In March SOLSTICE launched its first student competition, ‘Future Learning’ which was designed to involve students in SOLSTICE activity and seek out their views and perspectives on how they think learning could happen at the University in the future. Students were asked to present their vision of learning through media such as video, audio or photography.
Winning Entry
The winning entry was produced by Amy Laurence, a final year BSc Geography student, for her video presentation on Electronic Documents. What the judges particularly liked about Amy’s submission was that, whilst gazing towards future technologies is important, Amy gave a picture that is grounded in the here and now, and showed how to make better use of technology that is already in place. Amy was awarded with her prizes (a lap-top computer, £50 Amazon voucher and an honorary certificate) at the SOLSTICE 2007 Conference, where her submission was shown to delegates following the second keynote speech.
- Watch Amy's winning video (streaming wmv) >>>
- Download Amy's winning video (19MB version) >>>
- Find out what the judges thought and how Electonic Documents are being used at Edge Hill University (streaming wmv) >>>
Gerry Lucas (Senior Lecturer in Natural, Geographical & Applied Sciences and SOLSTICE Fellow) who presented Amy with her award stated:
"My main remit as a SOLSTICE Fellow has been to research the nature and potential of electronic assessments at the university level. In addition, with the support of SOLSTICE colleagues I have also been investigating the pedagogy of digital geographies. The work on electronic assessments has encompassed an examination and development of computer based methods using the well known Questionmark Perception software. In order to complement the latter technology I have also developed the use of electronic assessments in the form of e-essays and e-dissertations to assess skill sets and extensive knowledge bases not readily assessed by online testing.
Amy Laurence distilled her e-dissertation into a 3 minute video detailing the nature and purposes of e-dissertations. Amy’s work encompassed a highly competent digital geographic investigation of the coastal zone at Sandscale Haws, Lancashire by using a geographical information system. Moreover, she presented her work in the form of e-dissertation which contained video and sound bytes along with computer animations. The latter was particularly successful in demonstrating the changing nature of the coastline in the last 150 years. Amy’s work is an excellent exemplification of my SOLSTICE fellowship work and encapsulates some of the guiding principles of the SOLSTICE concept, namely the intelligent and informed deployment of technology, the development and use of a “rich” dialogue and finally evidence based delivery of tangible products.
SOLSTICE 2007 conference summary >>>
Last updated: 05-Mar-2008
