Les Carr explains the moral high ground on open educational resources

In this video, taken in front of the Parthenon at the Acropolis in Athens, Su White interviews Les Carr about why he asserts that there is a moral duty for teachers who create educational content to put that content in the public domain, rather than hoarding it in their institution.

Sustaining Success - portfolio questions

A one page version of the portfolio questions used for the routes to success section of the engineering foundation year. This is part three sustaining success

Educational Podcasts

This 6-minute video provides a brief introduction to the educational use of podcasts, how to create them and the technology used.

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Portfolio Template

Template - word processed document for 'Routes to Success' Coursework 3 'Sustaining Success'

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Week 1

Slides for first week of teaching

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Week 1

Slides for first week of teaching, PDF 6 up

Engineering Foundation Year - Sustaining Success Week 1

Slides for first week of teaching, PDF

Engineering Foundation Year - sustaining success portfolio summary

single sheet containing all the section headings for the portfolio, providing overview

Collection Engineering Foundation Year, Sustaining Success, Week 1

slides, notes, and background information covered in first week of this six week set of classes

Engineering Foundation Year Sustaining Success Lecture 2

Lecture notes for skills module Routes to Success: Sustaining Success Lecture 2. Portfolio building

Engineering Foundation Year - Routes to Success - Sustaining Success - lecture 2

skills module, developing student skills by creating portfolio.