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Placing study circles at the centre of the student learning experience

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Lectures provide the theoretical concepts that students then can use as tools to understand social mechanisms contributing to failures in care as described in inquiry reports (e.g., Francis 2013; McLean 2014). 2013) Report of the inquiry into the Mid-Staffordshire Foundation NHS Trust. References Francis, R. McLean, (2014).

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Student Partnership Agreement and Funding Scheme

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Photo credit: Cytonn Photography, Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, Catherine Bovill introduces the new 2021-22 Student Partnership Agreement and Funding Scheme and its three key areas of focus. Dr Bovill is a Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development.

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Engaging students in learning outside the university

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Marion explains: I was heavily involved in the design and implementation of the new undergraduate MA in Health, Science and Society in 2013-2014. Nature, Greenspace and Health builds on our previous success with Learning from the Lives of Others (SHSS08003). These were: A genuine contribution to communities local to the University.

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Using video demonstration and peer-feedback to develop laboratory skills

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Zuzanna demonstrates how to use a UV-vis spectrophotometer Peer feedback means that students get a chance to review their work, there is a possibility to review work in situ, making changes based on suggestions before submitting the final video for assessment (see Hendry (2013) and Sander and Good (2006). and Taras M. (ed.),

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BluePulse and continuous course feedback

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Although success has been limited so far, there is a clear correlation between how much a tutor promotes and uses BluePulse and whether students engage with it or not. Graeme Ferris Graeme joined the Business School as a learning technologist in 2013 and is currently the manager of the School’s Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team.

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Interdisciplinary learning: Notes from the whiteboard

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

He has organised the Smart Data Hack since 2013. He is currently serving as Ambassador for Open Knowledge Scotland, and is also a co-founder of Prewired and of Edinburgh Living Lab. Oct 26, 2016

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Learning with Lego

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

I’d recently taken on the role of senior tutor for the Geography undergraduate students and I’d decided to rethink how we run the personal tutor group meetings. Student attendance at group meetings had been patchy and many colleagues became frustrated at the lack of student engagement. Gauntlett, D. McCusker, S.