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An introduction to student and staff co-creation of the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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. This can also be downloaded as an Open Access e-book from Sense Publishers.

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‘Empowering postgraduate tutors’ in History

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Additionally, I held consultations with a number of undergraduates who provided feedback on their learning experience in history and were encouraged to nominate staff who they felt had been good tutors, had provided particularly helpful feedback for assessments, and were effective lecturers. Apr 18, 2017

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Teaching, football and facilitator metaphors

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Mar 23, 2017 Chris O’Shea Chris O’Shea is a Clinical Tutor Associate on the MBChB programme in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine and is currently undertaking the Postgraduate Certificate for Academic Practice.

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Mini-series: The importance of diversifying the curriculum: Reflections from the Senate Task Group

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Diva Mukherji Diva Mukherji is the current Vice President Education at Edinburgh University Students’ Association. She studied Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University, and held the position of Black and Minority Ethnic Officer in 2017/18. May 8, 2019

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Enhancing the student learning experience via social media

Teaching Matters Online Learning

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. Joliffe, S.,

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'Empowering postgraduate tutors' in History

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Additionally, I held consultations with a number of undergraduates who provided feedback on their learning experience in history and were encouraged to nominate staff who they felt had been good tutors, had provided particularly helpful feedback for assessments, and were effective lecturers. Apr 18, 2017