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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

A&T’s Interdisciplinary Waste Management Institute (WMI), has taught more than 12,000 students. Our aim is to train students with in-depth knowledge of how to develop innovative and creative solutions,” says Uzochukwu. Smith-Jackson Over the course of more than 30 years as a faculty person and researcher, Dr. Godfrey A.

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Using Peer Observation to enhance teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

2007) with benefits for the observer as much as the person being observed (Siddiqui et al., Case Example The Vet School launched a formative peer observation programme in Jan 2016, following approval by the R(D)SVS Senior Management Group which made this a mandatory exercise every two years for all staff involved in teaching.

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

Teaching Matters Online Learning

A number of studies have found some form of positive correlation between performance and lecture attendance, and one found this effect stronger for non-native speakers (Gatherer & Manning, 1998; Thatcher, Fridjhon, & Cockcroft, 2007). 2007; Dolnicar, 2005). Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia , 17 (4), 453–475.

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Curriculum of Research: Trends in Student Affairs Assessment Syllabi

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Faculty described feeling similarly unsure of curriculum development, both in terms of what prior knowledge students might have and what could be considered the “core” topics of higher education assessment. Each SLO was categorized into one standard as the primary theme of that outcome.

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Experimental, digital, conventional: Education and Digital Cultures

Teaching Matters Online Learning

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. E-Learning and Digital Media , 3(1), 16-26.

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Mini-series: A summary of recently published lecture recording papers

Teaching Matters Academic Support

2007) that educational maturity may be a key factor in assessing the impact of lecture recordings and attendance. Her background is in the design, management and support for academic IT services, particularly those used to support teaching and learning activities online. Our results accord with the suggestion of Phillips et al.

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Mini-series: Biodiversity and the University: Health, wellbeing and natural capital

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Elizabeth has been employed by the University of Edinburgh in policy and research management roles since 2007, in diverse areas such as e-science and carbon capture and storage. In her current role, Elizabeth develops University climate change mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity strategy, implementation plans and reporting.