Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

He discusses how the integration of these AI-driven tools into his coursework not only enhances the efficiency of learning complex programming concepts but also redefines the pedagogical strategies aimed at fostering deeper student engagement and understanding. Feb 6, 2025

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JULY 4, 2018

Robbie’s written blog that follows highlights the key messages that the video aims to make visible. Designing the course so that it is delivered locally , at Woodlands, provides enhanced and unique learning opportunities as a result of deep immersive experiences in landscapes.

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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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OCTOBER 8, 2024

Bringing together more of the interview responses with the inventory findings provides support for the ways in which teaching and learning are being developed over the last few years in Edinburgh.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 1, 2023

Recent results from the National Centre for Education Statistics show that institutions that adopted a curriculum mapping approach saw notable advancements in several areas. We'll go over the top ten advantages of employing a curriculum mapping system that is specially designed for the demands of the US educational environment in this blog post.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, hairmann, CC0 The September theme on student engagement was true to its title, engaging over 5000 student and staff readers – a new milestone for Teaching Matters’ viewing figures! Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 30, 2024

Cathy: Since the final presentations by the students we have ensured the student reports have been shared among a range of groups. The University’s Curriculum Transformation Project Student Engagement Strategy group have discussed how some of the ideas might be taken forward.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Students were also introduced to reflective learning models, as tools for their regular reflective blogs. These blogs form part of their assessed portfolio where they evidence what they have learned and demonstrate how they have met the self-designed learning outcomes for the course using the SLICC framework.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 7, 2019

At the end of the course, criteria-based facilitated group discussions are used to explore students’ engagement with the process. Assessment of the group process acknowledges the effort and skills required to enable effective group learning. Each group meets with the course organiser who facilitates the discussion.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

In this blog post, Pooja and Ankita, SACHA alumni discuss co-creation and collaboration in course design. Engaging with staff members Pooja : Through SACHA, students collaborated closely with faculty and data coaches to ensure curriculum relevance. Pooja Suresh Kumar is pursuing her Master’s degree in Public Health.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 5, 2017

This blog is an adapted extract from an invited opinion piece to be published in the Journal of Danish University Education in March 2018. 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 Experiential Learning

AUGUST 1, 2018

Once again, the Edinburgh Fringe is upon us, and this month Teaching Matters is very excited to present blog post contributions from staff and students performing at the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CoDI), as part of the Fringe. Dr Cathy Bovill who focusses on student engagement. Being an intern here on the Employ.Ed

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

In this blog post, three SACHA alumni (Foster Osei, Mtevee Amugune, and Nisha Daniel), who participated in the SACHA programme as online distance learners, discuss the impact of experiential learning on the distance learner experience and share lessons that can be translated to other areas of the curriculum.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

The range of case studies covered in the course encourages students to select topics that interest them, whilst refining skills in synthesis and written communication through succinct policy briefs. The course aims to provide multiple avenues for student engagement with sustainability in the classroom, in the field and across the university.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 3, 2019

” So, at an instrumentally beneficial level, “research-led teaching reflects and makes use of the teacher’s disciplinary research to benefit student learning and outcomes” (Trowler & Wareham, 2008). Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

In recent years, institutions have confronted historical legacies of oppression , invested in faculty diversity , and developed retention programs for Black and Latino men , among many other initiatives. Where higher ed leaders agree (and disagree) on the biggest barriers to DEIJ progress. Activities.

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MARCH 2, 2017

At this early stage, the student receives feedback from their SLICC staff tutor, who offers them guidance on how they may gain greater insight during the learning experience and maximise the available opportunities. The opportunities offered by SLICCs are only starting to be uncovered.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Bringing together more of the interview responses with the inventory findings provides support for the ways in which teaching and learning are being developed over the last few years in Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 2, 2020

She works with Jenny Scoles as the Teaching Matters Deputy Editor and Student Engagement Officer. Joséphine Foucher Joséphine is doing a PhD in Sociology at The University of Edinburgh. Her research looks at the intersection between art and politics. Apr 2, 2020

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MARCH 1, 2017

Every month Teaching Matters takes a theme and explores it through a number of blog contributions over the month. We also run an events listing page. The focus for March is Peer Learning. Remember, you can also submit details about your event and we can advertise it on Teaching Matters.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 19, 2023

Let's explore the concept of Solo Taxonomy and delve into how it can be used to design effective learning outcomes in the context of higher education in this blog. Solo Taxonomy is a hierarchical framework developed by John Biggs and Kevin Collis for designing and assessing learning outcomes. What is Solo Taxonomy?

