Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 13, 2019

At the same time, thought has gone into how we can support staff and students to get the most out of their blogs for research, teaching, reflection, etc. Lorna Campbell has developed a great workshop, ‘ Blogging to build your professional profile’, with a wonderful, open blog used as course material.

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Roompact

JULY 21, 2023

In this blog post, we. Understanding the dynamics and relationships among residents is essential for creating a positive living environment. A floor sociogram is a powerful tool that can help RAs gain valuable insights into these dynamics. Continue Reading →

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NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We do encourage those who use it (directly or with the new staff that they support) to feedback on their experience; this will enable us to see how to develop it in the future and if there are complementary resources we could also provide. This post originally featured on the Educational Design & Engagement Blog.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 4, 2019

Financial awards of up to £15,000 help participants to develop research skills and build communities of staff and students with an interest in enhancing teaching and learning. We gratefully acknowledge that annual funding for the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme is provided by the University of Edinburgh Development Trust.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 2, 2019

In this issue, the first of hopefully many posts will be published, which will reflect on participating staff members’ experiences of their visit. Mini-series: Academic blogging We continue this month with the mini-series: Academic Blogging. Teaching in Dialogue: Content-independent learning , by Angus Bancroft.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 4, 2024

These priorities are agreed in consultation with students and staff. Once the project is completed, the project holders are invited to write a Teaching Matters blog post to disseminate and reflect on their project. Developing students who are: disciplinary experts; ready to thrive in a changing world; and highly employable.

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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. Remember to check out Prof Amy Tsui’s blog post summarising her key note here.

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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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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 4, 2024

These priorities are agreed in consultation with students and staff. Once the project is completed, the project holders are invited to write a Teaching Matters blog post to disseminate and reflect on their project. Developing students who are: disciplinary experts; ready to thrive in a changing world; and highly employable.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

These priorities are agreed in consultation with students and staff. Once the project is completed, the project holders are invited to write a Teaching Matters blog post to disseminate and reflect on their project. Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with learning and teaching.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 18, 2020

Both Spotlight series will include a mix of new and previously published blogs. Please use the web links #remoteteaching and #alternative assessments to share these blogs with colleagues. If you have practice to share or topics you would like to see covered please contact teachingmatters@ed.ac.uk. We’d be delighted to hear from you.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

I love academic blogging. In other words, there are lots of traditional research communiqués about the project, so in this blog I want to talk to you as if you’d just popped into my office for a cuppa and a chat. How we use recordings to facilitate that will require some experimentation, a little like this blog.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 22, 2024

The MOOC was developed by Dr Louise Connelly, Lecturer in Academic Development and Hayley Walters, Senior Animal Welfare Veterinary Nurse, curating contributions from a wider team. She provides pedagogical advice and develops innovative approaches for CPD resources, MOOCs, and online MSc programmes.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

Integrating and embedding the SDGs more formally into university curricula will build on the existing knowledge base that many students leave school with, and allow them to develop this further, applying it to their degree programmes in novel and innovative ways. This, in turn, will hopefully inform subsequent developments in the curricula.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Assessment is through a reflective (private) blog and/or an oral presentation. These points are available for a range of activities, such as taking courses, writing a short account of your involvement in an event, or being nominated for a EUSA teaching award.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Photo credit: pixabay, qimono, CC0 In this new ‘ Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing ‘, Teaching Matters will be sharing blog posts based on a new initiative that invites colleagues to attend lunchtime sessions aimed at promoting discussion and sharing information on teaching related practice.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

For further discussion of how research-led learning and teaching is defined, it is worth revisiting a previous Teaching Matters blog from Professor Sarah Cunningham Burley , in which she states that “existing literatures stress an inquiry-based approach as key, with students centrally involved in the learning process”.

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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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 18, 2020

Can blogging be used as an effective form of assessment from University and IAD colleagues. You can use online methods alongside face-to-face teaching as well. Here are a few links to get you started: The Manifesto for Teaching online from our excellent digital education colleagues. Editing live Wikipedia pages from Global Health.

