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The Directors of Teaching Network: sharing good practice and discussing challenges in teaching across the university

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

In September 2016 Sally Brown , an assessment, learning and teaching in higher education consultant, was invited to speak. The next meeting is in May 2017 and will be looking at opportunities for staff development such as the Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Academic Practice (PgCAP) and peer observation.

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Developing professional MOOCs

Teaching Matters Online Learning

The weekly topics are: animal behaviour and welfare; waiting area and consulting room; preparation area and operating room, recovery areas/kennels, and in-patient care; and post-operative care. She provides pedagogical advice and develops innovative approaches for CPD resources, MOOCs, and online MSc programmes.

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What is mid-course feedback?

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Experience of Mid-Course Feedback We have evaluated the effectiveness of mid-course feedback over the last two academic years, via an online survey of undergraduate Course Organisers and through consultation with Schools. Overall, responses are very positive. Guidance on what constitutes mid-course feedback will be produced.

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An ‘Edinburgh Model’ for Online Teaching Programme: Notes from a pilot run

Teaching Matters Online Learning

This course was developed through the collaboration of Learning, Teaching, and Web (Stuart Nicol and Andres Ordorica), the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Michael Gallagher), and external consultant Sheila MacNeill. New York, NY: Routledge.

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Spotlight on Learn Foundations: Building the foundations for a better student experience online

Teaching Matters Online Learning

We consulted widely engaging staff and students. EDE are responsible for delivering a number of services to the University, including: advice, consultancy, and training for learning technologies; Learning Design (ELDeR); support for online learning, including MOOCs; and support for open education resources.

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The Reflection Toolkit: Supporting effective reflection

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

Gavin McCabe Dr Gavin McCabe is a Careers and Employability Manager in The University of Edinburgh’s Careers Service and previously led the Employability Consultancy, in both roles leading and shaping strategy and activities around students’ employability, development, and graduate attributes.

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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching

Teaching Matters Academic Support

The second half of the presentation is also really interesting: Tobias Thejl- Madsen talks about the new Reflective Toolkit developed by the Employability Consultancy (in the Careers Service), which uses blogging as an example of a tool for reflection.