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It Is Time to Stop Teaching and Focus on Facilitating Learning

The Scholarly Teacher

Let’s try this same scenario with a focus on facilitating learning, starting with backward design (Wiggins & McTighe, 2005). During the 13 months we had each dog, our responsibility was to work with a puppy to teach them a set of basic commands, such as sit, stay, and down. Sam and I met each evening for about 30 minutes.

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

Teaching Matters Online Learning

2007; Dolnicar, 2005). On the issue of attendance, one study I reviewed found no big difference in attendance, highlighting that students use lecture recording specifically for revision purposes, and that they would not like it to replace actual class time (Dickson, Warshow, Goebel, Roache, & Adrion, 2012). Dolnicar, S.

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Ways of thinking about teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Some of these came from research into curriculum design, ways of teaching, and the learning experiences of students. Encouraging students to draw their own mind maps in a class or tutorial, followed by discussion among other students, helps them to see connections in developing an understanding.

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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? As the metal barrier started to rise at opening time, children were ducking underneath to try to get into the park faster. References Bates, S.P.,

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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. Law seminars present students with an additional, quite unique set of challenges.

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Transcending international boundaries online to create a global community

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

On a practical level, studying online is convenient; it enables individuals to maintain professional and personal commitments without relocating. It was quite a unique experience to participate in discussion fuelled by wide ranging experiences and backgrounds. Many students are new to online learning when they first start studying with us.

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Ways of thinking about teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Some of these came from research into curriculum design, ways of teaching, and the learning experiences of students. Encouraging students to draw their own mind maps in a class or tutorial, followed by discussion among other students, helps them to see connections in developing an understanding.