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It Is Time to Stop Teaching and Focus on Facilitating Learning

The Scholarly Teacher

Todd Zakrajsek , Director, Lilly Conferences and Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Key Statement: As higher education faculty, our role is to facilitate learning, not merely teach. They pointed out in their highly acclaimed article that there was a paradigm shift taking hold in undergraduate education.

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Ways of thinking about teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Some years ago, an educational research project in this university ( ETL Project ) set out to explore the students’ experiences of teaching and learning in eight universities and four contrasting subject areas, and how different teaching-learning environments influenced students’ approaches to studying.

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Recapturing the excitement of lectures

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

There is evidence that many students appreciate and benefit from interactive lectures (Huxham, 2005; Revell and Wainwright, 2009). 2005) Learning in lectures: do ‘interactive windows’ help? Active Learning in Higher Education 6 (1) 17-31. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 33 (2) 209-223. New Directions 2 (Dec) 1-8.

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

Teaching Matters Online Learning

2007; Dolnicar, 2005). Qualitative research done by James Lamb, Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, highlighted some of the things that still makes students turn up to their lectures: the human element. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia , 17 (4), 453–475. Dickson, P.

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Ways of thinking about teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Some years ago, an educational research project in this university ( ETL Project ) set out to explore the students’ experiences of teaching and learning in eight universities and four contrasting subject areas, and how different teaching-learning environments influenced students’ approaches to studying.

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Transcending international boundaries online to create a global community

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Sheng Xiangjun from China, says that her view on the credibility of online learning changed after taking the MSc in Digital Education: The discussion in the forums and the assignment comments from tutors and peers were very interesting and enlightening. Lauren has 20 years’ experience in marketing higher education and the arts.

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Academic language and literacy for participation in postgraduate law programmes

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Credit Image: www.nealesmith.com In this extra post, David Caulton discusses developing postgraduate law students’ ability to participate effectively in seminars through a short course run jointly by English Language Education (ELE) and the Edinburgh Law School. and Ryan, J.