Publications
Leeds Met Press publishes occasional titles mainly relating to assessment, learning and teaching, ranging from books to short guides. ALT publications are listed below by year. Scroll down for information about the Assessment, Learning & Teaching Journal. To propose a publication or for advice, please contact Andrea Rayner, Publications Manager, tel: 0113 812 9257, email: A.L.Rayner@leedsmet.ac.uk
ALT Publications
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2010 Publications
By Simon Thomson and the Unicycle project team
ISBN 978-1-907240-10-2
A short guide to developing and using Open Educational Resources (OER). This booklet is an output from Leeds Metropolitan University's 'Unicycle' pilot study into the development of an institutional OER repository, funded by JISC and the Higher Education Academy. It is released under a Creative Commons licence.
By Phil Race and Leeds Metropolitan University Teacher Fellows
ISBN 978-1-907240-11-9
This booklet, drawng on experience across Leeds Metropolitan University, brings together ideas and models about personal tutoring, so that you can build on a range of experience to make personal tutoring work well for your students.
(Note: This is a pre-publication Word version which may be freely shared within Leeds Metropolitan University.)
By Gordon Joughin
ISBN 978-1-907240-09-6
Oral assessment includes any assessment conducted by word of mouth, such as in-class student presentations, vivas, and assessment in applied practice settings such as Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. This new guide describes how oral assessment can be used and gives practical guidance on its implementation.
By Graham Gibbs
ISBN 978-1-907240-06-5
£12 per copy or from £750 + VAT for site licence
This 48-page manual, illustrated with case studies from Leeds Metropolitan University, provides a way of thinking about how assessment works and how students respond to it. It reviews the available evidence in detail, so that you can make decisions about your course with confidence that they will produce improvements in student performance. It also provides three evaluation tools to help you diagnose potential.
By Phil Race
ISBN 978-1-907240-07-2
Designed to help learners on short courses who have not studied since leaving school, this booklet presents a range of tips on making the most of learning.
2009 Publications
By David Baume
ISBN 978-1-907240-05-8
Good course design is fundamental to successful teaching and the maintenance of standards. This guide is designed to help you in assuring and enhancing the quality of courses with principled, practical advice.
By Lucia Poole and Ruth Lefever, with Jacqueline Stevenson, Sean Dirrane and Amanda Wilson
ISBN 978-1-907240-04-1
This booklet aims to help students from diverse backgrounds to increase their resilience. Produced by a research project team funded by Aimhigher West Yorkshire, it can also be used by staff as a prompt when discussing problems with students.
By Phil Race
ISBN 978-1-907240-00-3
A new edition of the popular guide for staff beginning their teaching careers in HE.
By Ruth Pickford and the Leeds Met First Level Assessment and Feedback project team
ISBN 978-0-9560099-9-9
Produced by a team of students working collaboratively with academic staff, this guide demystifies university-level assessment for new students.
By By Ruth Pickford and the Leeds Met First Level Assessment and Feedback project team
ISBN 978-0-9560099-8-2
One of two guides to assessment from the First Level Assessment and Feedback Project, funded by the National Teaching Fellowship Scheme. The staff guide provides assistance with developing assessment practices and helps staff reduce their workload.
By Phil Race with Leeds Met Teacher Fellows
ISBN 978-0-9560099-7-5
Enriched with many examples from Leeds Met staff who have experienced the process, both as observers and observed, this guide helps you make the most of peer review of teaching.
By Yasmin Valli, Sally Brown and Phil Race
ISBN 978-0-9560099-2-0
A guide to good practice in cultural inclusivity in curriculum design, teaching and assessment.
By David Baume
ISBN 978-0-9560099-5-1
Good learning outcomes aren't just administrative devices: they support good learning and teaching. This guide shows how they can be used to plan programmes and modules, improve feedback to students, assess students validly and review teaching.
2008 Publications
By David Killick and Leeds Met International Teacher Fellows
ISBN 978-0-9555017-9-1
An overview of internationalisation as it affects staff, students, the curriculum and international partnerships, illustrated through examples from Leeds Met.
2007 Publications
Contribute to the ALT Journal
The Leeds Met Assessment, Learning & Teaching Journal, a peer-reviewed journal showcasing work in assessment, learning and teaching at Leeds Met and elsewhere, is published three times a year. Submissions are particularly encouraged from staff who have not previously published their work in academic journals. If you are interested in contributing, please contact the Editor, Andrea Rayner, A.L.Rayner@leedsmet.ac.uk
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The Journal aims to:
- share good assessment, learning and teaching practice
- build awareness of innovations across the University
- foster a scholarly approach to writing about ALT
- encourage people new to research to publish their work, get feedback and develop it for external publication
- encourage novices and experienced writers to contribute alongside each other
- develop a research base in ALT.
Future issues are planned as follows:
No 9 - June 2010: general issue
No 10 - October 2010: Employability
Copy deadline: 1 May 2010
