What is a tutorial? An exploration of ‘learning event literacy’ on student experience

Dorrian, Jane (2022). What is a tutorial? An exploration of ‘learning event literacy’ on student experience. In: Advance HE Teaching and Learning Conference 2022: Teaching in the spotlight: Where next for enhancing student success?, 5-7 Jul 2022, Northumbria University, Newcastle.

Abstract

Do you know what the difference is between a tutorial and seminar? Or a workshop and a problem-based learning session? And more importantly, do students know? Clearer identification of the purpose and type of session could help tutors to plan their pedagogy more strategically, and defining sessions as seminars or workshops etc. could help students make informed choices about how they tailor their learning experience. This session will present a scholarship project at the Open University that explored what the characteristics of a tutorial were and examined the impact that not calling a session a tutorial had on student engagement.