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EAB

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Blogs A Beginner’s Guide to AI in Annual Giving What you need to know and how to start using it in your advancement strategy With each passing day, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming a more prominent topic of discussion for advancement leaders. AI and its capabilities will undoubtedly continue to evolve in the months and years ahead.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JULY 31, 2023

In this blog post, I reflect on my academic journey at the University of Edinburgh, whilst presenting my poster , “Student nurses and academics’ experiences of ‘first ever’ international Virtual Clinical Elective (VCE)” at the 2023 NHS Education for Scotland (NES) conference.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

I also take time to explain the structure of the award: they need to provide a reflective blog (or oral presentation) a record of CPD, and an account of their experience and success, all linked to the UKPSF at an appropriate level. After that, the process varies.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

However, I would consider several good examples from the Teaching Matters blog to be co-created, such as the Conservation Science course , Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World course, many examples of experiential education and place-based education , and creative learning and teaching with Lego.

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MARCH 23, 2017

I am presently enrolled on the Postgraduate Certificate for Academic Practice, and am writing a blog as part of the Designing Courses module. We were asked to read an article by Anna Sfard on acquisition and participation metaphors in learning, and consider how these apply to our own practice.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The post features a range of ‘mini-blogs’ from students who use lecture recording to support their learning… Students have been at the heart of the Lecture Recording Programme, from procurement through to delivery and support, providing a unique insight into students’ needs and wants from a lecture recording service.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MAY 9, 2016

More in-depth blogs can be found on the SBI site. For all University of Edinburgh staff who are interested in attending future TiPS events or would like to view resources via the associated Learn site – such as videos and slides – please email sbi@ed.ac.uk for more information.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

No one group of staff in the School has been given the responsibility of doing the analytics – so no one does it. I used my internship to create a guide for staff on using analytics, providing recommendations the School should consider moving forwards.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Please do visit our Learn Ultra SharePoint site and Blog to find out more about the project; we will be posting more as we progress. We will be communicating widely about the project in the coming weeks and months, so expect to hear more from us soon.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Photo credit: pixabay, qimono, CC0 In this new ‘ Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing ‘, Teaching Matters will be sharing blog posts based on a new initiative that invites colleagues to attend lunchtime sessions aimed at promoting discussion and sharing information on teaching related practice.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Teaching Matters is delighted to launch a podcast to accompany and complement the Teaching Matters blog, adding another space for conversations and debates around learning and teaching at the University of Edinburgh. The podcast invites students and staff to engage in topical conversations, which are recorded and edited as podcast episodes.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 6, 2023

For now, over the next few months, we are delighted to offer our readers a series that showcases a number of Conference presentations, including blog posts by our keynote speakers , podcast episodes, reflections on the Conference experience, as well as summaries of presenters’ talks.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Next steps What we need from people reading this blog is to start accessing the learning resources and courses and sharing as widely as they can. Workshops will be released on a quarterly basis and toolkits will be reviewed then as well.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 29, 2019

The Teaching Matters podcast accompanies and complements the Teaching Matters blog, adding another space for students and staff to have conversations and debates around learning and teaching at the University of Edinburgh. Welcome to podcast episodes 6, 7, 8 and 9: What is the value of lecture recording?

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MAY 3, 2022

Keep an eye out on the Students’ Association’s social media pages, and the Teaching Matters Blogs and Podcasts in the Students’ Association Teaching Awards 2022 ‘Hot Topic’ series over the coming weeks to find out about our nominees and join in the celebrations.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 29, 2019

A good practice resource for staff on closing the loop on student feedback can be found on the Academic Services webpage. And you can read other Teaching Matters blog posts on mid-course feedback here: Creating space for dialogue with mid-course feedback , by Professor Susan Rhind.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, @roman_lazygeek, CC0 It has long been one of the toughest technological nuts to crack: How to successfully capture chalkboard surfaces in lecture recording.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 7, 2019

Photo credit: Pixabay, pexels, CC0 In this mini-series blog post, Dr Rosie Stenhouse, a lecturer in Nursing Studies, reflects on the challenges staff and students can face in supporting mental health difficulties… Within the UK, there is an increasing incidence of mental health problems within the adolescent population.

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