24 June 2021
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has given a webinar on the use of electronic voting systems in higher education teaching, on Thursday 24 June 2021, 2–3pm GMT (9–10am EST), as the last of an international webinar series hosted by Turning (formerly Turning Technologies), a global leader in response technology.
Entitled ‘Creative Uses of Student Response Systems’, Dr Wiley’s one-hour webinar was broadcast to over 430 registered participants internationally, prompting a lively discussion to which moderator Kevin Herrholtz (Turning’s Vice President of Client Experience & Solutions) turned for questions periodically throughout the webinar.
Drawing on examples from his music teaching, Dr Wiley’s webinar discussed creative applications of electronic voting systems beyond the standard right-or-wrong multiple choice question, exploring advanced features of the software; pedagogies associated with electronic voting systems, and ways of combining them with other learning technologies; student feedback received on response systems, and tips for getting started.
Dr Wiley has been an International Distinguished Educator with Turning since 2012. He has spoken about electronic voting systems to many audiences both internationally and nationally (including previous webinars in 2020 and 2016), as well as publishing a report on the use of electronic voting systems in higher education teaching, available online here.
Further information about the webinar may be viewed at the following link: https://www.turning.com/webinars/creative-uses-of-student-response-systems
The complete recording of the webinar is available here: https://turningtechnologies-5.wistia.com/medias/js73pm1ov5
Update: Dr Wiley has contributed a guest blog post to learning technology company DisplayNote’s DisplayNote Dialogues blog, on teaching at university during the pandemic and how learning technology has facilitated this. Entitled ‘Teaching During the Pandemic: Technology to the Rescue’, and dated 8 September 2021, it may be read here: https://www.displaynote.com/blog/dr-christopher-wiley-teaching-during-the-pandemic-technology-to-the-rescue
14 April 2021
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Publication, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley led a session on ‘Playful methods of student evaluation of teaching’ at the University of Surrey’s annual Surrey ExciTeS (Excellence in Teaching Symposium) on Wednesday 14 April 2021, on the theme of playful learning.
Dr Wiley outlined several different case studies of student evaluation of teaching using playful methods, which led to a fruitful discussion with the 30 academics from across the University who were in attendance.
The session was undertaken in advance of the appearance of Dr Wiley’s co-edited SEDA Special on student evaluation of teaching (pictured), and follows his other published research in the field.
This year, the Surrey ExciTeS symposium was split across two mornings (14–15 April) and was held online. Dr Wiley has also delivered sessions (in person) at all the previous Surrey ExciTeS events, in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014, including one on student evaluation of teaching in 2015.
13 January 2021
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Media, Public Output, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley was invited to guest-host the first Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Twitter chat (#LTHEchat) of 2021, which took place on 13 January. #LTHEchat runs weekly on Wednesdays on Twitter from 8-9pm GMT and involves HE and FE practitioners from the UK and internationally at all stages of their career.
#LTHEchat No. 193, on the subject of ‘Evaluating Student Evaluation of Teaching’, anticipates the publication of the forthcoming SEDA Special, Student Evaluation of Teaching: From Performance Management to Quality Enhancement, which Dr Wiley has co-edited, and was also mindful of his pedagogic research on student evaluation of teaching (SET).
A graph representing the network of 186 Twitter users whose recent tweets included the hashtag #LTHEchat, or who were replied to or mentioned in those tweets, is available here: https://nodexlgraphgallery.org/Pages/Graph.aspx?graphID=245733
The Wakelet, which provides a digest of tweets received, is here: https://wakelet.com/wake/JTRN860aVYrfProCKj4r-
Dr Wiley previously guest-hosted #LTHEchat in February 2016, on ‘Using music creatively to enhance non-music teaching’.
4 March 2020
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has given a webinar on electronic voting systems and their potential applications in arts and humanities teaching, on Wednesday 4 March 2020, 2–3pm GMT (9–10am EST), as part of the Turning Technologies Webinar Series.
Drawing on his teaching in popular music, classical music, and musical theatre, Dr Wiley’s one-hour webinar, entitled ‘Using Electronic Voting Systems Creatively in the Arts and Humanities’, was broadcast to over 130 registered participants internationally.
