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Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Others argue that the correlation between lecture attendance and performance is weak at best (Horton, Wiederman, & Saint, 2012; Walbeek, 2004). It is difficult to draw just one conclusion from the research I have read. Educational Technology Research and Development , 58 (1), 19–37. So, what does this mean?

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Life Design: Connecting students to their future

Teaching Matters Student Employment

In turn, we expect students to explore, investigate, and research; trying things out and learning from experience. Planned Happenstance Theory of Career (Krumboltz & Levin, 2004) is a popular choice and seems particularly prescient just now, echoing changes that are being forecast for the future of work. References Burnett, B.

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Assessing students through online role-playing

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Role-playing can be used to directly link learning to a students’ real life experience, while also being a safe space to explore challenging opinions (Oberle 2004). Higher Education Research & Development , 27(1), pp.55-67. References Hounsell, D., Hounsell, J. and Litjens, J., Oberle, A.P.,

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Mini-series: Belonging in the new biology curriculum

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Beyond just lacking opportunities for integration, many students lack the cultural capital vital to belonging (Nora 2004). Developing Belonging, Community and Creating Professional Identity. Journal of Institutional Research. His research focuses on animal behaviour and his teaching covers evolution, animal biology and ecology.

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Using open access resources in teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Open access works can be made available through OA publishers and/or OA repositories ( Suber 2004 ). Two reasons from a teaching perspective are that using OA resources is of benefit to students for their current studies and future engagement with academic research and theory for professional development.

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Mini-series: Biodiversity and the University: Health, wellbeing and natural capital

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

We also have a duty to protect and conserve biodiversity as a public body under the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004. Elizabeth has been employed by the University of Edinburgh in policy and research management roles since 2007, in diverse areas such as e-science and carbon capture and storage.

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Enabling equitable access

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

She has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2004, and has recently completed the Edinburgh Teaching Award towards Senior Fellow. Dec 12, 2017

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