Is personal tutoring sustainable? Comparing the trajectory of the personal tutor with that of the residential warden

Myers, Janette

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“…Lack of training is widely reported to contribute to these feelings among academics. These feelings are also heighted by the added challenge academics face of balancing their personal tutoring responsibilities alongside teaching, research and administration (Barlow and Antoniou, 2007;Myers, 2008). A lack of investment in the development of personal tutor training can also lead staff to feel that their personal tutoring work is not properly valued by their institutions.…”

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The Development and Design of an Interactive Digital Training Resource for Personal Tutors

Woods

2020

Front. Educ.

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This chapter details the development and design of an interactive digital training resource for personal tutors in the Arts Faculty at the University of Warwick in 2018. The Arts Faculty Personal Tutor Training Resource aimed to enhance staff and student experiences of personal tutoring. The training was designed and delivered through the open-source learning design tool H5P within the University of Warwick's Virtual Learning Environment, Moodle. The training resource content is delivered through a mixture of text, images, videos and links to further resources which introduce learners to personal tutoring policies, structures, processes, support, and best practice. The resource also contains interactive activities that enable learners to condense their learning, reflect on their personal tutoring knowledge and practice, and see their progress as they move through the different stages of the training. The resource was designed to be interactive to make the content as engaging as possible for learners and to promote the retention of knowledge. It was also designed with different learners' levels of digital literacy and accessibility needs in mind. This chapter outlines the context of the training's development, and the pedagogic approaches, methods and principles that informed the learning design. It also provides an account of the design process and a description of the training content. This case study demonstrates the value of online training and resources for supporting personal tutors by showing the positive impact that the Arts Faculty Personal Tutoring Training Resource has on staff and student experiences of personal tutoring at the University of Warwick. It also shows that personal tutors welcome online training and resources, and that online training is often preferred to face-to-face training because it can be used and accessed according to the requirement of users at any time.

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The Development and Design of an Interactive Digital Training Resource for Personal Tutors

Woods

2020

Front. Educ.

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“…Akademinio studentų informavimo ir konsultavimo paslaugos gali būti teikiamos naudojant asmeninio koordinatoriaus paslau gas (Myers, 2008), organizuojant specialias akademinio informavimo, konsultavimo pro gramas, jas integruojant į studijas (Jarell, 2004) …”

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“…This criterion involves the following services provided by a higher education in stitution: helping a student to make his / her study plan, to choose study subjects, to satisfy other requirements set by a higher education institution, to get planned qualification (Hes ter, 2008). Academic student information and counselling services can be provided through personal tutor's services (Myers, 2008), by or ganising special academic information and counselling programmes and integrating them into studies (Jarell, 2004), as well as by provid ing information about studies at centralised departments of a higher education institution. bei teikiant informaciją apie studijas centrali zuotuose aukštosios mokyklos padaliniuose.…”

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Sajienė¹,

Tamulienė²

2012

TQHE

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“…However whilst some personal tutors might be willing to undertake the role others are often reluctant due to other factors such as the increasing numbers and diversity of students impacting on staffstudent ratios and the complexity of issues that personal tutors have to deal with (3,13). Personal tutors are faced with more mature students, and an increase in students who reside at home whilst studying which can lead to difficult personal and health issues needing addressing (7).…”

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“…These are academic, procedural and pastoral support. In terms of academic support students want help with their assessments around exam technique, essay writing and referencing as well as personal development planning and career advice (7,9,12,13,14). Procedural support is usually focused on negotiating University regulations and policies (11) and pastoral support covers a range of areas such as housing, finance, advice and help related to illness or personal issues and referral to others who can provide support (7,11,12).…”

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Personal Tutoring Enhancing Staff and Student Experiences

Parker¹

2016

INTED2016 Proceedings

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This paper reports on the review of a personal tutoring policy in one United Kingdom Higher Education Institution. In order to review the policy a stakeholder group was set up and some empirical data was collected and analysed alongside a literature review. Whilst there were a range of data sources this paper will focus on the data that was collected from individual and focus group interviews with 19 academic staff and 34 students. The themes that arose from the data included allocation of personal tutors, the role and process of personal tutoring, other sources of support, record keeping and references and staff development and recognition. Overall there were many positives findings in relation to personal tutoring but there were some suggestions that would enhance this process further. These were mostly to provide further clarity over around the whole process and provide additional support for the role in relation to record keeping and ensuring staff had the knowledge to undertake the role competently. The paper concludes with an overview of the recommendations and changes to the policy which are now in place.

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Is personal tutoring sustainable? Comparing the trajectory of the personal tutor with that of the residential warden

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The Development and Design of an Interactive Digital Training Resource for Personal Tutors

The Development and Design of an Interactive Digital Training Resource for Personal Tutors

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Personal Tutoring Enhancing Staff and Student Experiences

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