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The Directors of Teaching Network: sharing good practice and discussing challenges in teaching across the university

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

The Directors of Teaching Network is a new initiative started by the Assistant Principal for Assessment and Feedback, Professor Susan Rhind in 2016. The first meeting in February 2016 included introductions to each school and their major achievements and challenges in assessment and feedback.

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Learning from each other: Creating a scholarly community of practice through peer tutoring

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

As part of the role, postgraduate peer tutors can work towards their Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), in a similar way to the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education. 2016 ), though this is perhaps better defined as a “community of enquiry” (Bozalek et al., Cook-Sather, A.,

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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., Higher Education, 71 (2), 195-208. Teaching in Higher Education , 1-18. 2017), there are also many benefits!

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Using Peer Observation to enhance teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Case Example The Vet School launched a formative peer observation programme in Jan 2016, following approval by the R(D)SVS Senior Management Group which made this a mandatory exercise every two years for all staff involved in teaching. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Jul 11, 2017

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Interestingly, three of these posts were written in 2016, showing that the blog’s content is continually being accessed both nationally, and internationally. This short dialogue between student and staff is a motivating, honest and collegial conversation about what makes good teaching.

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Professional Development and Professional Recognition for University Teachers: a mentor’s eye view

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

We’re all Fellows of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) , so we know what it’s like to take a good hard look at our own teaching and our students’ learning, to challenge ourselves to improve and to go public on our successes and disappointments and what we’ve learned from them. Nov 3, 2016 and in Mathematics g.kinnear@ed.ac.uk

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Mini-series: Academic blogging at University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

2007; Deng & Yuen, 2011), particularly reflective writing (Hemmi, Bayne, & Land, 2009), and learning to write for particular real or imagined audiences (Ross, 2014; Gogia, 2016). Writing online can make explicit a thought process, demonstrating the development of an approach and understanding over time. 2016, March 8).