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Fostering blended-mode engagement with active learning seminars

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Gerogiorgis delves into the 4S strategySet, Spark, Stroll, Summarizecrafted to maximise student engagement and learning effectiveness in hybrid learning environments. Mousoulos/2015, H.L. Drawing on his extensive academic and research experience, Prof. Feb 13, 2025

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Teaching at scale: Improving student engagement through Quectures

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

How do we maintain student engagement in that seemingly anonymous sea of students in the large lecture hall, and how can the same strategy do so for each individual with different backgrounds and needs? iStock [kubkoo] Teaching at scale poses specific challenges. Sep 19, 2017

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Co-creating care home nursing education in the curriculum

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 21, 2019

Student nurses have the potential to offer solutions to the crisis in recruitment through the co-creation of the nursing curriculum. Our project, funded through the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS), sought to develop this idea of co-creation of the curriculum.

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Student-staff co-creation of a course: Understanding gender in the contemporary world

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 10, 2019

Crucially, it was also co-created with students –through the course Social and Political Science in Practice , an SPS framework for Honours students to undertake faculty-student collaboration on research, teaching or public engagement.

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Co-creation and collaboration in course design: Our journey with SACHA

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

It’s not limited to just students and staff; collaboration with industry professionals, community organizations, parents, and alumni helps ensure the curriculum meets real-world needs , enhancing the holistic and impactful nature of education ( Yostrakul, 2021 ). 2016 ; Mapstone et al.,

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Teaching with sustainability in the Vet School

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 20, 2016

To encourage inter- and multi-disciplinary connections, students are invited to propose project topics which are not directly related to the veterinary medical curriculum. In 2015-16, the project focus was refined to directly draw on concepts of social responsibility and sustainability. Oct 20, 2016

Medical

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Quectures: Teaching through questions

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. Oct 5, 2016

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Interdisciplinary learning: Notes from the whiteboard

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Of course, the only way to get an answer was to actually do this through launching a new course, and this was the genesis of Data, Design and Society (DDS) , a 20-point level 8 course offered for the first time in 2015/16 by the School of Informatics.

Food

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Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs): Learning and teaching beyond disciplinary silos

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

At this early stage, the student receives feedback from their SLICC staff tutor, who offers them guidance on how they may gain greater insight during the learning experience and maximise the available opportunities. The scope for student agency is significant, with students defining their own unique learning experiences.

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Mini-series: What is a living lab?

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

For further background on the Living Lab approach at the University, read our 2015 report completed by postgraduate student Patrycja Graczyk, and the Living Lab presentation for World Symposium on Sustainability Science and Research presentation by Liz Cooper and Dave Gorman.

Professional Services

Professional Services Research Food Curriculum Development

Learning with Lego

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

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. References and resources Buckley, C.

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Spotlight on ELIR: Draft Reflective Analysis

Teaching Matters Student Employment

MARCH 18, 2020

A REMINDER ELIR is an external review of the quality of the student learning experience that we provide. Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Scotland conducts the review every five years; our last review was in 2015. The outcome of the review is a judgement of the effectiveness of our approach; a positive outcome is therefore critical.

Management

Management Higher Education Education IT

2023 Higher Education Year in Review and 2024 Predictions: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 187 with Host Deborah Maue and Guest Dr. Drumm McNaughton

The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Public confidence in higher education also saw a notable decline, with a Gallup poll indicating a drop in faith from 57% in 2015 to 36% in 2023. Maue highlighted a crucial challenge in the integration of AI into education: the knowledge gap between students, who are often more familiar with these technologies, and faculty or administration.

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