University Business

MARCH 31, 2025

Studies show that since 2010, students have experienced unprecedented rises in anxiety, isolation, and depression, and the COVID-19 pandemic only intensified these issues. A 2020 survey of students at nine U.S. public research universities found that 39% of all students screened positive for anxiety disorder.

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The Scholarly Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Students also had a PDF of the lecture on the learning management system to support the text accessibility online in case they wanted to print it and make notes. Social engagement is crucial for effective active learning and has proven to be on the forefront of successful active learning. References Ambrose, S. Bridges, M. Dipietro, M.,

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 21, 2022

Image credit: pixabay, stocksnap, CC0 In this post, Dr Catherine Bovill explores how to effectively engage staff and students in the co-creation of assessment practices. Catherine is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. J., & Bovill, C. Sterling: Stylus. Jul 21, 2022

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In Higher Education, check-ins are “more important than ever” ( insidehighered.com ) not only to keep students engaged with the curriculum, but to “gauge people’s well-being and see how they’re doing” (ibid). Checking-in sporadically may help in the moment, but it won’t demonstrate the value of the process to the students themselves.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MAY 21, 2020

So it’s worth putting plenty of thought into whether your assessment is driving the kind of learning you want and into making sure that your students’ perceptions of your assessment are as you expected. It’s quite common for students to have misconceptions about what is wanted (Sadler, 2010). R. (2010). and O’Shea C.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 13, 2021

For example, e specially in larger groups, I normally start by asking the students to discuss question s in groups of 2 or 3 before opening the question to the whole group. He was an Edinburgh graduate in 1998 and returned in 2010 as a Research Fellow before developing an increasing interest in teaching and learning. Apr 13, 2021

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 15, 2024

Success at undergraduate does not guarantee success at post-graduate (Hussy & Smith 2010) and study at postgraduate taught (PGT) level can be affected by difficulties in understanding expectations, and fewer opportunities (or time) for developing community and sense of belonging (McPherson, Punch & Graham, 2017). link] McPherson, C.,

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 28, 2022

2005) Improving Assessment Through Student Involvement: Practical solutions for aiding learning in higher and further education. 2010) From monologue to dialogue: improving written feedback processes in mass higher education, Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, Vol. 4 pp 405-419 [link] Falchikov, N. & Chapman, A.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Peer Instruction is a teaching technique commonly used in physics courses (Dancy and Henderson, 2010) and across STEM courses in general at The University of Edinburgh. FILL was designed with a focus on ‘Peer Instruction’ (Mazur, 1999). References Dancy. and Henderson. American Journal of Physics. link] Mazur. 67, 359.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 21, 2024

I guess I go about it in a way that suits my teaching style but, if appropriate, I would be happy to support other Course Organisers to co-create GRC with students. Since 2010, she has been working in a range of Initial Teacher Education programmes as lecturer, course organiser and programme director.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 2, 2022

Principle 5: Listening to students shapes our pedagogies of the future Each new generation of students will experience climate change in a different way and our pedagogies need to acknowledge that: in the 1960’s climate science was a potential theory which was touched on under the umbrella of environmental education.

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SRHE

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Combining insights from her own investigations of posthuman materialities with critical contributions by Braidotti (2019), Barad (2007), Delanda (2006) and Bennett (2010), Carol moved to trouble normalised and common sense ideas about knowledge-making and space. References Barad K. 2007) Meeting the Universe Half-way. Bennett, J.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Since 2010, she has been working in a range of Initial Teacher Education programmes as lecturer, course organiser and programme director. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate Initial Teacher Education programmes. Deborah Holt Dr Deborah Holt is a Bicentennial Fellow in the Moray House School of Education and Sport.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Since roughly 2010, the difference is that we now have lots of data due to our extensive use of the internet, which has become the main source for training algorithms to learn from examples. What distinguishes generative AI and GPTs in particular from previously existing A.I. technologies? Generative means it creates something new from data.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MAY 8, 2018

See related posts here: GeoScience Outreach: teaching science communication ‘beyond the programme’ and outside of the ‘Ivory Tower’ Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs): Learning and teaching beyond disciplinary silos References [1] [link] [2] Chan, C.K.Y. 3] Crossman, J.E. & & Clarke, M.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 16, 2019

She has worked at the University since 2010, formerly holding the position of Marketing and Communications Manager in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine’s Graduate School. Lauren has 20 years’ experience in marketing higher education and the arts. Apr 16, 2019

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JUNE 12, 2019

Whilst I am also currently ELS’ Director of Equality and Diversity, I find it more helpful to talk about inclusivity, as that allows us to broaden what we mean and not just stick to the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010. Who is left out?’

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Building bridges: understanding student transition to university. The postgraduate student experience of study support: A phenomenographic analysis. References Briggs, A. Clark, J., & Hall, I. Quality in Higher Education , 18(1), 3-21. Hallett, F. Studies in Higher Education , 35(2), 225-238. Matheson, K. Barrett, T., Landine, J.,

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It can be hard for these academics to maintain their sense of academic identity, so I was delighted when one participant told me that the course had made her want to engage in research again. [1] 1] Lea, M. R., & Street, B. The “Academic Literacies” model: Theory and applications. Theory into Practice , 45(4), 368-377. [2]

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 30, 2019

Gillian McCay Gillian McCay completed a PhD in Geology at the University in 2010 and has been assistant curator of the Cockburn Geological Museum for 7 years. Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge: linkages to ways of thinking and practising within the disciplines. ETL Project Occasional, Report 4, Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 21, 2019

He has served as president of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2016-17) and also of the POD Network (2010-2011), the U.S. professional society for educational developers. He is co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development and a fellow of the John N.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 21, 2019

He has served as president of the International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (2016-17) and also of the POD Network (2010-2011), the U.S. professional society for educational developers. He is co-editor of the International Journal for Academic Development and a fellow of the John N.

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EAB

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Four "lineages" of student success best practice Lineage A: Student engagement The oldest school of thought emerged during the 1970s from the work of early student success researchers such as Vincent Tinto. These researchers pioneered and popularized the idea that retention is driven by “ student engagement.”

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

In her literature review on student engagement, Vicki Trowler (2010) argues that “Engagement is more than involvement or participation – it requires feelings and sensemaking as well as activity” (p.5). Relating this back to Trowler’s points about engagement, we found that by giving extrinsic rewards for behavior (i.e.

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Campus Groups

OCTOBER 25, 2022

In fact, it has accelerated since we joined forces with the leading mobile-first student engagement platform in higher education- Ready Education (Ready). Louis served as Assistant Director of Training, Programming and Education at Mercy College, where he also held the role of Student Life and Assessment Specialist.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

DECEMBER 16, 2016

One section focussed on Student Engagement. The project aimed to produce a website on our virtual learning environment (VLE) for postgrad tutors based on current best practice within the department, chosen on the basis of recommendations from undergraduates. Why is this significant?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 4, 2019

They get a high-quality piece of research as well as a good idea about the capabilities of the student. A few of our students have ended up working for the same company who sponsored their dissertation. If you work in the industry, we would welcome an opportunity to work with you.

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SRHE

JANUARY 14, 2025

These views of what counts as student politics have been shaped by rather romantic ideals of what it meant to be a student and do politics in 1960s, or perhaps even in 2010-2011 when we witnessed the last large scale student rebellion in England, but also more globally.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It can be hard for these academics to maintain their sense of academic identity, so I was delighted when one participant told me that the course had made her want to engage in research again. [1] 1] Lea, M. R., & Street, B. The “Academic Literacies” model: Theory and applications. Theory into Practice , 45(4), 368-377. [2]

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