Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 6, 2018

In place of the discussion board and learning management systems that are synonymous with online learning, conversation on the EDC course takes place in overtly social and public spaces: tutorials in Google Hangouts; a film festival in Togethertube; weekly summaries in WordPress. Hounsell et al. Keppell, M., & Carless, D.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 27, 2018

Gibbs (2006) discusses the importance of feedback in the learning process and I felt this was particularly relevant here as there is no one right way to approach career planning and the concept of “career” is so subjective. 2006): How assessment frames student learning in C. References: Brophy, J. Bryan and K.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 7, 2019

Working in small groups provides opportunities for learning from each other as well as developing teamwork, communication, delegation, time management and other skills which are relevant for future employability. In the Professionalism 4 course, approximately four students are allocated to each study circle. References Francis, R.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Other lecturers are using electronic voting systems (Bates, Howie & Murphy, 2006), social media (Ross, 2016) and ‘technology enhanced active learning spaces’ (Roger, Ney & Liote, 2016) to enhance the level of engagement in the subject and to promote paired and small group working in large classes. References Bates, S.P., Howie, K. &

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Research has shown that anxiety associated with learning maths on these mostly humanities/social science-based degrees may not be uncommon (Macheski et al, 2006; Brush, 1978). This can be seen through initiatives like Q-step (Nuffield Foundation) and many others, including in PPLS here in Edinburgh. So what can we do about this?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Gavin is the Careers and Employability Manager from the Careers Service and this post forms part of the 20 Years of Enhancement theme. Taking a collaborative, whole-institution approach Following the 2004-2006 Employability Enhancement Theme, the Scottish Funding Council allocated each institution strategic funding to accelerate this agenda.

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