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Welcome to March-April Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Celebrating Best Practices

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Highlighting three specific innovationsTactical Decision Games, Telephone Consulting Virtual Simulation, and Shadowbox Simulationthe post details how each method helps students develop crucial decision-making skills and adapt to real-world medical scenarios without the high costs or constraints of physical simulation labs.

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Teaching in Dialogue: Content-independent learning

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

The way in which textbooks cement a particular kind of curriculum came to mind in the context of developing my own textbook, Dead White Men and Other Important People , with Ralph Fevre, which had its second edition published this year. The book introduces students to sociological ideas.

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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The course staff feel that a more private blog is a good way for students to express ideas and reflect on them (in a safe space), and really helps the course staff and the student to connect. Dr Simon Riley is using it in part of the Student-Led, Individually-Created Courses (SLICCs) project. Look out for it!