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Breaking Bread in Communities of Learners

The Scholarly Teacher

Chris Watkins (2005) also encourages structuring classrooms as a community of learners, rather than a classroom built with white supremacy tools or tools of masters’ colonial house. Rethinking college student development theory using critical frameworks. This was not a solo adventure. Routledge. , [link] Kupo,V. Stylus.Love, B.

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How professional digital ePortfolios can enhance employability and professional identity

SRHE

This is relevant in a climate where graduates compete for jobs, and degree programmes are perceived as a ‘product’ with an emphasis on value for money with students as customers (Modell, 2005). As pressure mounts for universities to compete for student recruitment, action is needed to improve graduate employability metrics.

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What do artificial intelligence systems mean for academic practice?

SRHE

I got some helpful feedback from the audience that the traffic lights provided useful navigation for students. Coincidentally, the next speaker Angela Brew also used a traffic light system to guide students with AI.

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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

Help students develop the ability to self-assess. 2011) The Mythology of Feedback, Higher Education Research and Development, Vol. 2005) Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement: Practical solutions for aiding learning in higher and further education. 4 pp 405-419 [link] Falchikov, N. & Chapman, A.

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President’s corner: How Rob Vischer balances growth with century-old values at University of St. Thomas

University Business

We have to help our students develop, not just into great productive employees, but into thoughtful, conscientious, other-centered persons.” ” Room for improvement Vischer cherished his time as a student-facing academic at St. Thomas, dating back to becoming an associate law professor in 2005.