Dr Wiley has been an International Distinguished Educator with Turning Technologies since 2012. He has spoken about electronic voting systems to many audiences both internationally and nationally, as well as publishing a report on the use of electronic voting systems in higher education teaching, available online here.
Further information about the webinar may be viewed at the following link: https://www.turningtechnologies.com/news-and-events/webinars/using-electronic-voting-systems-creatively-in-the-arts-and-humanities/
The complete recording of the webinar is available here: https://turningtechnologies-5.wistia.com/medias/3jz3qmqxm1
3 April 2019
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley facilitated a student discussion panel at the University of Surrey’s sixth annual Surrey ExciTeS (Excellence in Teaching Symposium) on Wednesday 3 April 2019, on the subject of student-staff partnerships.
The forum, entitled ‘Giving music students ownership of their learning’, discussed the Music Project module that had taken place during the previous semester on the theme of musical theatre, and the wide range of activities that students undertook in their assessments, from performances to compositions to organizational roles.
The panel of undergraduate Music students – Diana Nemyrovska, Katy Jackson, Heather Neele, and Edward Bellett-Travers (pictured, l-r) – answered questions from academics and learning support staff from across the University.
Dr Wiley has delivered sessions at Surrey ExciTeS events in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, and 2014, including a previous student discussion panel in 2017.
22 March 2019
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Publication, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has featured as a case study in a new book publication on teaching in higher education.
The second edition of Developing Your Teaching: Towards Excellence by Peter Kahn and Lorraine Anderson, in Routledge’s Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education series, includes vignettes and case studies on a wide range of topics.
Dr Wiley’s case study, ‘Going the extra mile with a postgraduate teaching qualification’, draws upon his experiences in reading for the degree of MA in Academic Practice at City University London, from which he graduated in 2015, in order to consider the benefits of higher education teaching qualifications.
It is a streamlined and reworked version of an essay that Dr Wiley previously published in Educational Developments, The Magazine of the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA), in December last year.
Details of the book may be found here: https://www.routledge.com/Developing-Your-Teaching-Towards-Excellence-2nd-Edition/Kahn-Anderson/p/book/9781138591196
8 March 2019
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Publication, Research, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has published an article on standardized student evaluation of teaching in the peer-reviewed journal Studies in Educational Evaluation (ISSN: 0191-491X).
Dr Wiley’s article, ‘Standardised module evaluation surveys in UK higher education: Establishing students’ perspectives’, explores the views of student representatives at a single university.
Originally developed in partial fulfilment of the degree of MA in Academic Practice, this research indicates that standardizing module evaluation limits its applicability to local contexts, and that caution should be exercised over interpreting its results in isolation.
Bibliographic citation
Wiley, Christopher. ‘Standardised module evaluation surveys in UK higher education: Establishing students’ perspectives’, Studies in Educational Evaluation, Vol. 61 (June 2019), pp. 55–65. doi: 10.1016/j.stueduc.2019.02.004
Full text
The full text is available for free download under licence from Surrey Research Insight Open Access.
The article may be previewed here: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1YhNB_,RtPex1z
21 January 2019
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Educational Research, Publication, Research Supervision, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has published an article in the December 2018 issue (Issue 19.4) of Educational Developments, The Magazine of the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA).
Dr Wiley’s article provides a ten-year retrospective reflection on his study for the degree of MA in Academic Practice at City University London, from which he graduated in 2015, as well as discussing the benefits of higher education teaching qualifications more widely.
The essay, ‘In defence of higher education teaching qualifications: Reflections on studying for the degree of MA in Academic Practice, ten years on’, is a longer version of a case study that Dr Wiley has developed for the forthcoming second edition of Kahn and Walsh’s (now Kahn and Anderson’s) Developing Your Teaching, part of Routledge’s Key Guides for Effective Teaching in Higher Education series.
