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Seal of Excelencia 2024

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

They are taking responsibility and raising standards.” California State University, East Bay Dr. Cathy Sandeen Almost 60% of California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), students are transfers, and their needs are taken into account. By example, initially funded in 2007 by a grant from the U.S.

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Welcome to the April issue of Teaching Matters: Building Academic Communities

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

This in turn, has been shown to increase the feelings of belonging during students’ time at University, and, subsequently, raises educational success (e.g., Felten et al, 2016). Go Abroad Staff is one fantastic scheme offered to University staff, which funds and supports travel abroad. Lambert, L. Apr 2, 2019

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PE4C Investigation and Student-Led Research Conference

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

In addition to this, they are encouraged to attend a series of workshops that aim to develop their research skills, and to provide them with opportunities to develop communities of practice with students who are researching similar topics. I now believe in my organisational skills and that I can be pro-active in gaining funding.

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Characterising teaching practices using lecture recordings

Teaching Matters Online Learning

These were questions we helped to answer over the summer, as Research Assistants on the Classroom Practices and Lecture Recording project , which was funded by the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme. It builds on the Framework for Interactive Learning in Lectures (FILL) developed by Wood et al. American Journal of Physics.

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Supporting student transitions into online learning

Teaching Matters Online Learning

CC0 Online and distance learning programmes offer many benefits for students and can be a privileged mode of learning, with distance being a positive principle and not a deficit ( Manifesto for teaching online 2016 ).

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10 Steps to Increase Study Abroad Participation

Study Aborad Association

According to the 2018 IIE Open Doors report , more than 332,000 US students studied abroad during the 2016–2017 academic year, an increase of 2.3% However, despite the overall trend upward, students studying abroad still only account for a small percentage of total US students. Organize a Faculty Development Workshop.

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2019

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

At the end of 2019, Teaching Matters was also delighted to welcome Josephine Foucher to the team, who will be focusing on increasing student engagement with Teaching Matters, and supporting students to write and contribute to the blog and podcast. Top Ten of 2019 10. In a good way.