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Putting undergraduates on trial: using the Old Bailey online in teaching and assessment

Gray, D. (2013) Putting undergraduates on trial: using the Old Bailey online in teaching and assessment. Invited Presentation presented to: Our Criminal Past: Educating Historians of Crime: Classroom, Archives, Community, Leeds Metropolitan University, 06 September 2013. (Unpublished)

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Presentation)
Abstract: For several years I have been using the Old Bailey Online as part of an assessment exercise with my second years with the broad aim of reconstructing a criminal trial from the Old Bailey proceedings. The assessment has two parts, a group ‘presentation’ and an individual written piece; the two halves are weighted equally for assessment purposes so that I can test students’ abilities to present orally and on paper. The assessment takes place at the start of the second (spring) term so that I have had time to introduce a number of the themes of the module which I hope will emerge during the exercise. This exercise has grown and developed over the years, and, while it is far from perfect, has proved to be a popular and challenging one for students. In this talk I will discuss the assessment and how it has evolved, look at some of its strengths and weaknesses and suggest ways in which it could develop in the future
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D16 Study and teaching
K Law > KD England and Wales > KD8289 Criminal courts. Old Bailey
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources > ZA4050 Electronic information resources > ZA4450 Databases
L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1028.43 Computers in education. Web-based instruction. Educational technology
Creators: Gray, Drew
Northamptonshire and East Midlands: Education, Training and Skills
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > School of Social Sciences (to 2016)
University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History
Date: 6 September 2013
Date Type: Presentation
Event Title: Our Criminal Past: Educating Historians of Crime: Classroom, Archives, Community
Event Dates: 06 September 2013
Event Location: Leeds Metropolitan University
Event Type: Conference
Language: English
Status: Unpublished
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URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/5843

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