The full contents page of this issue of Educational Developments may be viewed here: https://www.seda.ac.uk/past-issues/19.4
Bibliographic citation
‘In defence of higher education teaching qualifications: Reflections on studying for the degree of MA in Academic Practice, ten years on’, Educational Developments, Issue 19.4 (December 2018), pp.16–17. ISSN 1469-3267
7 November 2018
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has spoken at the Turning Technologies User Conference 2018, held at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain on Wednesday 7 November 2018.
Drawing on the uses of electronic voting systems in his university teaching in music across several years, Dr Wiley’s presentation ‘Using Electronic Voting Systems Creatively in the Arts and Humanities’ was given to an audience of some 25 international academics and learning technologists.
A Distinguished Educator with Turning Technologies since 2012, Dr Wiley has previously addressed User Conferences in the UK, Ireland, Germany, and Denmark.
The full programme for the conference may be viewed here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/imgsrv.turningtechnologies.com/marketing/intl_images/TTUC+Barcelona+-+Agenda.pdf
Dr Wiley also discussed his talk in a post on Turning Technologies’s website: https://www.turningtechnologies.eu/2018/10/11/vote-for-the-arts-and-humanities/
5 December 2017
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Educational Research, Prizes & Awards, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has been awarded Principal Fellowship of The Higher Education Academy, and is thereby entitled to use the post-nominals PFHEA.
This is the highest level of professional recognition available from the HEA, and acknowledges sustained and effective strategic leadership demonstrated at institution-wide or inter/national level in relation to learning and teaching. To date, it has been awarded only to an elite group of some 800 academic and academic-related staff across the UK.
Dr Wiley is the only current permanent member of academic staff at the University of Surrey to achieve this status and one of the first nationally within the discipline of Music. It follows his successful application for Senior Fellowship, the HEA’s second-highest level of professional recognition, in 2015.
Applications of up to 7,500 words in length are evaluated by an external panel of HEA reviewers against Descriptor 4 of the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in Higher Education. Several advocate statements from suitably qualified individuals are also required in support of the candidate.
Further information about the HEA’s Fellowship scheme, and the different levels of professional recognition it offers, may be found here: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/individuals/fellowship
24 October 2016
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley reprised his presentation ‘Enhancing Student Engagement Through Electronic Voting Systems: Innovative Pedagogies and Creative Applications’ at the Turning Technologies User Conference held at Thistle City Barbican, London on 24 October 2016.
Dr Wiley was one of four main invited speakers at the conference, which attracted around 40 delegates from across England and further afield. The full programme (including abstracts) is available here: https://www.turningtechnologies.com/pdf/content/2016TTUCLondonAgenda.pdf
An International Distinguished Educator with Turning Technologies, Dr Wiley has previously spoken at User Conferences in Denmark, Germany, and Dublin, as well as delivering learning and teaching workshops at several UK universities and a recent internationally broadcast webinar.
28 September 2016
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley gave a webinar on student response systems and innovative teaching practices on Wednesday 28 September 2016, 2-3pm EDT, as part of the ‘Explore Innovation with Turning Technologies’ Fall Webinar Series.
Entitled ‘Using Student Response Systems: Creative Applications, Advanced Features, and Tips for Getting Started’, Dr Wiley’s one-hour webinar was broadcast in North America as part of Turning Technologies’s ongoing programme of educational events.
Dr Wiley has been a Distinguished Educator with Turning Technologies since 2012. During his time in this role, he has addressed many audiences both nationally and internationally, and, last year, published a report on using response technology in higher education teaching.
The flyer for the webinar may be viewed here: https://www.turningtechnologies.com/pdf/content/ExploreInnovationWebinarWiley.pdf
3 March 2016
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has given a presentation at the Higher Education Academy’s inaugural Arts and Humanities conference, ‘Inspire – sharing great practice in Arts and Humanities teaching and learning’, held at The Waterfront Hotel, Brighton (now Jurys Inn Brighton Waterfront) on 3–4 March 2016.
In the half-hour session, entitled ‘How to… use electronic voting systems creatively in arts and humanities teaching’, Dr Wiley outlined a variety of innovative ways in which he has incorporated electronic voting systems into his teaching in the Arts and Humanities over the years. The abstract for Dr Wiley’s talk, which immediately followed the conference’s opening keynote lecture, may be read here.
