Learning to Teach Inclusively OER Videos in Gymnastics

At the University of Wolverhampton under the Open Educational Resources Programme, jointly supported by JISC and the HEA, we are developing a multi-media open access module for HE staff - Learning to Teach Inclusively. As part of the project we are sharing series of video clips. This series of video clips was selected from a gymnastics session in which the Sports Studies students were developing routines in pairs for a future assessment. The aim of the session was to apply the assessment criteria to their own and others’ performances, to give peer formative feedback so that students had the opportunity to improve their performances before the summative assessment some weeks later. The clips of the session show the teacher introducing the activity. Subsequent clips show how the different pairs of students work together to perfect their routines, apply the criteria to their own routines, and use flip cameras / mobile phones to video record and playback each other’s routines. The teacher also offers feedback. The students were mostly young able bodied students but there were some exceptions to this. There was a fairly even gender split. White students were in the majority in this session. There were few mixed gender pairs and no pairs from different ethnic backgrounds. Why is that? Should the teacher encourage more mixing? What are the pros and cons of engineering more mixed groups in this scenario? This collection of clips also contains a set of interviews with some of the students following the session. They provide some insights into how they chose their partners, the pros and cons of working with the same people, and the ways in which this subject connects to their lives, aspirations and future careers. This collection of clips highlights how students from very different lives and backgrounds can enrich the lives and learning of others. It also shows ways of making assessment fair and inclusive through well structured, embedded formative opportunities for all. It also shows how through engaging students in the process of assessment e.g. through application of criteria in peer assessment, they develop a clearer understanding of the standards that teachers apply in summative assessment. Project web-site – www.wlv.ac.uk/teachinclusively e-mail: oer@wlv.ac.uk Videos are in .mp4 format (H.264 compression) and are playable with most media players. If you have any problems with the playback we recommend free open source VLC media player – www.videolan.org or all of our published videos can be viewed online on www.vimeo.com/oer/videos in your browser. Please contact us if you need any help oer@wlv.ac.uk , or fill in Problem Report form - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dEg4a1h6T0ZzenRkVnlIcW1iYXpadHc6MQ