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Photo: Mihaela Bodlovic During this year’s Festival of Creative Learning, 19th-23rd February 2018, more than 130 events took place across the University organised by over 120 Event Organisers. Lucy Ridley Lucy Ridley is the Projects & Engagement Administrator for the Institute for Academic Development. Apr 25, 2018
To wrap up the year, this editorial post celebrates the top ten viewed Teaching Matters blog posts in 2018. Smile(y) and the whole student body will smile with you (5th June 2018) A simple yet highly effective technique, Dr Ben Marder explores the significance of adding a smiley face to email communication with students.
Photo credit: Pixabay, JESHOOTS-com, CC0 In this post, Dr Louise Connelly and Dr Jessica Martin, based at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, describe the findings from a PTAS -funded project (2017-2018), which involved postgraduate students in the curriculum design of a fully-online research methods, data analysis and statistics (RMDAS) (..)
Teaching Matters in Academic Year 2018/2019 Credit: Pixabay, CC0, harishs Teaching Matters has been growing steadily since its inception in January 2016 – in June 2018, readership peaked at 4,300. Aug 1, 2018 To purchase tickets to these shows, and view the rest of our amazing programme, head to the website here.
Nov 13, 2018 This year, Vikky will be applying for Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Her main areas of interest in veterinary medicine are wildlife, exotics, and teaching.
Those who are completely occupied with tasks of today have little to no time to devote to strategic planning and forthcoming challenges (Schisow, 2018). Human Resource Development Review,10 (1), 6–25. , [link]. Association for Supervision & CurriculumDevelopment. Schisow, J. B & T Weekly. Wiggins, G., &
With this blog post we are delighted to announce the call for applications to participate in the curated week of the Festival, taking place from 19th – 23rd February 2018. This is a unique opportunity for you to embrace your creative spirit and find space for your imagination to flourish.
The itinerary of the Trek included lectures on traditional artisanal techniques, the technology of a cotton mill, approaches to empowering workers in modern garment workshops as well as an inspirational talk by Anita Dongre, one of India’s top designers, and a session with the editors of Vogue India, who featured the Trek in their July 2018 edition.
Nov 13, 2018 This year, Vikky will be applying for Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Her main areas of interest in veterinary medicine are wildlife, exotics, and teaching.
For example, students’ and staff members’ increased enjoyment of learning and teaching alongside their professional development are particularly notable (Bovill & Bulley, 2011; Lubicz-Nawrocka, 2018; Lubicz-Nawrocka & Simoni, 2018; Matthews, 2016; Mercer-Mapstone et al., San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Hailing from Texas, McClellan earned a BS in computer science and a minor in African Studies from MIT in June 2018 and received an MEng in computer science in June 2019. She also serves as a cybersecurity curriculumdeveloper and mentor to improve representation of minority women in tech roles.
Students hand-printing during Welcome Week 2018. This transformational research-led educational partnership has been recognised by the Education Institutional Partnership of the Year 2018 award at the British Business Awards. ZJE Institute students and staff at the Freshers’ Welcome Week 2018. Dec 12, 2018
UCVME students receiving their Certificates at the Vet School prize-giving Summer 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. Sep 11, 2018
Another key paper from 2018 is a study from the School of Law at Swansea University, conducted as part of their pilot of institutional lecture recording. Nov 21, 2018 Please do get in touch if you would like to discuss an idea or suggest an area where we should be commissioning specific research. References Draper, M. and Clifton, M.
Hood & Littlejohn, 2018) The Wikimedia residency is a free resource available to all staff and students interested in exploring how to benefit from and contribute to the free and open Wikimedia projects. Bibliography Wadewitz, A. Teaching with Wikipedia: the Why, What, and How. Retrieved from [link] Mathewson, J., & McGrady, R.
Over the past few years, universities across the UK have been acknowledging the work led by BME (Black and Minority Ethnic) students, and are better understanding the necessity of a diverse and representative curriculum.
Our first deadline was to deliver a formative exam to Year 6 students (final year) at the end of October 2018. Mar 15, 2018 We aimed to give a formative exam to all students in semester one and to ensure all summative assessments could be delivered. He is also Deputy chair of the Medical School Council Assessment Alliance Board.
Let’s continue giving students more chances to develop the skills and mindsets they really need to succeed in life after university. Tobias Thejll-Madsen Tobias Thejll-Madsen is a 4th year psychology student graduating July 2018. May 22, 2018
Instead students need to develop their own sense of belonging in a relationship of trust with staff (Matheson and Sutcliffe 2018) and fellow students. Developing Belonging, Community and Creating Professional Identity. Belonging, however, does not grow from a series of events or interventions alone. To a mouse. Matheson, R. &
Since last time, we have looked through NSS free text comments regarding joint degrees from the past four years (2015-2018 inclusive). Sep 3, 2018 Our investigations are ongoing, and we are yet to conduct our interviews with staff and students. However, we do have some findings worth sharing.
I have listened to the students’ insistence about the viability and longevity of Design Agency and, far from phasing it out, I have in fact expanded it into distinct 20 and 40 credit courses, some of which will be open to learners outside of the discipline in academic session 2018/19. Jun 7, 2018
Jun 19, 2018 Whilst identifying an optimum proportion of time to dedicated to interactive activities would be difficult, further research could aim to provide some general guidance as to the most effective learning environment, thereby allowing enhanced learning and promotion of the scientific skill-set. Loads, D., & McQueen, H.
