Enhancement Projects 2013-2014

A call was put out for projects that involved enhancement work which reflected the QAA Enhancement Theme: Developing and Supporting the Curriculum, Phase 3 and reflected Heriot-Watt University's institutional priorities for developing learning and teaching and enhancing the student experience. The following projects were successful and their reports are listed below.

Reports from 2013-2014:

• Dr Tadhg S. O’Donovan & Dr Mehdi Nazarinia - Collaboration across HWU campuses to enhance research-teaching Linkages
• Mr Kester Newill - Using Digital Pen Technology to Enhance the Teaching and Assessment of Note-Taking Among Chinese Conference Interpreters
• Dr Kamaran Fathulla - Mapping Building Design Practices to Computer Program Design
• Prof Jemina Napier - Developing a new online curriculum in research training for LINCS PGR students
• Dr Ivy Shiue - Heriot-Watt school lights and student well-being
• Dr Ibrahim Motawa - Collaborative learning via the cloud-based BIM technology
• Dr Kirk Shanks - Production of short online videos for non-specialist audiences – an alternative assessment method