Mr Chris Liassides and Dr Ana Cruz at the 9th Learning & Teaching Conference in Sheffield, UK
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13 February 2015

Mr Chris Liassides and Dr Ana Cruz at the 9th Learning & Teaching Conference in Sheffield, UK

Mr. Chris Liassides, Director of Postgraduate Studies at our Business Administration and Economics Department and Dr Ana Cruz, Lecturer at BAED participated as presenters in the 9th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference themed ‘Developing Student Learning Beyond Knowledge Acquisition’ that was held at the University of Sheffield, UK on 6th January 2015.

Mr Chris Liassides
Mr Chris Liassides

In his presentation entitled ‘Applying theory through teamwork, Concession and Brainstroming’ Mr. Liassides explained how he managed to engage students with coursework through early stage brainstorming. Mr. Liassides presented the exercise his assigned to his students: “When I introduced the assignment to the students and went through the coursework handout with them, instead of spending 10-15 minutes doing so, I devoted almost 30 minutes and did a little exercise with them.  A little brainstorming session in class.  After explaining what they had to do, I asked them to get a piece of paper out and follow my instructions.  I asked them, there and then, in just 2 minutes, to come up with the idea they had to work on.  They all thought of it as a game, perhaps as an easy way to waste valuable teaching time --fun and games, in other words!”. During his presentation Mr. Liassides explained this learning and teaching practice and noted that the benefit was that it kept students interested throughout the course of the semester and added value to their knowledge with regard to employability, since it prepared them in dealing with similar issues at work.

Dr Ana Cruz
Dr Ana Cruz

Dr. Cruz delivered a very interesting online presentation entitled ' Viral Videos: enhancing Students' digital literacy skills and employability' based on student experiential learning assignments that aimed to turn knowledge into skill.  During her presentation Dr. Cruz presented the best student videos produced in 2013 and 2014 in the frame of the ‘Integrated Marketing Communications’ unit. The session provided insights into how students applied theory into action and the students’ performance. In addition, to provide a more comprehensive view, some of the students’ non-assessed self reflections were also presented. In 2014 the students worked with a client. The client’s view was also presented in the conference. Dr. Cruz's session concluded with a critical reflection of the barriers, benefits and lessons learned.

Both presentations were particularly insightful and received positive comments by fellow-colleagues at the University of Sheffield.

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