Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I recently completed my PhD at the University of Queensland where in 2017 I was also the Project Co-Lead on the collaborative design of a university-wide student-staff partnership program. I have just come back from the student engagement conference, RAISE 2018 , and my mind is still buzzing with new ideas.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

I came into this programme as a mentor, along with Julie Dickson from the R(D)SVS, when the first cohort of UCVME students were nearing completion of their degrees (and their UCVME certificates) and were writing their AFHEA submissions. I am consistently inspired by what happens when we allow our students to take the reins in teaching.

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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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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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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. The opening keynote was by Eric Stoller.

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The Scholarly Teacher

APRIL 27, 2022

Technology and writing centers, counseling services, and student health centers go unvisited (Medina & Posadas, 2012). Simple ways for faculty to increase student engagement with university services involve frequently and routinely advertising them and normalizing their use. & Park, T.J. Pedagogy of the oppressed.

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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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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?

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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. Catherine Bovill Dr Catherine Bovill is Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh. Oct 5, 2017

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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 Employment

MARCH 1, 2017

Future Teaching Matters themes include: Tutoring and demonstrating – April 2017 PhD experience – May 2017 Assessment and Feedback – June 2017 If you’d like to contribute a blog post, video, or other media on any upcoming themes or any teaching-related subject, let us know. Mar 1, 2017

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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 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

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

OCTOBER 6, 2017

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Monday 23rd October 2017. Since February we have dedicated a lot of time to reviewing all processes and feedback, aiding us to gain a greater understanding of how we can support all staffs and students realise their ideas as part of the Festival. Oct 6, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 28, 2017

The role of the SLA encompasses pastoral support akin to that provided by Student Support Officers found in other Schools, but additionally includes subject-specific academic guidance. Mar 28, 2017

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 5, 2017

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. We’ll be returning for 2017 with an updated event, Board Game Jam: the expansion. View student’s games from the 2016 event on Open.Ed Jan 5, 2017

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

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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

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. While some institutions are developing approaches for more advanced courses (e.g.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 18, 2017

The website has five sections – Tutoring, Lecturing, Student Engagement, Assessment and Feedback and Studying History at Edinburgh, reflecting postgraduates’ suggestions. Apr 18, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies. She is an Academic Developer (Learning and Teaching Enhancement) in the Institute for Academic Development, and provides pedagogical support for University course and programme design. Sep 3, 2019

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

The four research projects I have led so far are directly related to a part of my applied research work in proposing future-oriented collaborative solutions in a highly technical space access architecture domain ( Vidmar and Webber, 2017 ). Adelaide, October 2017. M and Weber. Augrandjean, F., Doublet, S., and Millar, A.

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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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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 23, 2017

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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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 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 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. Zuzanna Konieczna Zuzanna Konieczna is currently a second year Medicinal and Biological Chemistry MChem student.

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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. Dasha did Global Challenges For Business course in Autumn 2017, and found it very useful and impactful. Previously she attended The King Alfred School in London.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

This seemed like the next logical step in the evolution of a staff-run “Study Skills Week” to a largely student-run, but staff supported, “Making of a Better You” week. This proved a big success with a number of very positive comments from staff and students.

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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

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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. Jan 10, 2017 It wasn’t that I was wrong in my approach before, but I didn’t really grasp that the twin concerns of academic performance and career aspiration could be interconnected.

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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 Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Designed by Dr Sarah Ivory , the new course was a response to criticism that previous years’ introductory business courses, which essentially used each week to showcase a different field in the study of business, lacked structure and purpose.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Finally, in a post-conference social, we celebrated our achievements in 2017-2018 as a community. PGRs picnicking in the Meadows. Photo credit: Susannah Johnston.

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