Flipped Learning

SALT’s latest CPD offering is centred around the Flipped Classroom approach.  Flipped Classroom, Flipping the Classroom and Flipped Learning are all terms used to describe the concept, and each term is interchangeable. “The flipped classroom describes a reversal of traditional teaching where students gain first exposure to new material outside…

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What’s on this week as part of SALT’s IT Month?

   SALT SEPTEMBER IT MONTH Jo Berry and Steve Beale start the month-long activities on Thursday September 8th showing how they’ve used Pebble+ as part of their teaching and student support. On Friday Sep 9th, learn from Philippa Price about how to use Twitter to engage with your students and…

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Green shoots

One outcome of the recent SALT launch was that Prof. Steve Wilks, Deputy Head of School and Head of Teaching in Engineering has started to use clickers and is very enthusiastic. I see this as the first green shoots of a recognition that there is something in this enhanced-learning stuff.…

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