TILT Presentation - Learning from Past Students

<p><strong>Learning from those who have gone before: Using videos to facilitate peer-to-peer advice for final-year undergraduates.</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p>In this presentation I will share how videos have been utilised on the Undergraduate Research Project Module to share past students’ experiences of the module with existing final-year students. In particular I will show how videos have been used to:</p> <ul> <li>Share past students’ top tips for different stages of the Research Project, including tips on developing a topic, time management, and engaging with supervisors.</li> <li>Bring the Module Learning Outcomes to life by sharing how alumni are utilising skills developed through the Research Project in the workplace. </li> </ul> <p>The videos were developed in response to Hockings et al’s (2018) claim that seeking advice from students who are further advanced in their course is a powerful source of support for Independent Learning. Due to the availability of alumni, it is difficult for final-year students to access this kind of peer advice synchronously, and thus videos opened opportunities that were not otherwise available.   </p> <p><br></p> <p>DOI:  <a href="https://doi.org/10.25416/NTR.20072258" target="_blank">10.25416/NTR.20072258</a> </p>