Media Assessments at the University of Nottingham

Welcome back to the podcast. In this episode we are looking at two different types of media assessments. First up, Simon talks with Dr Will Paterson about using podcasts as a group assessment, two years ago, Will moved from an individual poster assessment to a group podcast recording. Why use audio, what do the students think of this assessment and looking back, how has Will found the whole process?In the second half of the episode, Simon chats with Dr Niamh O'Sullivan from the university Business School about a rather unique module. Niamh explains how Masters students are given a real world simulation where they need to pitch a new business plan to a Board of Directors made up of practicing business professionals all while dealing with a simulated media crisis and a press conference with journalists.Thanks to the work on this module, Niamh was invited to the United Nations in New York earlier this year to receive an award from UN Prime, you can find out more information about the awards and read an interview with Niamh.Hosts  Nicholas Cameron, Claire Storr and Simon Barnett  Guests  Will Paterson and Niamh O'Sullivan  Running Order  00:00 Welcome back 0:53 Will Paterson interview26:13 Nicholas and Claire reflect on Will's interview 28:24 Niamh O'Sullivan interview 52:342 Wrap Up  and congratulations to NiamhLinks  Read more about the Learning Technology Section in ⁠our blog⁠  which is currently undergoing a bit of facelift and the new site is coming shortly. Visit our ⁠SharePoint site⁠ (University of Nottingham only)  Don’t forget to add us to your podcast feed, we have another episode in 2 weeks time.   Production elements in this podcast provided by ⁠Music Radio Creative⁠ and ⁠Pixabay⁠.