Acknowledged as a Distinguished Educator by Turning Technologies, Dr Wiley has previously given workshops on the use of electronic voting systems in higher education teaching at six UK universities in the past two years, as well as publishing the report Using Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanities last year as part of the Higher Education Academy’s Innovative Pedagogies series.
The complete programme for the conference (for which Dr Wiley also acted as a specialist reviewer of proposal submissions) is available here: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/artsandhumanities-conference-programme_6.pdf
3 February 2016
Christopher Wiley
Media, Public Output, Teaching
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On 3 February 2016, Dr Christopher Wiley was invited to guest-host the 44th Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Twitter chat, which runs weekly on Wednesdays from 8-9pm GMT using the hashtag #LTHEchat, and involves HE practitioners from across the UK and beyond at all stages of their career.
Dr Wiley’s #LTHEchat, on the subject of ‘Using music creatively to enhance non-music teaching’, generated a large volume of lively debate from its many contributors and resulted in some 500 tweets in the course of the scheduled 60 minutes. A SocioViz visualisation of the network of participants during the chat is pictured above right, and a Storify of the session is available here: https://storify.com/LTHEchat/tweetchat-no-44
Update: Following the #LTHEchat, Dr Wiley was invited to contribute a guest post to the University’s Surrey Social Media blog, on Twitter chats and their value to academics. He discusses his experiences of #LTHEchat in his post, ‘Twitter chats – why are they useful and how do they benefit academic staff?’, which appeared on 5 February and may be read here: http://blogs.surrey.ac.uk/socialmedia/twitter-chats-why-are-they-useful-and-how-do-they-benefit-academic-staff/
12 January 2016
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley organized a half-day Learning and Teaching development event for the School of Arts at the University of Surrey on 12 January 2016. This was the fifth forum of this nature in two years (see information about previous events here), and involved some 40 staff from across the institution.
This event incorporated a training session led by the University’s Student Services on the pastoral side of Personal Tutoring, as well as a discussion forum on student evaluation of teaching facilitated by Dr Wiley, which considered how academic staff might seek to maximize the effectiveness of feedback received from students for purposes of ongoing teaching enhancement.
A blog post written by Dr Wiley, in which the School of Arts Learning and Teaching symposia are discussed, has recently appeared on the Association of National Teaching Fellows blog. The post, entitled ‘How do National Teaching Fellows make a contribution in their institution?’, may be read at the following link:
http://ntf-association.com/national-teaching-fellows/how-do-national-teaching-fellows-make-a-contribution-in-their-institution/
Update: With over 400 reads in the week in which it appeared, Dr Wiley’s post set a new record for the Association of National Teaching Fellows blog.
23 November 2015
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Prizes & Awards, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has received awards and nominations for several major teaching prizes at the University of Surrey in 2015, after less than two years in post as Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Arts.
In April 2015, Dr Wiley was nominated for The Lynne Millward Award for Academic Staff Member of the Year, which is run by the University of Surrey Students’ Union (awards ceremony pictured, right). Nominations for this award are submitted by the students themselves and it is therefore highly competitive.
Then in June, Dr Wiley was announced as the winner of the Faculty Learning and Teaching Award for the Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences (prior to its becoming the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences), as well as being shortlisted for The Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award.
Finally, at a prestigious awards ceremony on 23 November 2015 (pictured below), Dr Wiley was announced as the runner-up for The Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award. This award recognises sustained excellence in teaching, innovative curriculum development, and enhancement of the student experience – thereby illustrating the impact that Dr Wiley has made within the University of Surrey in a relatively short space of time.
18 September 2015
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley convened and facilitated a Learning and Teaching development event for the School of Arts at the University of Surrey on Friday 18 September 2015.
40 academics from across the subject areas of Music and Sound Recording, Dance, Theatre, Digital Media Arts, and the Guildford School of Acting participated in two lively and productive discussions led by Dr Wiley during the half-day event.
