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Fostering blended-mode engagement with active learning seminars

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Gerogiorgis, Personal Chair of Process Systems Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, explores the dynamic integration of active learning seminars in engineering education. Drawing on his extensive academic and research experience, Prof. How can we embark upon Active Learning Seminars without some basic study?

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Colleges need to address rise of white nationalism (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” Second, we often think of today’s college students as digital natives, but being born into a world with more opportunities to access information with technology than previous generations doesn’t mean they are born knowing how to navigate such information.

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Gamekeepers, poachers, policy wonks and knowledge

SRHE

I was excited to attend SRHE’s event, Bridging The Gap: Improving The Relationship Between Higher Education Research And Policy on 4 November 2022. The event promised to bring together and bridge the gap between those making higher education policy and those researching it. This then was quite a gap to be bridged.

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Mini-series: Academic blogging at University of Edinburgh

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

So, to address these issues, last October Information Services launched a new “Academic Blogging” service , building on some existing foundations, plugging some obvious gaps, and aiming to remove as many barriers to blogging as possible. Computers & Education , 56 (2), 441–451. or annotating text or other digital artefacts.

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The Impact of AI on Higher Ed: A 360-Degree Panel Discussion

University Business

This UB webinar will provide a 360-degree perspective on the capabilities of AI today, as well as the implications for the future of higher education, with an expert panel featuring: A professor and AI researcher, who will discuss the state of AI and what the future holds A university CIO, who will explore leadership issues including how to develop (..)

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Study Abroad Hidden Gems in Fall 2023 

AIFS Abroad

This program has field seminars at the Boyne Valley World Heritage Site which includes the three largest artificial structures in Neolithic Europe dating from 3300-3000 BC; the Hill of Tara, the great monastery of Clonmacnoise and the prehistoric complex at Emain Macha which contains archaeological sites dating from 2200 BC.

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Landscapes of learning for unknown futures: presenter responses to audience questions

SRHE

Spaces aren’t (in most cases) designed by the educators teaching in them, but looking at the formal learning setting (lab, lecture theatre, seminar room, etc) through a critical lens can help educators begin to think about what they might want to achieve in that space. What might this look like?