The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Key statement: This post offers suggestions about ways faculty can improve student learning experiences at MSIs with small changes to classroom practices. Introduction Minority-Serving (MSIs) enroll high percentages of students facing systemic barriers to higher education access. Some I share here.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

While two-year institutions still have significant populations of adult students and people desirous of enhancing their career options, there is a growing number of first-time college students, age 18 to 22, that are seeking a traditional college experience. Approximately 8% of the overall student population live in the housing.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

How do we maintain student engagement in that seemingly anonymous sea of students in the large lecture hall, and how can the same strategy do so for each individual with different backgrounds and needs? It is reassuring, therefore, to note the current widespread interest in active learning methods in STEM Higher Education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

We offer up to 6 spaces within each cohort, and the students selected are ones who show a keen interest in working in Higher Education in the future. As well as their Peer Assisted Learning activities, the students attend and present at staff educational journal clubs. Photo attribution: vet school.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

… I have recently joined IAD as an Endeavour Research Fellow for six months working on research that explores systematic approaches to scaling up student-staff partnership (also known as ‘students as partners’) in higher education institutions, through the lens of inclusivity and diversity.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 12, 2022

Four pedagogical approaches for creating an engaging virtual learning environment are shared. All educators have one goal in mind: to create the best learning environment possible for their students. For this to happen, instructional activities and student collaboration must be authentic, meaningful, and purposeful.

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Eric Stoller

DECEMBER 4, 2017

The following is an excerpt from Chris Douce’s review of my keynote “How digital engagement enhances the student experience” presented at the Higher Education Academy’s HEA 2017 Annual conference: Generation TEF. — Dr Anne Preston (@Prestontales) July 5, 2017.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Key Statement: This article offers strategies that can be used to provide an environment for students to interact and connect during virtual sessions and allow students to feel as if they are taking an active role in their education. A main component of successful teaching and learning is student engagement (Khan et al.,

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Paula Smith, Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Critical Care at The University of Edinburgh, reflects on her innovative strategies for sustaining student motivation through online peer interactions. She has been a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2017. London, UK: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.

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The Scholarly Teacher

MARCH 29, 2023

The diversity and multicultural nature of today’s college classroom calls for use of culturally responsive practices to improve student engagement and learning (Mohammad & Nordin, 2017). But what does this look like in the higher education classroom? Culturally responsive practices in our teacher education programs.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Most descriptions of the practice of ungrading focus on using formative feedback rather than summative judgment to guide students along their learning path, and the practice has many advocates in the education field, including Jesse Stommel, Alfie Kohn, and Susan D. Stommel (2023) has used ungrading in classes of 150 students or more!

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The Change Leader, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2025

April 22, 2025 · Episode 256 Capital Funding Strategies in Higher Education: How Universities Are Solving Infrastructure and Student Housing Challenges 33 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. How higher ed leaders are using capital funding strategieslike P3s, bonds, and donor partnershipsto fix infrastructure and housing gaps.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 25, 2022

For example, based on rigorous research into student learning 40 years ago, Astin claimed that: The amount of student learning and personal development associated with any educational program is directly proportional to the quality and quantity of student involvement in that program. References Astin, A. pdf Bingham, B.E.,

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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. A sub-set of 8 students have also successfully taken this a step further and, under staff mentorship, have achieved Associate Fellowship of the HEA. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed the trip.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Dr Neil Hudson, Senior Veterinary Clinical Lecturer at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and Director of the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education reflects on the benefits of enabling undergraduate students to participate in teaching. I am really pleased to receive this fellowship.

