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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Created in 2005 by Excelencia in Education, Examples of Excelencia is a national initiative that recognizes institutions and nonprofit organizations that identify, aggregate, and promote evidence-based practices that improve Latinx student access in higher education.

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Student engagement in research-led learning and teaching

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In the guide, we outline four different definitions of research-led learning and teaching (adapted from Griffiths, 2004), which we are using at The University of Edinburgh: Learning ABOUT RESEARCH: Students’ learning is informed by research – the content of learning is derived from research within the field.

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Create an Engaged Classroom Using Four Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

Key Statement: This article offers strategies that can be used to provide an environment for students to interact and connect during virtual sessions and allow students to feel as if they are taking an active role in their education. A main component of successful teaching and learning is student engagement (Khan et al.,

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CampusGroups Joins Forces with Ready Education

Campus Groups

We are delighted to announce that we have now joined forces with the leading mobile-first student engagement platform in higher education- Ready Education (Ready). This development positions us as the leader in digital student experience platforms. CampusGroups has some exciting news to share!

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Ways of thinking about teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The research I have been involved in is mainly related to the academic aspects of student learning, but there are important links to be made with other aspects of the student experience. Before that he was Professor of Educational Research (1970-1978) at the Lancaster University.

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Recapturing the excitement of lectures

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Students may not always be so excited that they cannot wait to get through the door of the lecture theatre, but there are some lecturers who make their teaching engaging as well as intellectually stimulating and relevant. 2005) Learning in lectures: do ‘interactive windows’ help? Active Learning in Higher Education 6 (1) 17-31.

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“I know a first when I see one!”: Developing transparent marking descriptors with the help of students

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Image credit: Sheldon from Big Bang Theory – meme from ProgrammerHumor Reddit community In this post, Phil Marston looks at a way of helping students provide what markers are looking for and for markers to provide the feedback students find useful. 2011) The Mythology of Feedback, Higher Education Research and Development, Vol.