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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Top ten tips for teaching online

Teaching Matters Academic Support

2019), we cite the musician Bjork, who said that “If electronic music has no soul, it is because nobody put it there.” The level of engagement that is possible in online teaching came as a surprise to participants in Aitken & Loads’ (2019) paper describing the experiences of educators new to online teaching. References Aitken, G.,

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Mini-series: Engaging with lecture recording: Learning from each other

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Starting next month, the workshops will run through Semester 2, with the aim of having materials in place for the start of teaching 2019/20 to support staff and students using the service. That is the question being addressed by a team from the Medical School in this PTAS project.

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Learning from each other: Creating a scholarly community of practice through peer tutoring

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

As part of the role, postgraduate peer tutors can work towards their Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), in a similar way to the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education. All of the peer tutors are professionals, returning to study with a view to developing their careers. Mar 12, 2019

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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Developing positive supervisory relationships in online masters dissertations

Teaching Matters Online Learning

In some of our other work (Fawns et al 2019) we have argued, in the context of taught post-graduate programmes that online learning can be an embodied, socially meaningful experience. Gill Aitken Gill Aitken is the Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education, Edinburgh Medical School. Reference: Fawns, T., and Jones, D.,

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“Coffee anyone?” Encouraging student and staff informal interaction in Biomedical Sciences

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In discussion with students and staff, we are currently reviewing all students staff extra -curricular events to ensure we offer a mix of activities that would appeal to our diverse community. Apr 30, 2019 We are also considering how to effectively include our vast online BMS community in these events.

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Welcome to the October issue of Teaching Matters: Research-led teaching and learning

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Related Teaching Matters posts to read: Exploring research-led teaching at senate , by Dr Amy Burge Research-led teaching and learning: In search of meaning , by Dr Medhat Khattar Social Science in Medical Education: Reflections on research led teaching , by Dr Jeni Harden. Oct 3, 2019 References Trowler, P. & & Wareham, T.