What do students really want?
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Presenter
Aaron Porter
Aaron Porter is President of the National Union of Students, having previously served as the Vice-President (Higher Education) and is responsible for leading representation and campaigns for students in further and higher education. In addition to his role he is also a Non-Executive Director on the Boards of
UCAS, the Higher Education Academy and the European Students' Union. He has previously been on the Board of the Office of the Independent Adjudicator.
Aaron graduated from the Unviersity of Leicester with a BA English, and was then a Sabbatical Officer and trustee of the Students' Union. As a student, Aaron was editor of the student newspaper, 'The Ripple'.
Usman Ali
Usman Ali is the Vice President (Higher Education) previously being elected on the NUS National Executive Committee, Block of 15 in 2009 and is now the first Muslim Vice President in the history of the National Union of Students. He was also the Chair of the Communications Scrutiny Committee and the Nominations committee whilst being on the ‘block.’ Prior to the NUS, he was the President and Vice President Activities at the University of Salford, where he studied Business Information Systems with a 1 year industrial placement.
As Vice President (Higher Education) he will be on the OIA Board of Directors, National Student Survey (NSS) Steering Group, the National Student Forum and the Higher Education Academy Academic Council as well as others.
His hobbies include playing football, cricket and socialising with friends and family, especially over food.
Abstract
Student perspectives on technology - so what do students really think about technology and how it is, and could be, integrated into their learning? Do students want more technology, such as using their mobile phones in the classroom? Do they want online lectures and tutorials to completely replace face-to-face teaching? What are their training needs and what do they think of the
ICT skills of their tutors? This session will start to uncover some of the answers to these complex questions based on research that NUS has been conducting as part of its NUS/HSBC Student Experience Report and a
HEFCE-funded project.
Facilitator
Rhona Sharpe
Dr. Rhona Sharpe is principal lecturer in the Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development at Oxford Brookes University UK where she is responsible for the research and consultancy activities of the unit. Recently her research has focussed on learners' experiences of e- learning managing projects funded by the JISC and Higher Education Academy. She also researches how professionals learn, develop and design for learning within an academic environment. She was one of the founder members of ELESIG, is co-editor of ALT-J, Research in Learning Technology and is Fellow of the Staff and Educational Development Association.