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Christian Knoblauch - Teaching in the collection: object-centred learning at Swansea University

Evidence-based studies demonstrate that engaging all the senses in object centred learning (OCL) heightens student engagement, provides memorable learning experiences, encourages lifelong learning and enhances appetite for further study or employment. This paper describes and critically analyses the OCL that is employed in two second year Egyptology modules, and an extra-curricular project at Swansea University. I consider from my own experience the challenges of implementing best practice in OCL in a UK HE context. These include challenges encountered at module level (e.g., embedding OCL in course design and lesson planning), at a curriculum-level as well as at an institutional-level (e.g. access to collections, staffing, and crossing administrative/faculty boundaries). The paper concludes that while there are clear benefits to the current offer of OCL design as measured by student attendance, performance, module evaluation and post-graduate study choices, certain areas, for example, opportunities for skills progression and embedding OCL in degree schemes require further refinement.