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JULY 16, 2024

2017) , faculty time commitments, some faculty hesitating to give up control over teaching methods, along with issues such as institutional policy limits, resource gaps, and promoting inclusivity in student-staff collaborations (Bovill et al., It was gratifying to see their contributions shape course design and curriculum development.”

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 23rd October 2017. You can read more about this process in an earlier blog post and watch the short Festival film from February 2017 available to view here. Lucy Ridley Lucy Ridley is the Projects and Engagement Administrator at the Institute for Academic Development. Oct 6, 2017

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

The academic year 2017/2018 is the first year both courses will have the full 4 years of students in place. Since the start of 2017 she has been Programme Director for Interior Design at Edinburgh College of Art, and has been the Interiors Co-ordinator for the SCF collaboration since its inception in 2015. Dec 7, 2017

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OCTOBER 27, 2017

Accessed 24 October 2017. Quilter (2017). Oct 27, 2017 It is difficult to see how any learning can happen if it did not involve some kind of reflection on what one is doing when engaged in any given activity from which they hope to learn something, be it intellectual or practical. Self-knowledge comes to mind. [1]

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APRIL 27, 2017

A lively discussion followed among the DoTs about how we can embed more opportunities for feedback into the curriculum, and what schools can do immediately, in the short-term and in the long-term to improve assessment literacy across the university. The most recent session in February 2017 was particularly well received by the participants.

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MAY 8, 2019

From the LGBT+ inclusive curriculum developed by staff and students for the Medicine curriculum , to the School of Divinity including a question about an inclusive curriculum in their Board of Studies processes, there is a variety of tactics that can be employed to create this change. May 8, 2019

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

Our first Masters student from Malawi graduated in November 2013 (see BBC News article ), and I am pleased to report that full-fee scholarships have enabled a further 23 Malawian trainees to enrol on the Masters, twelve of whom graduated between 2014 and 2017, and nine are currently on-programme. Dec 12, 2017

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

This follows a consultation run in the first half of 2017 which showed that there was a strong demand for more resources of this kind. Dec 19, 2017 The University has world-class collections of books, archives, art and museum objects, whose potential for learning and teaching can be unlocked through digitisation.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 9, 2017

A pilot of a technique for second year students ran in Festival of Creative Learning Week 2017. Mar 9, 2017 We intend to extend this to build a framework of techniques that students can build up over the course of their degree. Next steps: You can watch Zuzanna’s demonstration video here.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

.” Jon Tennant , September 2017 The Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh has supported three Wikipedia in the Classroom assignments in year one (2016/2017) in 3 very different disciplines: Reproductive Biology Hons.; Oct 12, 2017 Translation Studies MSc ; and World Christianity MSc.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In 2017/18, our themes were trust , resistance and mess. How will the students and teachers of tomorrow construct their learning environments and practices? It takes three key themes as its starting point, and uses them to guide exploration of emerging practices and technologies. Learning, Media and Technology , 40 (3), 247–250.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

The benefits of blogging for PhD students (25th May 2017) Blogging is increasingly being recognised as an established method of communicating academic writing. A huge thank you to all our contributors and readers, and here’s to celebrating more wonderful, supportive and inspiring teaching and learning practices in 2019… 10.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

iStock [photominus] In May 2017, I visited Legoland® in Denmark. Oct 5, 2017 I arrived at the front gates just before the park opened and children were running around and playing outside the entrance. She has published and presented widely on student engagement, students as partners and student-staff co-creation of curricula.

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OCTOBER 11, 2018

– Anonymous student post-course feedback (2017-18) However, crucially, my course also teaches students three specific skills informed by a critical thinking lens, which are transdisciplinary. These are Quality of Argument, Strength of Evidence, and Clarity of Presentation.

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JANUARY 22, 2018

The project has a core aim to develop a creative, future-oriented vision for digital education at Edinburgh, by having an open, institution-wide conversation with students and staff, which focuses on values, curriculum and pedagogy, not only on technological change.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Oct 18, 2017 Esther Mijers Esther Mijers is a senior lecturer in Scottish History and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology. She arrived in Edinburgh two years ago, having taught at the University of Reading before then.

