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

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

In this blog post, Pooja and Ankita, SACHA alumni discuss co-creation and collaboration in course design. 2016 ; Mapstone et al., 2016 ; Mapstone et al., The students in my group were committed and motivated, developing innovative ideas and high-quality outputs. link] Bovill, C., Cook-Sather, A., Felten, P.

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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

While these examples do come with the challenges and risks of embracing spontaneity and sharing ownership (Bovill, Cook-Sather, Felten, Millard, & Moore-Cherry, 2016; Mercer-Mapstone et al., Oxford, UK: Oxford Brookes University: Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development. 2017), there are also many benefits! Cook-Sather, A.,

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Mini-series: Balance for better – Diversifying Wikipedia

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Reproductive Biology Honours : A student’s article on high-grade serous carcinoma, one of the most common forms of ovarian cancer, includes 60 references and diagrams she created, has been viewed over 67,000 times since 2016.

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Engaging the professional community in teaching medical students

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer. He has an interest in experiential learning at the research-teaching nexus, which he is exploring in a secondment to the Institute for Academic Development. Apr 4, 2016

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Data Science, Technology and Innovation: A collaborative online learning programme

Teaching Matters Online Learning

DSTI has been running since January 2016, and student numbers continue to grow each year, with 145 students currently enrolled. Flexibility is at the heart of the programme which offers inter-disciplinary courses from across the University.

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Curriculum Mapping: Skills Matrices and Edinburgh Award

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Some of our most engaged recent alumni are former participants in the Award, and contribute to group input sessions as part of the Award, as well as other student experience initiatives within the school. This funded the time to undertake a mapping exercise across all of our undergraduate courses.

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Interdisciplinary teaching: Rock-solid preparation for professional life

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Credit: unsplash, @vidarnm, CC0 On a wonderfully sunny day in June 2016, I graduated with an honours degree in Geology and Physical Geography. The interdisciplinary nature of the course was a major attraction, making it stand-out in comparison to other Masters and was one of the main reasons why I decided to enrol in Autumn 2016.