Scholarship Exchange Webinar, CREME - 20 November 2024
Title: Co-creation and research activities in STEM education: Student perspectives
Title: Co-creation and research activities in STEM education: Student perspectives
Abstract: This webinar will be delivered following an unusual setting, as it will be led by students currently engaged in co-creation and research activities in STEM education through the Queen Mary Centre for Undergraduate Research, under the supervision of Dr Rehan Shah. The student presenters will share their firsthand experiences in developing innovative didactic tools designed to enhance teaching and streamline the learning process. They will discuss the principles, design, implementation, and impact of these tools, from their own perspective, reflecting on how these projects have influenced their personal learning journeys.
The webinar will be articulated in three presentations of approximately 15 minutes duration, each followed by 5 minutes of Q&A session. The list of presentations is provided below.
- ‘Making diversity count’: empowering students through inclusive STEM curricula
Speakers: Ava Dahlia Belafonte and Allegra Celesia - Towards a Cross-National Mathematical Skills Inventory for Engineers
Speaker: Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy - 'Squashing bugs not snakes': designing a Python toolkit to develop students’ programming proficiency
Speaker: Yash Vaghela, Muhie Al-Haimus and Ilanthiraiyan Sivagnanamoorthy