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Welcome to Jan-March learning & teaching enhancement theme: In-class Perspectives to Engaging and Empowering Learners

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Source: Pixabay Welcome to the Jan-March Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: In-class Perspectives to Engaging and Empowering Learners In the third instalment of this series, I am excited to share the thoughts and reflections from authors represented in seven blog posts.

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Dear Dan, We Need More Frankensteins: The Value of the SAAL Blog for HESA Student Learning

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

You see, your campus assessment monsters (Kaczmarek, 2018) have served as a key component of my class on “Ethical and Political Considerations in Assessment” for my Foundations of Assessment in Higher Education and Student Affairs course since the fall of 2020. Your blog post and others (e.g., Jossey-Bass.

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Student engagement in research-led learning and teaching

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

What is research-led learning and teaching? Learning TO DO RESEARCH: Students learn how to develop specific or general skills as researchers – they are taught how to do their own research and undertake research themselves.

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Rewilding creativity: Teaching interdisciplinarity in tutorials

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Source: Pixabay In this enlightening blog post, Qingrou Zhao, a third-year history PhD student at The School of History, Classics, and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh, delves deeply into the concept of “rewilding creativity” through interdisciplinary teaching in tutorials.

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Creating Classroom Camaraderie to Promote Learning: 3 Strategies

The Scholarly Teacher

Key Statement : Intentionally developing a welcoming classroom environment increases student engagement and cultivates meaningful classroom relationships. Keywords: engagement, motivation, relationship. Maintaining student engagement is difficult; this is not a controversial opinion or surprise to most faculty.

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Recognizing Great Work in Assessment: 2nd Annual SAAL Awards!

Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

Alice Mitchell, University of Maryland Alice is an Affiliate Assistant Professor for the University of Maryland, College Park student affairs program, having taught the Student Affairs Assessment course for a number of years. Innovation (or Creativity) in Assessment Award Team award for new or unique assessment projects or methods.

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Student presentations: An authentic assessment for online postgraduate students

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Emily OReilly, Deputy Director of the Online MSc in International Animal Health at The University of Edinburgh, explores the effective use of student presentations to assess online postgraduate students. It also provides opportunities for students to build confidence in communicating in an academic setting.