Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 27, 2017

In September 2016 Sally Brown , an assessment, learning and teaching in higher education consultant, was invited to speak. The most recent session in February 2017 was particularly well received by the participants. Apr 27, 2017 You can find Hazel on Twitter: @hazelmarzetti.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2017

iStock [photominus] In May 2017, I visited Legoland® in Denmark. Active Learning in Higher Education 6 (1) 17-31. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 33 (2) 209-223. 2016) Teaching spaces design and development at LSE: an evaluation of impact on teaching and learning. Oct 5, 2017 Revell, A. &

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

I will highlight some of my own reflections on promising areas for institutional action based on my policy and practice work within higher education. Mental Health and Academic Performance in Postsecondary Education: Sociodemographic Risk Factors and Links to Childhood Adversity , PhD Thesis, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In 2017/18, our themes were trust , resistance and mess. This instance of the course was linked with the University’s Near Future Teaching project, which is working with students and staff from across the University to co-design the future of digital education at the University of Edinburgh. and Sampson, J.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 6, 2018

Recent assignment titles have included: ‘A Conversation of Movement using Algorithms and Digital Space in Education’, ‘Remixed: Theory and Authorship in Online Learning Communities’, ‘The Future of Higher Education’ and the ‘Big Data Imaginary’. Gloucester: Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

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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. Reconceptualising Feedback in Higher Education: Developing Dialogue with Students, Routledge, pp. 2006), The impact of self-and peer grading on student learning, Educ. Mar 9, 2017 and Taras M. (ed.), and Good E.,

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Nonetheless, in the UK, higher education largely remains structured on a conventional, disciplinary basis. Described as ‘one of the more contentious curriculum issues’ (Blackmore and Kandiko, 2012, p. On the other hand, interdisciplinarity poses a range of challenges to the higher education sector. Feb 14, 2017

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Edit: Teaching Matters has recently published a mini-series about Lecture Recording in Higher Education. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia , 17 (4), 453–475. Quality in Higher Education , 11 (2), 103–115. The Higher Education Academy. Studies in Higher Education , 38 (6), 841–856.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 11, 2017

Neil Lent Dr Neil Lent is a lecturer in University Learning and Teaching at the Institute for Academic Development. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has interests in the enhancement of learning and teaching, employability, and understanding and evaluating cultural change in higher education.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Today, the higher education system faces a similar situation once more, with a worldwide shift to a more digital, fluid and connected way of living. The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Milton Keynes, UK, p. References Boud, D., and Hegarty-Hazel, E., Teaching in Laboratories.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

The most effective career education is embedded within what students are already doing – its relevance is clearer that way. Jan 10, 2017 More than that, I could probably have designed other activities which would have enhanced both their academic skills and their career readiness.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We have had over 140 students enrol on the programme and, so far, 22 have completed the programme in 2017, and 35 in 2018. Activities include outreach workshops with local schools, like Liberton High School, to foster the link with young people aspiring to enter higher education.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

It is reassuring, therefore, to note the current widespread interest in active learning methods in STEM Higher Education. Heather has recently completed a secondment to the Institute for Academic Development, conducting a two-year project on flipped learning. Sep 19, 2017

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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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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

His main teaching interest is in experiential learning at the research-teaching nexus, which he is currently exploring in a secondment to the Institute for Academic Development. Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Mar 2, 2017

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Edit: Teaching Matters has recently published a mini-series about Lecture Recording in Higher Education. 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. You can view the 13 posts here.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 27, 2023

Traditionally when thinking about the learning taking place at a University, the vision that emerges is one of defined Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree programmes focussed on an educational pathway for young students coming directly from school.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

PwC (2017). “The Future of Work: Jobs and Skills in 2030” UK Commission for Education and Skills. She has almost 20 years of experience leading and developing work on careers and employability in higher education. Designing Your Life. Build the Perfect Career, Step by Step. London: Vintage.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

In the news The University of Edinburgh recently won at the Herald Higher Education Awards 2019 for its Wikimedia in the Curriculum work. If you would like to find out more, please contact ewan.mcandrew@ed.ac.uk. Retrieved from [link] McAndrew, E., O’Connor, S., Thomas, S., & White, A. Retrieved from [link] McMahon, C.;

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Today, the higher education system faces a similar situation once more, with a worldwide shift to a more digital, fluid and connected way of living. The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Milton Keynes, UK, p. References Boud, D., and Hegarty-Hazel, E., Teaching in Laboratories.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

As Scotland marks 20 years of its enhancement-led approach to quality in the higher education sector, I reflect on my involvement, particularly around work supporting student development, employability, and personal and professional success.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 21, 2019

In England and Wales, by 2040, it is projected that care homes will be the most common place to die (Bone et al, 2017). Ensuring that care home nursing is included in the education of student nurses is part of the response. Etkind, et al (2017). Innovations in Education and Teaching International , 51(1), 15 – 25.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

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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