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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., It is also made explicit that the peer observation is only for staff development purposes and is not used for any review or assessment processes. For example, how you encourage contributions from students in a tutorial. Siddiqui, Z.

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Adopting ‘Ultra’ Early: Leading the way with Learn

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Stuart joined The University of Edinburgh in 2007, initially in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, moving to what is now EDE in 2011. He has a master’s degree in Digital Education from The University of Edinburgh, and continues to have an interest in critical approaches to open education and practice.

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Building online academic communities

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Building online communities can help with student engagement and satisfaction (Lui et al, 2007). Online students can feel a sense of isolation, and a well-designed online course can help overcome this by designing activities and opportunities for them to participate in and contribute to online communities. References Liu, X., Magjuka, R.J.,

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Mini-series: Academic blogging at University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

2007; Deng & Yuen, 2011), particularly reflective writing (Hemmi, Bayne, & Land, 2009), and learning to write for particular real or imagined audiences (Ross, 2014; Gogia, 2016). Blogging also offers a number of pedagogical benefits within a University context (Kerawalla et al., Journal of Computer Assisted Learning , 25 (1), 19–30.

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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. Our results accord with the suggestion of Phillips et al.

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Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning and PTAS

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Such schemes are now common internationally, but PTAS , initiated at the University of Edinburgh in 2007 by Professor Carolin Kreber, with the support of the then Principal, Professor Timothy O’Shea, is one of the longest-established schemes of its kind.

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Spotlight on Learn Foundations: Building the foundations for a better student experience online

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Having worked as a learning technologist for over 20 years Stuart joined the University of Edinburgh in 2007, initially in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology, moving to what is now EDE in 2011.