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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. The Guardian Higher Education Network, 20 January. Oct 5, 2017 2005) Learning in lectures: do ‘interactive windows’ help? Revell, A. &

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. Although I value education for its own sake, the vast majority of students come to university because they believe it will improve their employment prospects. Jan 10, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change Agents (SACHA). However, implementing co-creation faces hurdles like students’ reluctance to participate (Cook-Sather & Luz, 2015 ; Mapstone et al., Co-creating the curriculum allows students to have a voice, increasing their interest in the education material.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 21, 2022

Image credit: pixabay, stocksnap, CC0 In this post, Dr Catherine Bovill explores how to effectively engage staff and students in the co-creation of assessment practices. Catherine is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. Active Learning in Higher Education 15 (1) 39–51.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 15, 2024

Julie Smith is a Lecturer and Director of QAE; Emily Birtles is a Student Experience Officer and Lianya Qiu is a PhD student and Dissertation Buddies coordinator at the Moray House School of Education and Sport. Students are encouraged to lead these activities, or to encourage peer engagement. link] McPherson, C.,

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 5, 2017

Fourteen students attended the all-day workshop and were guided through multiple steps to create their own board game. Since February 2016 we have run an additional full-day workshop with the postgraduate Design Informatics students, two half-day workshops, and a one-hour challenge for staff. Jan 5, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 20, 2023

In Higher Education, check-ins are “more important than ever” ( insidehighered.com ) not only to keep students engaged with the curriculum, but to “gauge people’s well-being and see how they’re doing” (ibid). As my own research develops, I see check-in as a potential tool for engaging in play. More Than Just Housekeeping.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Look out for a Student Wellbeing Teaching Matters mini-series in July and August 2019. The benefits of blogging for PhD students (25th May 2017) Blogging is increasingly being recognised as an established method of communicating academic writing. However, he argues just doing one workshop is not enough… 4.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In this pos t, Nichola Kett (Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement) looks back at the University’s work on the student transitions-Enhancement Theme and highlights updated sector resources, whilst Lucy Evans (Deputy Secretary, Students) outlines the University’s planned work on continuous service improvement aligned to the student journey.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 22, 2024

Students engaged in ASA DataFest hackathon In this extra post, Serveh Sharifi, Vanda Inacio, Ozan Evkaya, and Amanda Lenzi, academics from the School of Mathematics, share their experience and insights on hosting the American Statistical Association (ASA) DataFest 2024 at The University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 23, 2020

To some degree, this feedback is perfectly understandable: students are asked to do derivations at exams and observing how a professional physicist tackles a derivation is not dissimilar to an apprentice observing a master when learning a craft. While some institutions are developing approaches for more advanced courses (e.g. Gutfreund and V.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

Barrie, 2004:262 However, what I have noticed through practice is that this undoubtedly critical element of higher education are often still attempted to be “taught”. This is supported by international studies of the need for higher education environment to do more applied “living curriculum” (Bath, et al., Adelaide, October 2017.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 9, 2017

We intend to extend this to build a framework of techniques that students can build up over the course of their degree. 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.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Student-staff partnership is now a timeless concept and integral practice within Higher Education (HE) ( Bovill, 2019 ). This includes the use of Student Partnership Agreements (SPA) which seem to be widespread amongst Scottish HEIs. Maisha is heavily invested in the area of race and religious equality in Higher Education.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Photo credit: Flip Design Agency Following on from her earlier post this year , Zoe Patterson, Programme Director for Graphic Design at ECA, describes another student engagement initiative that benefits both undergraduate and school students… What the f**k is Graphic Design? Sep 13, 2018

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Both Sarah and I were intrigued by how students learn when using social media, and we decided to review the evidence to see if it was beneficial or not, and, if it was, how we could incorporate it effectively into nursing education. A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: protocol.

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Parchment

JUNE 6, 2023

Commonly referred to as credit loss, the majority of this loss is attributable to a student’s credits typically counting as electives instead of counting as a general education requirement or as a course within their planned major area of study. Take community college students as an example.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The first post is from Stuart Nicol , Head of Educational Design & Engagement (acting), Learning, Teaching & Web Services Division, who will set the scene for the series, and provide more information about the work of Learn Foundations. Sep 3, 2019

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 23, 2017

Educational Researcher 27(2), 4-13. Mar 23, 2017 On two metaphors for learning and the dangers of choosing just one.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 4, 2017

Research proves that students perceive multimedia feedback (either video or audio) as more individualised and easier to comprehend and act upon ( West and Turner 2015 ). Video assessment and feedback improves student engagement by reaching those students who are more “visually oriented”. Jul 4, 2017

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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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