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APRIL 25, 2017

Apr 25, 2017 Emma teaches on several core courses within the School of Law and is involved with aspects of the general management and co-ordination of the Diploma in Professional Legal Practice.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Feb 9, 2017 Louise leads the Digital Footprint research project and launched the Digital Footprint Service in 2015, which aims to support staff and students to create an effective online presence www.ed.ac.uk/iad/digitalfootprint. iad/digitalfootprint.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

You can find her on Twitter @jilly_mackay Aug 15, 2017 She teaches animal behaviour on the Clinical Animal Behaviour online MSc and research skills on the International Animal Welfare Ethics and Law online MSc.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Nov 21, 2017 As an Applied Physics student in Slovenia, Kevin struggled with anxiety, and since graduating, he has dedicated his free time to helping students with disabilities graduate with ease.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

She is the link Careers Consultant for the Moray House School of Education ( Suzanne.Agnew@ed.ac.uk ) Nov 30, 2017 dave.saunders@ed.ac.uk ) Suzanne Agnew Suzanne works at the University of Edinburgh Careers Service.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Richard Gratwick Dr Richard Gratwick joined the School of Mathematics in 2016 as a University Teacher, and in the 2017/18 EUSA Teaching Awards won the van Heyningen Award for Teaching in Science and Engineering. Sep 18, 2018

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JANUARY 16, 2018

Joël Reland Joël graduated from Edinburgh in 2017 with an MSc in International Political Theory. Whilst writing her postgraduate dissertation on the ethics of the Anthropocene, she completed a traineeship at the International Center for Climate Governance in Venice, Italy.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Jan 10, 2017 Next steps: Read more about Graphic Design in a Box in Zoe Patterson’s blog post for Teaching Matters Lynsey Russell-Watts Lynsey Russell-Watts is a Careers Consultant in the University of Edinburgh Careers Service, with a focus on Edinburgh College of Art students.

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MARCH 6, 2018

The EDC course has been nominated for the Best Course Award in the 2017-18 Edinburgh University Students ’ Association Teaching Awards. The Education and Digital Cultures course is taught by Jeremy Knox and James Lamb, both from the Centre for Research in Digital Education. References: Bayne, S. E-Learning and Digital Media , 3(1), 16-26.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

Oct 19, 2017 And we are perhaps one step further to providing that coherent support and sense of community that is so important to the student experience in large, diverse schools. Chris Perkins Chris Perkins is Senior Lecturer in Japanese and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Heather has recently completed a secondment to the Institute for Academic Development, conducting a two-year project on flipped learning. Sep 19, 2017 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.

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MARCH 14, 2017

Mar 14, 2017 In February 2016 he was helping with student assessments at the Edinburgh Dog & Cat home and two days later found himself adopting a wee springer spaniel who he’s called Meg.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Alette Willis Alette Willis PhD is Chancellor’s Fellow/Lecturer in the school of Health in Social Sciences, a professional storyteller and award-winning children’s author (Dancing with Trees: Eco-tales of the British Isles, 2017), and a student on the Permaculture Association’s diploma programme.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

It is in this context that the University was awarded its first Key Action 203 Strategic Partnership funding by the European Commission in 2017 to develop the Network for Intercultural Competence to facilitate Entrepreneurship (NICE) in collaboration with 7 other European universities*.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

I was therefore keen to play a role in developing another online, interdisciplinary course based on my experiences and interests (for example, as is shared in this video that showcases part of the senate talk on research led-learning in May 2017), in addition to the numerous skills and networks I would gain and contribute to.

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JULY 11, 2017

Jul 11, 2017 His remit in the IAD is enhancing assessment and feedback practices within the University of Edinburgh. He has interests in the enhancement of learning and teaching, employability, and understanding and evaluating cultural change in higher education.

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APRIL 12, 2017

His research interests include the development of student problem solving skills, diagnostic testing, and flipped classroom pedagogies. Apr 12, 2017 He teaches on the undergraduate programmes in physics and also conducts pedagogic research as a member of the Edinburgh Physics Education Research group (EdPER).

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JUNE 19, 2018

Craig McMillan Craig McMillan is a former student and graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Biotechnology in 2017. From students to scientists: The impact of interactive engagement in lectures. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, (13). Jun 19, 2018

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Designed by Dr Sarah Ivory , the new course was a response to criticism that previous years’ introductory business courses, which essentially used each week to showcase a different field in the study of business, lacked structure and purpose.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Feb 14, 2017 Some of her work on interdisciplinarity can be found on here including her report to the HEA on interdisciplinary learning and teaching provision in the UK and an advert for a new 1+3 PhD funded studentship “Disruptive influence? The role of interdisciplinarity in training the next generation of researchers”.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Eli Appleby-Donald Eli Appleby-Donald was the Technology Support Officer at the School of Divinity, with a background in front of class training and eLearning programme development. Visit Eli’s blog – The New College Technologist Sep 26, 2017

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