Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Photo credit: Flickr, Muffet, CC0 In this post, a visiting Research Fellow from Australia, Dr Lucy Mercer-Mapstone, explores the question: is scaling-up of student-staff partnership initiatives necessarily a good approach?… Research shows that partnership initiatives are often small-scale.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Vet students work with a model of a dog’s head [Paul Dodds]. Some of the students also attend staff talks on educational topics, which they find helpful for their own teaching. Of the 8 students who have so far applied for the AFHEA across 2017 and 2018, all have been successful in achieving Associate Fellow status.

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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? Sep 19, 2017 iStock [kubkoo] Teaching at scale poses specific challenges.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Given my research background, I cannot claim authority in teaching and pedagogy research. Technology and writing centers, counseling services, and student health centers go unvisited (Medina & Posadas, 2012). Students may ask (silently or otherwise) why a particular course unit matters. Some I share here.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

This stems from my passionate belief that students can make a real and valuable contribution to the academic research and that engaging in this kind of work is empowering them to recognise their transferable skills and exciting them to continue in study, research and other academic pursuits.

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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). How does prior knowledge influence learning engagement? Theoretical  framework, research and practice (pp. & Arbaugh, J.

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The Scholarly Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Effectively creating an engaging online course requires planning, creativity, and ongoing interactions. A main component of successful teaching and learning is student engagement (Khan et al., 2017), and understanding how to encourage interactions between peers and instructors is vital to effective learning. achievement.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

While many courses of this kind are excellent, there is nevertheless the danger of conveying an impression that research and teaching are disconnected. Research is something that happens upstream, where experts produce ideas. The course is designed to bridge the gap between teaching and research. General discussion ensued.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

A: The APEX 5 high altitude medical research expedition, which gave its student volunteers and organisers a unique and unforgettable learning experience. In summer 2017, APEX 5 – the latest Apex expedition – made the Bolivian Andes its research laboratory and home for a week. Our research at 4,700m – 3.5

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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

JULY 16, 2024

Ankita Chattopadhyay is a recent graduate with an MSc by Research (MScR) in Infection Medicine (Biomedical Sciences). 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.,

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 23, 2020

the University of Colorado Boulder’s work on upper division teaching [7]), there remain many open questions about how students can effectively engage with very advanced, complex material during lecture-style classes without becoming overwhelmed. In addition, he supervises Senior Honours, MPhys and PhD research projects.

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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 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. Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

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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). Etkind, et al (2017). Student engagement through partnership in higher education. They support them to live well until the end of their life. You can read the final PTAS report here.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 5, 2017

Both staff and students are invited to apply to run events and it’s a great way to experiment with new teaching and learning formats. 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 Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Recognising this as a team of five postgraduate research students (PGR) representatives, we organised intellectually stimulating events focusing on the academic, social and wellbeing development of our diverse PGR learning community. Finally, in a post-conference social, we celebrated our achievements in 2017-2018 as a community.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 3, 2019

Although uncommon, this task was an especially fitting choice of work for students on this specific programme because Digital Sociology is not only about the objects of study and methods of inquiry, but also about the use of digital platforms for engaging with the public (Marres, 2017). References Marres, N. Polity Press.

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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. Sep 27, 2018

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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 Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

In comparison, the challenges for conducting interdisciplinary research seem to be at a lower level, for instance with the funding of a research grant, or as a student project – they are discrete and have clearly defined objectives. Furthermore, those resources of money and researchers, act as great enablers.

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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

MAY 4, 2017

The College of Science and Engineering has over 1700 registered PhD students at various stages of their programme. There are a large number of students who are supervised by members of staff of external organisations such as the Scotland’s Rural College, the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh and the National Museum of Scotland.

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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?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

We introduced the UCVME in 2014 as we wanted to formally recognise the important role our students play in our teaching and learning processes. We have had over 140 students enrol on the programme and, so far, 22 have completed the programme in 2017, and 35 in 2018. I was really surprised how much I enjoyed the trip.

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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 Academic Support

DECEMBER 6, 2018

But attending the first ever GCB Awards Ceremony Night in 2017 gave me an opportunity to take a minute and look back at how much we had all achieved throughout this course. Nowadays, there is a lot of false and misleading information that we should recognise and avoid using when we are conducting research. Dec 6, 2018

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Yet many classes, particularly in pre-honours science subjects, use a flipped, active learning approach where students do a pre-lecture activity (e.g. This finding is relevant to one of the biggest worries about lecture recordings: that students will stop coming to lectures. Physical Review Physics Education Research , 12 (1), 010140.

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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). Sarah was keen to co-lead the review to gain some research experience during her undergraduate studies.

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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. This led me to reflect on my previous teaching experience: how often had I asked students to really reflect on their learning and on the range of skills and experiences it provided? Jan 10, 2017

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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. Feb 3, 2017 I am really pleased to receive this fellowship.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

(Cronon, 2012) At The University of Edinburgh, we have quickly generated real examples of technology-enhanced learning activities appropriate to the curriculum and transformed our students, staff and members of the public from being passive readers and consumers to being active, engaged contributors. O’Connor, S., Johnson, I.;

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 8, 2019

The Students’ Association Liberation Campaigns have been leading these conversations for years, and have sometimes been met with huge criticism. Research shows that there is a national BME attainment gap; that marginalised groups experience a “leaky pipeline” at different levels throughout University. May 8, 2019

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 12, 2017

Peer Instruction [1] is a structured way to boost the effectiveness of in-class questions and student discussion. It provides a clear framework that guides the instructor and the students through a learning ‘episode’. As an approach, it is now well established and has some solid research evidence behind it [2]. Apr 12, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 19, 2017

This digital platform was chosen for its familiarity and ease of access for staff and students. Our approach to academic misconduct and to the development of this particular tool is based upon several years of thinking about academic misconduct, reading research and reflecting upon how best to approach this topic with both students and staff.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2023

As a registered nurse and academic, I’m passionate about improving people’s lives and health through education and research. As an educator, I constantly explore innovative approaches to make learning meaningful and relevant for students, practitioners and staff alike. link] McCormack, B. Brendan McCormack et al. McCormack, B.

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