TWT S02 E03 - Specialism Based Learning with Professor Lynne Murphy

Sussex TEL: Teaching with Tech Podcast

In this episode, we focus on how to empower learners as researchers by making them specialists on a sub-topic within their discipline. This approach is simple but effective. Start by dividing aspects of the subject you are teaching into sub-topics or research areas. Each student is assigned one of these to pursue as a personal research project throughout the module, compiling a portfolio of their reflections and findings along the way. Their final portfolio submission demonstrate an application of the general content studied (common to all students) to their specific research area (unique to them). Tab Betts talks to Professor Lynne Murphy, who is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Sussex, and Dr. Paolo Oprandi, who is a Senior Learning Technologist at the University of Sussex. Lynne has recently published a book, entitled The Prodigal Tongue, which explores the love-hate relationship between British and American English (https://theprodigaltongue.com). Paolo has recently joined our team in Technology Enhanced Learning at the University of Sussex, after working as an E-learning Developer in IT Services. Links: Professor Lynne Murphy - Lynne Murphy at the University of Bradford (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/115259) - Lynne Murphy on Twitter (twitter.com/lynneguist) - Lynne Murphy's latest book: The Prodigal Tongue (https://theprodigaltongue.com/) - Lynne Murphy's Blog: Separated by a Common Language (https://separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.co.uk/) Dr. Paolo Oprandi - Paolo Oprandi at the University of Sussex (http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/125778) - Paolo Oprandi on Twitter (https://twitter.com/paolo_oprandi)