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Student engagement inside and outside the classroom

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Staff and three students meeting for a chat on the Coffee and Cake Conversation initiative September’s introductory blog post is written by Dr Cathy Bovill, Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development. 2014) Clarifying the concept of student engagement. & Hu, S.

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Welcome to the September issue of Teaching Matters: Student Engagement

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

This month’s theme focuses on student engagement. Look out for Cathy Bovill’s blog post tomorrow, which offers a brief overview of student engagement literature, and an example of an innovative student engagement inititative. Sep 3, 2018

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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

To wrap up the year, this editorial post celebrates the top ten viewed Teaching Matters blog posts in 2018. Using lego, he found new ways to explain the importance of referencing, and shifted ‘lecture’ teaching spaces into small, engaged group work. However, he argues just doing one workshop is not enough… 4.

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Choice Meets Academic Emotions

The Scholarly Teacher

Self Determination Theory (SDT) supports autonomy as a student-centered learning environment that provides opportunities for student choice (Deci & Ryan, 2018). Not all decisions involve a sense of choice” (Deci & Ryan, 2018, p. Thus, education is a process that can change a student (Quinlan, 2016).

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Student engagement in teaching and learning: Like eating your broccoli?

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

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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Inquiring Minds Want to Know…About Social, Cognitive, and Teacher Presence Online

The Scholarly Teacher

Kari Henry Hulett , Northeastern State University Maria Gray , Northeastern State University Key Statement: Faculty can intentionally design courses using the Community of Inquiry Framework to achieve greater student engagement and learning outcomes. Image by , Unsplash. What challenges might you face?

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Learning from each other: Adventures in student engagement with learning and teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

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.