Staff Profile:Dr Anne Crook

Name:

Dr Anne Crook

Job Title:

Enhancement Manager (Teaching, Learning, Assessment & Feedback)

Responsibilities:

My principal responsibilities lie in the fields of assessment, feedback and linking teaching with research. I work with colleagues across the University on a wide range of projects relating to these areas and I'm currently leading a series of assessment and feedback 'engagement' activities across the University. I am responsible for managing the JISC-funded 'ASSET' project and its associated follow-on national events, which are focussing on the use of digital media to enhance feedback practices (http://www.reading.ac.uk/videofeedback). I also run a wide range of both generic and discipline-specific staff development sessions and lead workshops for the Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) programme. I was awarded a University Teaching Fellowship in 2009 and have been using this funding to develop a new online resource for staff, 'Engage in Assessment' http://www.reading.ac.uk/engageinassessment, which complements the existing 'Engage in Feedback' website (http://www.reading.ac.uk/engageinfeedback). I am committed to supporting the recognition of teaching excellence and have supporting roles in both the University and National Teaching Fellowship Schemes. I regularly present and publish pedagogic research and I'm a member of the Editorial Board for the HEA Centre for Bioscience Education e-Journal.

Areas of Interest:

Prior to taking up my post of at Reading I was a full-time, research active lecturer in Ecology & Zoology at University College Cork, (UCC) Ireland. One of my main aims is to try and make full use of my lecturing and PhD/Masters supervisory experiences in all aspects of my work at Reading. I am particularly interested in the development of undergraduate research skills and as part of my work with the University's Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning- Applied Undergraduate Skills (CETL-AURS), I co-authored the 'Engage in Research' website http://www.engageinresearch.ac.uk.

Research groups / Centres:

I work closely with a wide range of academic and support staff across the University, in particular the School and Faculty Directors for Teaching and Learning, University Teaching Fellows and the University's Centre for Staff Training and Development.

Publications:

My pedagogic publications include:

Crook, A.C., Mauchline, A., Maw, S., Lawson, C., Drinkwater, R., Lundqvist, K., Orsmond, P., Gomez, S. & Park, J.P. (2011). The use of video technology for providing feedback to students: Can it enhance the feedback experience for staff and students? Computers in Education 58: 386-396.

Orsmond, P., Maw. S. J., Park, J. R., Gomez, S., Crook, A. C. (2011). Moving feedback forward: Theory to practice. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (in press).

Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R.(2010). The use of video for feedback provision. Bioscience Bulletin Summer 2010 No. 30 p.2.

Crook, A. C. (2008). Enhancing Assessment in the Biological Sciences: Ideas and Resources for University Educators - a website review. BEE-j Bioscience Education E-Journal Volume 12 http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/journal/vol12/beej-12-r1.aspx.

Fraser, G. A., Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R. (2008). ENGAGE in Research: A new interactive resource for undergraduates. PLANET Volume 20, p.65 http://www.gees.ac.uk/pubs/planet/p20/p20.pdf

Fraser, G. A., Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R. (2007). A Tool for Mapping Research Skills in Undergraduate Curricula. BEE-j Bioscience Education E-Journal Volume 9 http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/journal/vol9/beej-9-1.htm.

Fraser, G. A., Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R. (2007). Research Skills Audit Tool: An online resource to map research skills within undergraduate curricula. Proceedings of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference 2007, pp. 58.

Fraser, G. A., Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R. (2007). Research skills audit tool: an online resource to map research skills within undergraduate curricula. Proceedings of the Science Learning and Teaching Conference 2007, pp. 94-99.

Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R. (2006). Real students, real data: using 'assessment diaries' as a framework for understanding the individual student experience. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/events/media/DrAnneCrook-DrJulianPark.doc

Crook, A. C. & Park, J. R. (2004). Measuring assessment: a methodology for investigating undergraduate assessment. BEE-j Bioscience Education E-Journal Volume 4 http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/journal/vol4/beej-4-6.htm

Crook, A. C. & Finn, J. A. (2004). The STARS project: research skills training for undergraduate students. In: University College Cork as a Learning Organisation (A. Hyland, ed.), Higher Education Authority, Ireland.

Finn, J. A. & Crook, A. C. (2003). Scientific Training by Assignment for Research Students (STARS). LTSN Bioscience Bulletin Autumn 2003 No. 10 p. 5.

Finn, J. A. & Crook, A. C. (2003). Research skills training for undergraduate researchers: the pedagogical approach of the STARS project. BEE-j Bioscience Education E-Journal Volume 2. http://bio.ltsn.ac.uk/journal/vol2/beej-2-1.htm

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Recent national/international presentations include:

Can video enhance the staff and student experience of feedback? (University of Nottingham, September 2011).

Moving Forward Through Feedback: The Role of Video Media (Keele University, January 2011)

Using Technology to Enhance Feedback (Roehampton University, December 2010)

Can Video Enhance the Feedback Experience for Students and Staff? (International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) Conference, Liverpool, October 2010)

The ASSET Project: Moving Forward Through Feedback (5^th Biennial Northumbria/European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) Special Interest Group Assessment Conference, Northumberland, September 2010)

Using Video to Enhance Feedback Practices (UCISA Annual Conference, St Anne's College, Oxford University, July 2010).

Enhancing Feedback and Feed Forward in the Digital Age (HEA-sponsored seminar, University of Reading, April 2010).

Showcasing Methods to Enhance Feedback Provision and Student Engagement (University College Cork, Ireland, March 2010).