Friday 28 June 2013

Innovative , inspiring, forthcoming event at De Montfort University......“Making the textual visual”: Engaging visual learners with text.


Collage note book, one of many techniques to be experienced at
 

Making the textual visual”: Engaging visual learners with text.

Thursday 4th July 2013
Kimberlin Library (00.11), De Montfort University 

I am really looking forward to our forthcoming event "Making the textual visual”: Engaging visual learners with text" here at  De Montfort University.  This will be an exciting and different event which is based on research and connections made through a DMU Teacher fellow project run by Kaye Towlson  (Academic Librarian (Learning and Teaching) and Julia Reeve (Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities), De Montfort University. This event will take place Thursday 4th July 2013, Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University offers Librarians, Learning Developers and academics from across the UK the chance to:  
  • Experience visual and kinaesthetic learning techniques
  • Hear about the student response and experience of such techniques,
  • Consider the theoretical underpinning to this type of learning,
  • Engage with Critical thinking activities
  • Explore visually enabled reflection
  • Group work to put methods into practice
  • A chance to network across disciplines, professions and institutions.

Speakers include Lisa Clughen Nottingham Trent University, Jenny Moon, Bournemouth University and Alke Groppel-Wegener, University of Staffordshire as well as Kaye Towlson and Julia Reeve. The event will look at and experience in ways of enabling students to cross the text barrier frequently faced by visual and tactile learners.

Queries contact Kaye Towlson (kbt@dmu.ac.uk).


Image enriched mind map to aid planning and scoping of task or assignment
 
Journey planning, using sketches and images to envisage assignment pathway to success