Both designed to enable the sharing of best practices across the School, the first discussion workshop considered current School policy in relation to teaching, while the second explored strategies for teaching enhancement with a particular focus on student engagement and interactivity.
This was the fourth of the biennial School of Arts Learning and Teaching events instigated by Dr Wiley in his role as Director of Learning and Teaching, following the success of similar forums in January 2015, September 2014, and January 2014.
28 January 2015
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Prizes & Awards, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley graduated with a Master of Arts in Academic Practice from City University London at a ceremony held at the Barbican Centre, London on 28 January 2015.
Dr Wiley was awarded the MA in Academic Practice with Distinction in October 2014, having studied the degree on a part-time basis from 2008 alongside his lecturing positions at City University London and latterly at the University of Surrey.
Dr Wiley’s areas of study on the programme included Learning, Teaching, and Assessment; ICT in Higher Education; Curriculum Development; Personal Tutoring; Research Supervision; and Academic Leadership.
Pictured below: Dr Wiley with his fellow graduates from the programme, Sally Thorpe (centre) and Emily Allbon (right), both of whom are staff members at City University London.
14 January 2015
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley organized a Learning and Teaching enhancement event for academic staff across the School of Arts at the University of Surrey on 14 January 2015, following the Symposia that had taken place in September 2014 and January 2014.
In a change from previous events, this one adopted a seminar-style format. It combined a discussion forum on the School’s Personal Tutoring system, facilitated by Dr Wiley, with a training session on module descriptors and programme validation co-facilitated by two members of the University’s Directorate of Quality Enhancement and Standards.
Over 30 academic staff were in attendance representing the range of disciplines encompassed by the School, including Music and Sound Recording, Theatre and Dance, Film and Digital Media Arts, and the Guildford School of Acting.
31 October 2014
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Educational Research, Publication, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has published an article on academic leadership in higher education in City University London’s in-house Learning at City Journal.
Dr Wiley’s essay, ‘Academic Leadership in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: A Personal Reflection on one Programme Director’s Professional Development’, provides a retrospective evaluation of his development as an academic leader to date, with particular reference to his previous position as Programme Director of City’s Music BMus programme (2009–13).
Based on work originally undertaken for his MA in Academic Practice, the article considers change management, collaborative leadership, metric-based performance, and the challenges faced by the UK higher education sector today, as well as discussing the ways in which Dr Wiley has sought to apply theories from the scholarly literature to his various leadership roles.
Further information about this publication, including the abstract, may be found at the following link: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/4896/
Bibliographic citation
‘Academic Leadership in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: A Personal Reflection on one Programme Director’s Professional Development’, Learning at City Journal, Vol. 4, No. 2 (October 2014), pp. 39–49.
Full text
The full text of the article is available for free download via City Research Online: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/4896/1/L%40C_Journal_Volume_4_Number_2_-_Article_4.pdf
15 September 2014
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley convened a second one-day Learning and Teaching Symposium for academic staff across the School of Arts at the University of Surrey on 15 September 2014, as a follow-up to a related event that had taken place in January.
Themed around ‘Inspirational Teaching: Sharing Practice’, the event included two sessions by invited speakers and two discussion workshops facilitated by Dr Wiley (one on sharing good practices in teaching, the other continuing previous conversations on assessment and feedback), as well as a roundtable comprising three current students who presented their views on inspirational teaching.
The Symposium was attended by over 30 full-time and Associate staff ranging from long-standing lecturers to those who had only started work at the University that day, and representing a wide variety of different arts disciplines.
3 September 2014
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has given a paper at the major international European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), at the University of Porto, Portugal, on 3 September 2014.
Dr Wiley’s presentation, ‘Standardized Module Evaluation for Teaching Excellence and Enhancement: Views of Students at a Single UK Higher Education Institution’, was included in a joint session of the conference’s Network 10 (Teacher education research) and Network 11 (Quality and effectiveness assurance).
Further information on Dr Wiley’s paper is available at the conference website here. Dr Wiley had previously delivered a version of this presentation in the UK at The Hatton, London in June 2014.