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Intern Francesca Vavotici’s reflections on keeping a blog during her work at the Centre for Research Collections. 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. Happy reading…!

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

The Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS) is a progressive framework that empowers students to choose courses based on their interests, abilities, and career aspirations. Let’s learn how CBCS improves the quality of higher education in India in this blog post. What is a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS)?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2017

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. For further inspiration, you can read about the events acknowledged at the Festival Awards in this earlier blog post.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, CC0 Simon Fitzpatrick, a Learning Designer in EDE*, explains how it is equally important to focus on student engagement in online spaces as it is in face-to-face teaching… Recent adventures in helping academic colleagues design new MOOCs reminded me of some of the assumptions we all make when creating new online material.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

I’d recently taken on the role of senior tutor for the Geography undergraduate students and I’d decided to rethink how we run the personal tutor group meetings. Student attendance at group meetings had been patchy and many colleagues became frustrated at the lack of student engagement. References and resources Buckley, C.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 8, 2016

However, the residency isn’t just about Wikipedia and there are numerous ways where staff and students can get involved and directly contribute their knowledge & expertise to develop Wikimedia UK’s diverse range of projects.

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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. 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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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 2, 2020

She works with Jenny Scoles as the Teaching Matters Deputy Editor and Student Engagement Officer. Joséphine Foucher Joséphine is doing a PhD in Sociology at The University of Edinburgh. Her research looks at the intersection between art and politics. Apr 2, 2020

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 2, 2024

Students at SACHA Think Tank ideas launch. Photo credit: Daniel Hooper-Jones and Isaure Echivard, SACHA In this blog, SACHA staff members, Aidan Tracey and Emma Taylor discuss three common group dynamics and share key takeaways on effective teamwork. This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change Agents (SACHA).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 7, 2018

As each student progresses through the role of Design Agency intern, junior, senior, and director, their level of responsibility and workload increases. Each encounter of this spiral curriculum is assessed through reflective documentation often using diaries, blogs, films and pecha-kucha style presentations.

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Creatrix Campus

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction to Curriculum Mapping: A Comprehensive Guide editor Thu, 09/14/2023 - 02:05 In today's ever-changing educational landscape, 80% of students globally face a risk of falling behind intellectually (Wilkerson, 2020). Adaptability: The robust curriculum mapping features are designed to be adaptable.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

Students wrote blog posts summarising the papers for a wider audience, some of which were then published on the Just World Institute website (see here , here and here ). So, the course took something of the form of a research seminar, although as we note below, it was not exactly the same.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In this mini-series blog post , staff from the Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability outline the Living Lab approach to student learning and teaching, and discuss its benefits to students and academia… Living Lab projects are a key pedagogical tool that the University of Edinburgh use to increase understanding about real-world (..)

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Moreover, the reflective blog process only deepened what I gained from the novel experience. In no other aspect of academia has my identity and interest been queried as rigorously as then due to the general nature of the Law (LLB with Honours) degree until the penultimate and final years.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JUNE 11, 2024

Image credit: Pixabay, CC0 In this blog post, three SACHA alumni (Foster Osei, Mtevee Amugune, and Nisha Daniel), who participated in the SACHA programme as online distance learners, discuss the impact of experiential learning on the distance learner experience and share lessons that can be translated to other areas of the curriculum.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Actionable Advice This blog post about the Geo-Science outreach programme gives useful advice on how to structure programmes before heading into the classroom. Explain your design in front of the whole class, describing what worked and didn’t work. Compete to be the winning design against the criteria set in the task description.

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