At Middlesex University where I work we are very interested in peer-assisted learning. The Department I head will be responsible for approximately 150 ’student learning assistants’ who will be working with lecturers, writing and language specialists, numeracy and dyslexia tutors, and of course students. In peer-assisted learning potentially everyone gains. More senior students get some teaching experience (and learn a lot in the process) and valuable skills for employment, the students benefit from the support they get, and the lecturers have extra help during seminars and tutorials.
Here is an interesting video from Queen Mary in London about Peer-Assisted Learning (original here):
Peer Assisted Study Support at Queen Mary, University of London from Deborah Andrews on Vimeo.
And here is another one from the University of Brighton:
Brighton Uni - Pass scheme promotional video from Fruitmedia on Vimeo.
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