One of the key annual activities of the European Educational Research Association (EERA), ECER 2014 Porto was entitled ‘The Past, the Present, and Future of Educational Research in Europe’ and attracted 3,000 delegates from all over the world who presented their research across five days in many concurrent sessions.
9 June 2014
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Publication, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley‘s article ‘Divided by a Common Language? Evaluating Students’ Understanding of the Vocabulary of Assessment and Feedback at a Single UK Higher Education Institution’ has been published in the May 2014 issue of The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation.
Based on educational research conducted during his time at City University London, Dr Wiley’s article represents the published version of his paper delivered at the Nineteenth International Conference on Learning, Institute of Education, London on 16 August 2012 (see here for details).
Drawing on a series of interviews and consultations, the article reviews students’ understanding of the vocabulary of assessment and feedback in order to establish the extent to which it aligns with the sense intended by academic institutions in using this terminology. Dr Wiley identifies a series of recommendations for future enhancements to assessment and feedback practices to relieve the present disjunctures between university staff and students.
The journal issue may be viewed here: http://ijlae.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.251/prod.42
The link from which to order to article is as follows: http://ijlae.cgpublisher.com/product/pub.251/prod.43
Bibliographic citation
Wiley, Christopher. ‘Divided by a Common Language? Evaluating Students’ Understanding of the Vocabulary of Assessment and Feedback at a Single UK Higher Education Institution’, The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, Vol. 20, No. 3 (May 2014), pp. 1–11.
Full text
The full text of the article is available for free download via City Research Online: http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/3235/
4 June 2014
Christopher Wiley
Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley delivered a paper on standardized module evaluation, teaching enhancement, and the recognition of teaching excellence at the Sixth Annual ‘Learning at City’ Conference on 4 June 2014.
Hosted by City University London and with the theme of ‘Students as Partners in Learning?’, this year the conference was held at The Hatton, Farringdon – its first time at an external venue.
Dr Wiley’s paper, entitled ‘Standardized Module Evaluation for Teaching Excellence and Enhancement: Views of Students at City University London’, followed an earlier presentation on the same topic at the 17th Annual SEDA Conference in 2012.
Based on research conducted last year via paper-based questionnaires completed by Student Representatives, Dr Wiley’s talk was given to an audience of some 30 staff drawn from City University and other HE institutions across England.
At the conference, Dr Wiley also presented an updated version of his poster, ‘The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme: Paths to Success’, originally shown at the inaugural Surrey ExciTeS Symposium in January 2014.
The full programme for the day may be viewed here: http://city-university-london.co.uk/t/EMO-2IBW5-7UH3CZ-13O24O-1/c.aspx
22 January 2014
Christopher Wiley
Educational Research, Media, Public Output, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley has been featured on the BETT Show 2014 Blog in an post entitled ‘How Hand-Held Electronic Voting Systems Add A New Dynamic To Lectures’, which profiles his work using EVS as a University lecturer in the arts and humanities.
One of the major annual international trade shows for educational technology, BETT (formerly the British Educational Training and Technology Show) celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Its 2014 event is being held on 22-25 January at ExCeL London.
The full blog post on Dr Wiley may be read here: http://www.bettshow.com/page.cfm/action=library/libID=12/libEntryID=47
16 January 2014
Christopher Wiley
Academic Management, Conference, Educational Research, Presentation, Teaching
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Dr Christopher Wiley convened a one-day Learning and Teaching Symposium, themed around ‘Enhancing Assessment and Feedback’, for academic staff across the School of Arts at the University of Surrey on 16 January 2014.
The event comprised three sessions by invited speakers, poster presentations, and two discussion workshops facilitated by Dr Wiley, one focussing on Grade Descriptors and the other on reviewing current Feedback practices in the School (pictured). Also included as part of the Symposium was a dedicated session for Associate Tutors on Assessment and Feedback, again led by Dr Wiley.
The Symposium was attended by over thirty academics and several teaching-related staff from across the School of Arts (Music, Sound Recording, Dance, Film, Theatre, and the Guildford School of Acting) as well as e-Learning and Library & Learning Support Services.
