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the building, papers can be submited and content readily accessible from a familiar device.


Inspiring students to succeed But how students learn has dramatically changed over the last decade. Today, unsupervised learning is far more commonplace with students encouraged to find information from a myriad of sources. This is combined with learning that takes place in a lecture theatre or seminar. This means that teaching staff need to think about what will inspire and excite students. We need to continually find new ways of engaging them in the learning experience. I incorporate the flipped technique


into my teaching, for example. It involves asking students to access content ahead of my lecture. I cover some of the content during a lecture, but more importantly,


I facilitate a discussion of a particular topic to enrich their understanding. Our Human and Health Sciences


department incorporates the use of tablets into their learning programme. It enables students to get a feel for undertaking a consultation in a hospital environment.


Learning from our mistakes There was a time when teaching and learning took place in Second Life, a virtual learning environment. Considerable effort was made by institutions across the country to convert learning resources and adapt delivery methods. But as soon as the system owners began charging, it became a less viable model. The lesson many in the higher


education sector have learnt is that we need to move away from thinking how technology can help teaching and


learning. Technology does not make someone a beter teacher or student per se. Instead, we need to step back and consider just what we are trying to achieve. The quality of teaching must remain central to all we do – by 2018, all academic staff at the University of Huddersfield will be expected to have a doctorate, for example. What we have learnt is that the modern


university campus can adapt to the expectations of students. By balancing the need for anytime, anywhere access against the professional judgement of staff across all departments, we can continue to inspire generations of students to succeed. ET


Dr Rupert Ward is head of Informatics at the University of Huddersfield which uses the Gigabit Wi-Fi network delivered by Capita Managed IT Solutions


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