felt, leaves and branches & student group work. ketso is a hands-on kit for creative groupwork
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Aims of the session
• Introduce Ketso• Mini exercise to experience Ketso
(explore student group work)• learn from each other – share
ideas and practice• Introduce how Ketso can be used
in teaching
Enhancing the student experience
• What works well? What in what we already do is effective?
• Table swap – what is important, & why? Any comments or questions?
Ideas being heard
• In past experiences of group work, I have often taken a backseat in group discussion as other more outspoken characters tend to hold the discussion. Using Ketso, it is also possible to set aside individual thinking time and sharing time...
• I enjoyed Ketso as I felt it gave everyone a higher sense of equality.
Developing ideas
• One of the things I was amazed at was that we had so many ideas, as a group we were bouncing ideas off each other taking one member’s idea and developing it.
• This made me very optimistic about the future of the module and strengthened my positive attitude, which has continued throughout the module.
Time management
• This session again really made me think about time management, as we used Ketso to display a timeline from now until the presentation date.
• I knew we were pushed for time but actually stopping and reviewing the situation by analysing what we had to do and by when really made myself and the group a lot more effective and efficient in our decisions.
Supports effective groupwork
• Problems, issues, and solutions arose which potentially wouldn’t have entered my mind, whilst experiencing our group connect and energise each other.
• I have to say, I was impressed.
Allows peers to give feedback
• One area of the workshop I found extremely beneficial was moving around to view the other groups’ emerging Ketsos.
• • I felt that I got the most out of this part of the workshop as it
provided independent observations with regard to our Ketso maps, providing comments and approval where appropriate.
• Viewing the development of others’ ideas enabled me to change my perceptions and think ‘outside the box’.
International students can engage
• The Ketso is particularly useful for me to communicate with members. My English level is low… It makes me difficult to actively participate group projects.
• Last semester I could not insist my opinion…• However, with the great tool covering many
different kinds of group meetings I was able to clearly suggest my thought on a meeting.
Supports students with dyslexia
• “ I like the fact it is so visual, you can really see your ideas and the links between them and other people’s ideas…
• I like the way you can move the ideas around, it makes it practical and is more inviting than a list.”
Skills development (e.g. enterprise education - Durham,
Sussex, Cambridge, Birmingham, Newcastle, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Surrey, Austen Texas)
Students use to engage with clients
• We used Ketso in our meetings with the client and found it extremely useful and beneficial as a communication tool.
• We then had a permanent visual representation of the client’s thoughts surrounding the project, which we could use to inform our own ideas.
• The skills I learnt when using Ketso will also prove useful for the future.
Student Feedback Undergraduate Level2 Settlement Project
From reflective learning journals (73 returned) • 58 positive mentions• 7 neutral/mixed• 3 negative• 5 not mentionedFeedback forms (48 returned)• 33 positive responses on the use of Ketso as a
toolkit in the class• 8 neutral/mixed• 5 negative responses• 3 no responses
Student Feedback Undergraduate Level1 Environment and Society
Feedback forms (41 returned)• 31 positive responses on the use of Ketso as a
toolkit in the class• 6 neutral/mixed• 3 negative• 1 not mentioned
…for later analysis.
Enterprising Midlands - Types of Ideas Developed
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Healthy London Types of Ideas
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Sustainable Port - Types of Ideas
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A Sustainable Port in Portsmouth - Ideas by Branch Type
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Activities Ecology Economics Environment Environment (built) Landscapes Society StakeholderEngagement
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Returning knowledge to Peru
“ ... It was good because we have all given ideas.”
“... we are used to being dictated too, so it is nice to be able to give our ideas.”
“... we are not used to thinking about such things, we are normally told what to do.”
C.Furlong & J.Tippett, 2011
Reaction from North Manchester Resident
• “Because a lot of people are like me and they are not good at speaking if there are more than two or three people around, but they have things to say.
• This is magnificent at getting people to participate, and very important”
Customers include:
• Universities:• Manchester• Newcastle• Durham• Cambridge• Hull• Sheffield• Leeds• Liverpool• Worcester• Edinburgh• Glasgow• Lancaster• Salford• Pretoria• Austin Texas
Customers include:
• Public Sector:• Merseycare NHS• National School of Government• Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Environment Agency• Cumbria County Council, South Lakes District Council
• Voluntary Sector: • The Equality Network• GroundWork• Schumacher Institute• The IONA Community• The Big Life Company
• Private Sector: • Tesco• United Utilities