8 January 2014
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Dr Christopher Wiley delivered a workshop on Turning Technologies electronic voting systems at the inaugural Surrey ExciTeS (Excellence in Teaching Symposium) event held at the University of Surrey on 8 January 2014.
Entitled ‘Enhancing Instructional Interactivity through Electronic Voting Systems: Advanced Features and Innovative Pedagogies’, the workshop was one of 36 parallel sessions, and was attended by some 30 academic staff from across the University.
In the course of the workshop, Dr Wiley presented a series of innovative applications of electronic voting systems drawn from his teaching in musicology, utilizing advanced functions such as leaderboards, demographic comparison, and moment-to-moment response in addition to the standard right-or-wrong multiple choice question.
Dr Wiley also presented a poster, ‘The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme: Paths to Success’, which provided background on The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme, reflected on his successful application in 2013, and offered some general tips on applying for teaching awards in Higher Education.
The full programme for the Surrey ExciTeS 2014 Symposium may be found here: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/dhe/news_and_events/events/Surrey%20ExciTeS%202014%20Programme.pdf
4 November 2013
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Dr Christopher Wiley presented the latest version of his paper ‘Using Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanities’ at the Turning Technologies User Conference held at Trinity College Dublin on 4 November 2013.
This follows appearances earlier in the year in Germany and Crete (and, last year, in Denmark) in his capacity as a Distinguished Educator with Turning Technologies.
5 July 2013
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Dr Christopher Wiley facilitated a workshop on electronic voting systems at the International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education (ICICTE) in Chania, Crete on 5 July 2013.
Dr Wiley’s presentation, entitled ‘Increasing Instructional Interactivity with Turning Technologies Response Technology’, was chaired and moderated by Jay Carpenter, UK Territory Manager from Turning Technologies.
Highlights of Dr Wiley’s presentation included findings from his research into student engagement with electronic voting systems, aspects of his own teaching in musical theatre and pop music, and even a dodecaphonic piece improvised on an iPad piano app.
Last year, Dr Wiley became the first ever person from the arts and humanities appointed to Turning Technologies’ global Distinguished Educator programme (see here).
The day’s programme for the conference may be accessed at the following link: http://www.icicte.org/ICICTE13Programme3.htm
A review of the conference by Olivia Fox may be found here: http://blogs.city.ac.uk/educationalvignettes/2013/08/01/review-of-icicte-technology-innovations-conference/
4 June 2013
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Dr Christopher Wiley reprised his paper ‘Using Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanities’ at the most recent Turning Technologies User Conference in Karlsruhe, Germany on 3 June 2013.
Jointly hosted by the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, the Conference attracted a range of delegates from countries including the UK, US, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Finland, Lebanon, and South Korea. The full Conference Agenda may be viewed here.
Dr Wiley’s paper was originally delivered last year at Aarhus University, Denmark (see here) and was revised for presentation in Karlsruhe, as part of the second Turning Technologies Conference to be held in Continental Europe.
An advocate of electronic voting systems for the past five years, in 2012 Dr Wiley became the first person from the arts and humanities to join Turning Technologies’ Distinguished Educator programme (see here).
Update: as a result of this conference appearance, Dr Wiley was featured on ‘Turn to Your Neighbour: The Official Peer Instruction Blog’, which is among the top 100 most read educational blogs globally.
Written by the blog’s founder, Dr Julie Schell (who described it on Twitter as her ‘funnest post to date’), the article on Dr Wiley may be read here: http://blog.peerinstruction.net/2013/06/10/3-easy-ways-to-use-clickers-and-peer-instruction-in-the-arts-and-humanities/
Update: A video of Dr Wiley’s complete presentation may be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yTPsAGW8fo
24 April 2013
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Dr Christopher Wiley presented a lunchtime webinar hosted by ELESIG (Evaluation of Learners’ Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group) on 24 April 2013. Entitled ‘BYOD, mobile technologies, and social media for learning’, the event was the first in the ELESIG Webinar Series 2013.
