Remove 2017 Remove Curriculum Development Remove Libraries
article thumbnail

Digitisation at Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

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. Digitisation of content is part of the Library’s overall digital offering which includes the wide range of e-resources produced elsewhere, both licensed and open access. Dec 19, 2017

article thumbnail

Wherefore art thou…undergraduate education?

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Global Challenges for Business Poster Presentation Award Night in the Playfair Library, Dr Sarah Ivory with winning students. – 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.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Engaging students in learning outside the university

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

An opportunity for students to gain developmental, transferable skills by learning outside the library and the lecture theatre from the start. From the start, we wanted a strand running through the programme that achieved particular aims. These were: A genuine contribution to communities local to the University.

article thumbnail

Wikipedia assignments – getting past the ‘Penguin effect’ and down to the brass tacks of sharing open knowledge

Teaching Matters Online Learning

.” 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.

article thumbnail

Welcome to September-October’s Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Innovation in Science Teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

18th Century, by Science Photo Library, CC0. Electricity demonstration. In this post, Professor Tim Drysdale introduces September and October’s new Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Innovation in Science Teaching , with a reflection on past and future approaches to science teaching at The University of Edinburgh.

article thumbnail

Welcome to September-October's Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Innovation in Science Teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

18th Century, by Science Photo Library, CC0. Electricity demonstration. In this post, Professor Tim Drysdale introduces September and October’s new Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Innovation in Science Teaching , with a reflection on past and future approaches to science teaching at The University of Edinburgh.