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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. Planet , 15(1),16-19.

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Create an Engaged Classroom Using Four Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

According to Schaufeli (2013), engagement refers to involvement, focused effort, dedication, and absorption. Effectively creating an engaging online course requires planning, creativity, and ongoing interactions. A main component of successful teaching and learning is student engagement (Khan et al., achievement.

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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? References Bates, S.P., Howie, K. &

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Ways of thinking about teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Image credit: author Noel Entwistle Noel Entwistle is Professor Emeritus of Education at The University of Edinburgh and previously was the Bell Professor (1978-2005). Before that he was Professor of Educational Research (1970-1978) at the Lancaster University.

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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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"More engagement means more good memories": international students’ seminar participation.

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

The phenomenon of international students’ reticence in seminars has been well documented, along with the explanations students themselves have offered for this (e.g. Green, 2016; Morita, 2004 ; Phan Le Ha and Binghui Li, 2014 ; Tatar, 2005 ; Yates and Nguyen, 2012 ). 2005) ‘Why keep silent? and Nguyen, T.Q.T.