Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Running out of blog space now… but it is important to keep in mind that the effects of teaching on learning depend on many other factors than those mentioned here, as can be seen in the mind map, below, while an article covering the same topics is available as complementary to this blog.

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Research Higher Education Education Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Through conversations with my peers, I learned many flourished under the cut and dry method of teaching: you read the articles, you come to lectures, you listen, and you learn. However, there seemed to be little room for discussion or debate – my preferred methods of learning—in my postgraduate course. I found myself bored.

Food 52

Food Media Research Curriculum Development 52

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

While one may have asked too many questions to the students on topics they should instead have been simply informed about, perhaps making the lectures ‘too easy’, another would cover vast amounts of academic literature in a single lecture, citing dozens of books and articles, and making some students feel a bit lost.

Management 52

Management Curriculum Development IT Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 8, 2016

Students can be taught how to edit in up to 60 minutes and thereafter can research and write, with academic rigour, brand new Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia is much more straightforward using the new Visual Editor interface which makes editing Wikipedia now as easy as using Microsoft Word.

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Research Media Educational Programs Higher Education 52

Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

The final assessment was a ‘response article’ that contributed to the debate over one of the papers by critiquing its arguments or developing its thesis in some new direction. The best response articles (and many were excellent) were sent to the theorists in question. The theorists then had a chance to respond to the responses.

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Research Media International Studies Medical 52

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

A BP article paints a bleaker picture, particularly for engineering, highlighting a 20,000 annual shortfall of engineering graduates, and a lack of racial and gender diversity. But STEM still faces challenges. This is where Engineering for Change (E4C) can help.

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Engineering Curriculum Development IT Student Engagement 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Many of these participants have been post-doctoral, but they have found the courses very useful when writing articles, for example. It can be hard for these academics to maintain their sense of academic identity, so I was delighted when one participant told me that the course had made her want to engage in research again. [1]

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Research Education Higher Education IT 52

Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Many of these participants have been post-doctoral, but they have found the courses very useful when writing articles, for example. It can be hard for these academics to maintain their sense of academic identity, so I was delighted when one participant told me that the course had made her want to engage in research again. [1]

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Learning will be, at times, uncomfortable and necessarily slow: Therefore, educators must create safe and supportive spaces in which students can take intellectual risks and navigate interdisciplinaritys non-linear learning journey. A peer-reviewed journal article is forthcoming.

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Research Higher Education Education Curriculum Development 69

The Change Leader, Inc.

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Maue highlighted a crucial challenge in the integration of AI into education: the knowledge gap between students, who are often more familiar with these technologies, and faculty or administration. This discrepancy presents unique challenges in curriculum development and teaching methodologies.

Higher Education 52

Higher Education Budget and Finance Management Education Computers and Informational Technology 52