The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Ford, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jillian Saraney, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Key Statement: Service-learning projects designed by students can meet community needs while elevating student learning, engagement, and success by integrating high-impact practices (HIPs) and HIP elements. 2017, October 20).

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University Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

They studied 620,000 Title IV-eligible students from all 50 states who enrolled in a community college as their first postsecondary institution for eight years, beginning in 2014. A multitude of factors play into why so many low-income students failed to earn a bachelor’s degree during this time period.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Image Credit: Graphic Design by Joe Arton, Originals McKensie Wiebe and Brian Suh on Unsplash Welcome to February’s theme of Teach Matters: Students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. In February, Teaching Matters will focus on students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. Higher Education 78 (3) 407-422.

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JULY 22, 2024

Students engaged in ASA DataFest hackathon In this extra post, Serveh Sharifi, Vanda Inacio, Ozan Evkaya, and Amanda Lenzi, academics from the School of Mathematics, share their experience and insights on hosting the American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest 2024 at The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Image Credit: Graphic Design by Joe Arton, Originals McKensie Wiebe and Brian Suh on Unsplash Welcome to February’s theme of Teach Matters: Students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. In February, Teaching Matters will focus on students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. Higher Education 78 (3) 407-422.

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MARCH 7, 2019

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). McLean, (2014). Each group meets with the course organiser who facilitates the discussion. References Francis, R.

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JULY 16, 2024

Engaging with staff members Pooja : Through SACHA, students collaborated closely with faculty and data coaches to ensure curriculum relevance. Challenge hosts encouraged student engagement through surveys and feedback, enhancing curriculum engagement. International Journal for Academic Development, 16(2), 133–145.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 17, 2023

The phenomenon of international students’ reticence in seminars has been well documented, along with the explanations students themselves have offered for this (e.g. Green, 2016; Morita, 2004 ; Phan Le Ha and Binghui Li, 2014 ; Tatar, 2005 ; Yates and Nguyen, 2012 ). Unpublished MSc (TESOL) dissertation, University of Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten (2014, pp. 180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

A flourishing field of student partnership work has recently emerged (e.g., Cook-Sather, Bovill and Felten, 2014), which critically discusses and reflects on how universities can involve students in roles that, ‘actively shape and enhance their experiences of learning and teaching’ (Healey, Flint and Harrington, 2014).

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JANUARY 23, 2020

the University of Colorado Boulder’s work on upper division teaching [7]), there remain many open questions about how students can effectively engage with very advanced, complex material during lecture-style classes without becoming overwhelmed. While some institutions are developing approaches for more advanced courses (e.g.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 21, 2019

Student participation in curriculum development is reported to increase levels of individual and collective student responsibility for their learning, enhance student performance and engagement, and increase teachers’ satisfaction (Bovill, 2014; HEA, 2015).

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this pos t, Nichola Kett (Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement) looks back at the University’s work on the student transitions-Enhancement Theme and highlights updated sector resources, whilst Lucy Evans (Deputy Secretary, Students) outlines the University’s planned work on continuous service improvement aligned to the student journey.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 16, 2017

In April 2014 the Vet School introduced peer support via its Association for Veterinary Students (AVS) reps in 3 rd and 4 th year, for those entering the 2 nd year of the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM&S) programme. The session ran for the first time in April 2014 and then again in April 2015.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

Wadewitz, 2014) Wikipedia, the free, online, encyclopaedia is building the largest open knowledge resource in human history. Digital Sociology MSc students engage in workshops about how sociology is communicated and how knowledge is created and curated online each year as a response to the recent ASA article.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Around 2014/15, there was an increase in momentum to create journals that published negative result s, such as New Negatives in Plant Science and Journal of Negative Results in Biomedicine (although these have now ceased publication). Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Marion explains: I was heavily involved in the design and implementation of the new undergraduate MA in Health, Science and Society in 2013-2014. An opportunity for students to gain developmental, transferable skills by learning outside the library and the lecture theatre from the start.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

