PebblePad Workshops and Events

This online workshop will feature two presentations:

1. One way to use PebblePad: using PebblePad to provide pre-arrival information for students and a LUBS module. Presentation by Laura Pearson, International Business Division, Leeds University Business School.
2. One way to use PebblePad: Using PebblePocket to capture student continuing professional development (CPD) according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) rules. Presentation by Dr Benjamin Chong.

One way to use PebblePad: as a digital portfolio for student assessment / in an online summer pre-sessional, 18 January 2024. Watch PebblePad Workshop: digital portfolio for student assessment and online summer pre-sessional

• One way to use PebblePad: using a Workbook to support colleagues’ Annual Academic Meeting / as a space for authentic reflection, 22 November 2023.  Watch PebblePad Workshop: using Workbooks for meetings and as a space for authentic reflection
• One way to use PebblePad: showcasing team projects and activity to support the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Culture / using workbooks to support apprenticeships, 19 October 2023. Watch PebblePad Workshop: showcasing teams projects and using workbooks to support apprenticeships.
• One way to use PebblePad: supporting students on placement in audiological practice / the use of activity logs to monitor attendance, 21 September 2023. Watch PebblePad Workshop: supporting students on placement and using activity logs to monitor attendance
• One way to use PebblePad: for off-site assessment in the School of Medicine, 16 March 2023 - presentation by Jenn Hallam and Laura Smith from the School of Medicine. Watch PebblePad Workshop: off-site assessment
• One way to use PebblePad: interactive seminar training, 10 March 2022 - presentation by Dr Ruth Payne (School of Language, Culture and Societies). Watch PebblePad workshop: interactive seminar teaching
• One way to use PebblePad: as a teaching placement portfolio, 7 April 2022 - presentation by Helen Latka (School of Education). Watch PebblePad workshop: PebblePad as a teaching placement portfolio
• One way to use PebblePad: constructing a portfolio for CPD, 12 May 2022 - presentations by Dr Alessia Grassi (School of Design) and Dr Camilla Nykjaer (School of Biomedical Sciences).  Watch PebblePad workshop: constructing a portfolio for CPD 
• One way to use PebblePad: Two ways to use Pebblepad: Creating workbooks for Cardiac Physiology and Mammography Practice for use in the clinical workplace, 9 June 2022, 11-11.30am – presentations by Natasha Watchhorn and Imelda Marshall from the School of Medicine.  Watch PebblePad workshop: Creating workbooks for Cardiac Physiology and Mammography Practice for use in the clinical workplace.
• One way to use PebblePad: , 20 October 2022 - presentations by Dr Richard de Blacquiere Clarkson (OD&PL) and Georgia Clarke (Careers). Recording will be made available shortly.
• One way to use PebblePad: Using a workbook to promote student wellbeing, 24 November 2022 - presentations by Judith Simpson (School of Design) and Patricia Quinn (OD&PL). Watch PebblePad workshop: Using a workbook to promote student wellbeing

PebbleBash took place in Edinburgh on 11-13 June 2024. The conference brought together the PebblePad community, sharing inspirational stories from across the globe and showcasing examples of wonderful work happening across institutions, primarily from higher education and the positive impact it has on students.

Watch the video summary of the conference

The team of colleagues from University of Leeds who presented at the conference was:

• Professor Jeff Grabill, Deputy Vice Chancellor for Student Education, gave an inspiring keynote about the Curriculum Redefined transformation taking place at Leeds.
• Patricia Quinn (Digital Practice Adviser, OD&PL) presented on how the University has used PebblePad to elevate pre-arrival engagement and students’ sense of belonging and readiness for academic life at Leeds. You can read more about this in a recently published case study on the PebblePad website.
• Dr Sarah Copeland, Lecturer in Digital Education in the School of Healthcare gave two presentations, one on using a PebblePad Portfolio personally and the second using PebblePad in the School of Healthcare with students.
• Dr Benjamin Chong, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering presented on: Creating an Engaging Learning Environment for a Module using PebblePad. Watch Ben’s presentation.
• Buena Jill Galleposo, Learning Technologist and Dr Harriet Thew, Lecturer, Faculty of EPS presented on using PebblePad in their MSC Climate Futures module.

PebbleShare was an internal event at Leeds which aimed to share good practice. It was held in June 2024 at the University. This was well attended with a variety of presentations from our academic colleagues on how PebblePad is being used in both teaching and learning and CPD. Further details can be found in this portfolio which has been created with information from both internal and external PebblePad events.

PebblePad for Assessment was shared at the Digital Education Network (DEN) meeting on Microsoft Teams, which took place in June 2024. Examples were shared on how PebblePad can be used for both formative and summative assessment with students. Details of this event can also be found in the Portfolio link below.

Here is a portfolio which has been created with information from both internal and external PebblePad events, highlighting good practice from Leeds colleagues.