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Top ten most read Teaching Matters blog posts of 2018

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

To wrap up the year, this editorial post celebrates the top ten viewed Teaching Matters blog posts in 2018. Interestingly, three of these posts were written in 2016, showing that the blog’s content is continually being accessed both nationally, and internationally. Their results were rather conclusive… 2.

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Mini-series: Turning internships into blog posts and friendship into teamwork

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

In this article, Lila Pitcher, Student Intern with Information Services, talks about her experience of co-creating the Information Services Group (ISG) Intern Blog during the summer of 2018. So, here is my story of internships turned into blog posts, and friendship turned into teamwork. Alright, I exaggerate.

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Learning from each other: Adventures in student engagement with learning and teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Vet students work with a model of a dog’s head [Paul Dodds]. It was fantastic that they were included in the event and celebrated just as much as staff who teach; this sort of thing I feel makes us feel more like partners in learning and teaching rather than separate entities of teachers and students. References 1. Stansbie, N.,

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Welcome to the November issue of Teaching Matters: Student author month

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The University Chancellor, The HRH Princess Royal, talks to students at the workshop about blogging for Teaching Matters. This month, I am delighted to announce Teaching Matters’ focused intention to authentically engage students into conversations about learning and teaching across the University.

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Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs): Learning and teaching beyond disciplinary silos

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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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Languages beyond University: A course offering community engagement in local schools for academic credit

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

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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Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters!

Teaching Matters Student Employment

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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