OCTOBER 1, 2023

The four-year graduation rate for Latino students in the major is approximately 88%. All Latino students from the Fall 2014 cohort graduated with a B.A. We intentionally recruit and serve Latino students because they frequently have a personal connection to this profession,” says Rueda-Acedo. “The within six years. “We

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 1, 2021

The ways that students emotionally experience digital video impacts the approach they take to learning and ultimately the outcomes of that learning. By applying deliberate, creative, and evidence-driven principles, creators can increase the possibilities for student engagement with the subject matter. Gifford, R.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We introduced the UCVME in 2014 as we wanted to formally recognise the important role our students play in our teaching and learning processes. We have had over 140 students enrol on the programme and, so far, 22 have completed the programme in 2017, and 35 in 2018. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed the trip.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Heather was a finalist for the HE UK Bioscience teacher of the year 2014 and received an honourable mention in the 2015 Turnitin Global Innovation awards. Currently Heather is on secondment to the Institute for Academic Development, conducting a two-year project on flipped learning.

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Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

APRIL 6, 2021

A 2019 study conducted by Australian universities found that only about three percent of students engage in contract cheating. In Australia, the issue came to light in a 2014 scandal that involved students at some of the nation’s top universities who were caught turning in papers they purchased from a company called MyMaster.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Dr Neil Hudson, Senior Veterinary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education reflects on the benefits of enabling undergraduate students to participate in teaching.

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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.

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Through these workshops, students and staff from different disciplines and Schools across the University work together, leading to cross-fertilisation of ideas and cultures. Our assessment involves tasks that resemble workplace settings yet equip students with skills for their future professional life. How is the course assessed?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 2, 2020

This month’s issue will feature posts from members of the university who lead different projects aimed at supporting students in their university journey.

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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.

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 7, 2023

He also encourages instructors to ask their students to imagine how underrepresented or marginalized individuals might have thought and acted. In 2014, A. Whether you like or loathe video games, the fact is that they have become one of the primary ways that many students engage with the past.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The Case Studies in Sustainable Development course in the School of Geosciences already included students doing project work in groups, but the students just researched a self-chosen case study of sustainability in the usual academic manner; they were not directed towards any practical outcome.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Sharon Boyd BA Hons, MApplEnvSc, PgCUT, MSc, SFHEA, CMALT, Lecturer in Distance Student Learning I have long had an interest in environmental and sustainable education, but was less sure how to include it within my teaching at the vet school.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In 2014, she was the runner-up at the university-wide final of the “Three Minute Thesis” competition at the University of Edinburgh. She has a strong interest in atmospheric and environmental chemistry, with a special focus on modelling of ammonia emission from agricultural sources. Andi is a keen science communicator. Dec 13, 2018

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 10, 2019

Five years later, it serves the same purpose – as a community blog.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Topics closer to the process of study have also been created, with the winning entry in 2014 making use of whiteboard and study tools to create a stylistic image of the inside of a cow! Some choose to stick to topics within the curriculum (e.g.

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The Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2023

An extraordinary amount of research shows clearly that augmenting lectures with some form of active learning enhances student learning. In a meta-analysis of 225 studies, Freeman and his colleagues (2014) at the University of Washington found the average score on exams to be 6% higher when active learning was included in the course.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In reality, the comparison is between lecturing for entire class periods versus lectures with some active learning, not an assertion that lecture is ineffective or should not exist (Eddy & Hogan, 2014; Freeman et al., 2014; Hake, 1998; Theobald et al., Photo credit to Kenny Eliason Lectures are certainly effective at times.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 2, 2020

This month’s issue will feature posts from members of the university who lead different projects aimed at supporting students in their university journey.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 23, 2017

Laura Beattie Laura is a PhD student in English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. She ran EdJoWriWe and LLC Writes in 2014/15 and 2015/16, along with colleagues from LLC: Georgina Barker (Russian and Classics), Olivia Ferguson (English Literature) and Barbara Tesio (Scandinavian Studies). May 23, 2017

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