The Scholarly Teacher

MAY 12, 2022

Farrell and Brunton (2020) uncovered themes essential to online student engagement. They found that the peer community created through online forums, social interactions, and collaborative activities were significant factors in students feeling supported and encouraged, leading to their overall course and content engagement.

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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 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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 8, 2024

Joshua Reda There are also students who don’t have stable or consistent homes who want a place to reside while pursuing their education. Approximately 8% of the overall student population live in the housing. It has been at or near capacity since 2017. The building is in proximity to classes and campus resources.

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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. References 1.

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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? The Internet and Higher Education, 10 (3), 157–172. 

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Intrinsic motivation is bolstered by enabling student agency in the classroom. Choices give students the freedom to “intervene in and influence their learning environments and learning pathways” (Klemenčič, 2017, p. Ungrading: Why rating students undermines learning (and what to do instead), 91-104. Klemenčič, M.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

She has been a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2017. London, UK: Nicholas Brealey Publishing. Paula Smith Dr Paula Smith is Deputy Programme Director for the MSc in Critical Care. Feb 20, 2025

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 25, 2022

The bed-rock of co-created curriculum is positive student-staff relationships: “Frequent and high quality student–instructor interactions are one of the most empirically supported educational best practices in higher education” (Bingham et al 2021, p13). Journal of College Student Personnel 25 (4) 297–308.

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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 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?

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

However, implementing co-creation faces hurdles like students’ reluctance to participate (Cook-Sather & Luz, 2015 ; Mapstone et al., Navigating Gaps and Strategies for Effective Co-Creation Pooja: In my experience, student-staff partnerships in curriculum design can profoundly enhance the learning experience and boost engagement.

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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

Success at undergraduate does not guarantee success at post-graduate (Hussy & Smith 2010) and study at postgraduate taught (PGT) level can be affected by difficulties in understanding expectations, and fewer opportunities (or time) for developing community and sense of belonging (McPherson, Punch & Graham, 2017). link] McPherson, C.,

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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. NØRGÅRD, R.

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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., and Swann, R.

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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 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. Their results were rather conclusive… 2. Dec 20, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The programme started in 2014 and there are now 115 students enrolled with the first cohort due to successfully complete their Certificate in May 2017. Lauren and her fellow students have been visiting local schools to boost their teaching skills and inspire pupils to consider scientific careers. Feb 3, 2017

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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.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2023

from Pixabay [text image edited and background added] In this extra post, Dr Lissette Aviles reflects on her experiences presenting an innovative approach to incorporate person-centred and compassionate principles to teaching in higher education. ’, Teaching in Higher Education. Image by M. link] McCormack, B.

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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 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 Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. The most effective career education is embedded within what students are already doing – its relevance is clearer that way. Jan 10, 2017

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

At this early stage, the student receives feedback from their SLICC staff tutor, who offers them guidance on how they may gain greater insight during the learning experience and maximise the available opportunities. Simon is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Mar 2, 2017

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 9, 2017

It also seeks to enhance the learning and development opportunities these activities provide and encourage students to see the relevance of these activities in preparing them for their future. We wanted to engage pro-actively with the HEAR and use it to benefit student learning from co- and extra-curricular activity.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This finding is relevant to one of the biggest worries about lecture recordings: that students will stop coming to lectures. From our results, it seems reasonable to conclude that if lectures have some discernible additional benefit, then students will attend them rather than watch online. Higher Education , 1–19.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Some colleagues who have an interest in technology-enhanced learning joined the team, and we spent two years rigorously synthesising the literature on social media in nursing and midwifery education (O’Connor et al, 2017). A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: protocol. Joliffe, S.,

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

Digital Sociology MSc students engage in workshops about how sociology is communicated and how knowledge is created and curated online each year as a response to the recent ASA article. In the news The University of Edinburgh recently won at the Herald Higher Education Awards 2019 for its Wikimedia in the Curriculum work.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 30, 2022

As our students have told me over the last 20 years ‘classism is all over campus – but nobody wants to talk about it’. As Diane Reay (2016a) writes, social class in Higher Education is still the elephant in the room. The Review of Higher Education, 30(2), 145-184. Bloomsbury Publishing. Langhout, R. Piketty, T.

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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

JUNE 2, 2020

This month’s issue will feature posts from members of the university who lead different projects aimed at supporting students in their university journey.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

A criticism sometimes made of institutional ‘students as partners’ projects is that they are limited to those who can spare the time and have the financial security to be able to volunteer (Matthews, Dwyer, Hine, & Turner, 2018, p. Conceptions of students as partners. Higher Education, 76, 957–971. Sep 12, 2019

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This setup allows students to interact with mathematical concepts visually, making it easier to grasp and experiment with different scenarios by adjusting the sliders. Since 2017 she has been working as Facilitator in Technology Enhanced Mathematical Education at the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 19, 2017

The tool that we have developed will be of benefit students at all levels of higher education, and we encourage colleagues from across the University to try using the tool with their own students. She also leads on the Schools VetPALs scheme and other student-led activities. Apr 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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