He is a Fulbright Award Recipient for 2018-19 and will spend some of his time working on exchange of best practice in postgraduate teaching at the Biofrontiers Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Aug 15, 2018 He has worked in industry and academia and works at the interface between chemistry and biomedicine.
For the second semester of 2018-9, this course has been redeveloped by myself and Morgan Currie, as ‘ Data Design and the City’. Oct 25, 2018 This course specifically focussed on interdisciplinary, problem-based learning, and was run in partnership with the Social Responsibility and Sustainability department.
I am certain I will greatly develop a broad skill set that will be invaluable throughout my university career … I am looking forward to continuing with it. – Anonymous student feedback from current year (2018-19) student at the end of Week Sarah Ivory Dr Sarah Birrell Ivory is a Lecturer in the Business School. Oct 11, 2018
We invited all IFP alumni from 2018-2023, and seven volunteered from across all years of UG study. We took the opportunity presented by the Student Partnership Agreement (SPA) to engage IFP alumni in the construction of this student-led project.
At the secondary school level, increasingly teachers need to react to the demands of parents who want a role in curriculumdevelopment. There were 51 school shootings in 2022 that resulted in injuries or deaths, the most in a single year since Education Week began tracking such incidents in 2018.
Our ethos is that assessments build competencies, attributes and confidence, as well as promote a sense of community (Ogle 2018). Higher Education Research & Development , 27(1), pp.55-67. Across the programme, we strive to provide a broad range of pedagogically and professionally appropriate assessments. Oberle, A.P., Sambell, K.,
Two educators at Stanford University, Dave Evans and Bill Burnett, developed the approach to help students to design their life at university and beyond (Burnett and Evans, 2018). Life Design is a creative, iterative, human-centered, problem-solving methodology that can be applied to navigate change and transition throughout life.
Jan 22, 2018 Sian Bayne Sian is Professor of Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, based in the Moray House School of Education. Sian is the Assistant Principal of Digital Education and teaches on the MSc in Digital Education.
Curricula do not fall on to the page fully formed, but are built around a series of choices made by educators. – Jester, 2018, p.606. This month’s theme centres on course and programme design.
P.S. If you don’t know Elbow – try their 2018 Best Of or start with Build a Rocket Boys. Aug 8, 2018 Once you’ve learned the tricks I’ve used, you will be off and running, and will probably invent more. If you do, please share them with me. It’s one of my Desert-Island Discs.
The first Our Health pilot projects were launched in July 2018 and ran for 7 weeks across the summer break. You can find her on Twitter @szoormcelhinney Oct 30, 2018 Helen created and leads Our Health and is particularly interested in interdisciplinary learning and community-based research and engagement.
There are so many constraints and traditions in academia that I think blogs give us a place to experiment freely with how we conduct our core business of being an academic: discovering, developing and sharing knowledge. You can find her on Twitter @jilly_mackay Sep 26, 2018
She is an Academic Developer (Learning and Teaching Enhancement) in the Institute for Academic Development, and provides support for University course and programme design. Sep 3, 2018 Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.
Oct 1, 2018 Jackie Barnhart Jackie Barnhart is the Student and Academic Services Manager for the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, and is one of the Professional Services staff making a contribution to the School’s enhancement project on Joint Degree Programmes.
Faculty described feeling similarly unsure of curriculumdevelopment, both in terms of what prior knowledge students might have and what could be considered the “core” topics of higher education assessment. & Roberts, D. Student Affairs Assessment: Theory to Practice. Assessing Student Learning: A Common Sense Guide. Schuh, J.H.,
The academic year 2017/2018 is the first year both courses will have the full 4 years of students in place. Students in Shanghai get the opportunity to work with professionals they would not normally have the chance to engage with.
She is an Academic Developer (Learning and Teaching Enhancement) in the Institute for Academic Development, and provides support for University course and programme design. Oct 2, 2018 Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.
Jan 31, 2018 She has been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2004, and has recently completed the Edinburgh Teaching Award towards Senior Fellow. Paula has written blogs for the Educational Design and Engagement team.
Mar 22, 2018 Tim Fawns Dr Tim Fawns is an Academic Coordinator on the MSc in Clinical Education and part-time tutor on the MSc in Digital Education. He is also the director of the international Edinburgh Summer School in Clinical Education. His main academic interests are in education, technology and memory.
The new programmes will be delivered for the first time in the academic year 2018. Perhaps one of the most important lessons the programme teams took from the ELDeR was not to be afraid to think critically about teaching practice, much as we also hope to teach our students to become critical thinkers.
Feb 27, 2018 As a teacher, the experience of working with colleagues and students from different schools on a project of practical value was immensely satisfying and I believe will lead to further collaboration, both to tackle current issues and in different modes of teaching.
Sep 18, 2018 Richard Gratwick Dr Richard Gratwick joined the School of Mathematics in 2016 as a University Teacher, and in the 2017/18 EUSA Teaching Awards won the van Heyningen Award for Teaching in Science and Engineering.
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