In the course of the webinar, Dr Wiley discussed various ways in which he had sought to respond to students’ use of social media (including Facebook and Twitter) and their own mobile technologies in his teaching, in order to engage the students in e-learning and to enable them to contribute online as well as in person.
Drawing on evidence received from both students and staff in recent years, Dr Wiley discussed the merits and shortcomings of using these innovative technologies to facilitate learning at the tertiary educational level, as well as its value in educating students in contemporary issues such as media literacy and management of their online identities.
With over 50 members of the ELESIG community attending online from across the nation, much lively and productive discussion was prompted throughout the one-hour webinar.
A webcast recording of the event may be accessed here: http://uni-of-nottingham.adobeconnect.com/p739d8j3xiw/
16 April 2013
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Dr Christopher Wiley has been appointed Senior Lecturer and Director of Learning and Teaching in the School of Arts at the University of Surrey. The University’s School of Arts comprises the subject areas of Music and Sound Recording, Dance, Film, and Theatre, as well as the Digital World Research Centre, the Lewis Elton Gallery, and the acclaimed Guildford School of Acting (GSA).
Dr Wiley commences his new position in September 2013. His academic profile on the University of Surrey website may be viewed here: http://www.surrey.ac.uk/schoolofarts/people/complete_staff_list/christopher_wiley
16 August 2012
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Dr Christopher Wiley presented his paper ‘Divided by a Common Language? Evaluating Students’ Understanding of the Vocabulary of Assessment and Feedback at a Single UK Higher Education Institution’ at the Nineteenth International Conference on Learning, Institute of Education, University of London on 16 August 2012.
Dr Wiley’s paper, which discussed the changing context of Higher Education in the UK and its implications for assessment and feedback, fell on the same day that students across the country received their A-level results and found out whether they had been accepted to their chosen university degree course.
Presenting some of the findings of interviews conducted with students across City University London in the past academic year (previously discussed here), Dr Wiley questioned many aspects of current assessment and feedback processes, enriching his talk with reference to innovations implemented this year in his own academic practice.
The Nineteenth International Conference on Learning welcomed some 600 delegates from 40 countries across three days.
19 June 2012
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Dr Christopher Wiley addressed the Turning Technologies User Conference 2012 at Aarhus University, Denmark on 19 June 2012, delivering a presentation entitled ‘Using Electronic Voting Systems in the Arts and Humanities’.
In the first Turning Technologies Conference to be held in Continental Europe, Dr Wiley argued for the largely unrecognized potential for electronic voting systems to enhance teaching in disciplines other than the sciences and business, drawing on his use of the technology as a music lecturer as well as his original research.
Dr Wiley was one of six speakers to lead parallel breakout sessions during the conference, selected from over 50 proposals received. Participating delegates were drawn from countries including the US, Denmark, the UK, France, Germany, Holland, and Spain.
The full programme for the event may be downloaded here.
1 February 2012
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Dr Christopher Wiley was chosen as one of two guest speakers to participate in the first in a series of cross-institutional debates on matters of teaching and learning at City University London (see review here).
Hosted by the University’s Learning Development Centre and attended by an audience of around 60 staff and students from the University, the inaugural debate considered the provocative motion ‘Assessment Practice in Higher Education relies largely on a limited range of methods that are not always fit for purpose‘.
Supporting the motion was Professor Nigel Duncan (City Law School), the University’s academic lead for assessment and a distinguished law lecturer. Co-chairing the event were Patrick Baughan and Neal Sumner, both Senior Lecturers in the Learning Development Centre.
Both Professor Duncan and Dr Wiley were given an initial 10 minutes to address the audience followed by brief opportunity for rebuttal of one another’s arguments, before discussion was opened up to the floor.
In the final vote, the debate motion was supported by 70%-30%. Nonetheless, Dr Wiley was congratulated not only for having admirably risen to the challenging task of opposing such a motion but for having evidently swayed a significant minority with the persuasiveness of his arguments.
The debate opened the annual Learning Development Centre Showcase event, which this year was on the subject of ‘Student Engagement’, and at which Dr Wiley was also awarded a Best Learning Spaces Design prize for his design of a hypothetical lecture room layout.
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