Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

So, we'll be able to help faculty and support their research in the area of engineering education, both at our institutions as well as institutions across the country that are interested in this type of research. Two, to begin to expand on new opportunities and new pipelines with that of faculty engagement.

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JUNE 12, 2023

What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals editor Tue, 06/13/2023 - 00:09 Curriculum development is critical in structuring educational programs and ensuring better learning outcomes. What is Curriculum Development?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 24, 2019

We also found that working with the students in this way is both an enjoyable and valuable experience but would suggest a few points to consider for others engaging in similar staff-student curriculum development partnerships: Create an opportunity at the start to discuss expectations and be prepared to review this regularly during the project.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 19, 2019

It is important that educators understand which area of the course students might find daunting, and address this through effective course design and support processes. However, for coding, statistics, and research methods, a more innovative approach is needed. Overall, the feedback from the students aligned with existing research.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

She highlights the dual benefits of boosting confidence among students and overcoming the inherent challenges of online education through innovative assessment strategies. At a postgraduate level students are gravitating further into research environments where the effective dissemination of research findings is a critically important skill.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 4, 2025

March 4, 2025 · Episode 249 The Hidden Enrollment Market in Workforce Education 38 Min · By The Change Leader, Inc. Workforce education and employer-funded programs unlock hidden enrollment opportunities. Workforce Education and the Hidden Enrollment Market The traditional higher education model is facing increasing pressure.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

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. He holds a Diploma in Chem. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece), an MSc in Elec. &

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 27, 2025

In the fourth series on the theme ‘Engaging and Empowering learning’, I am thrilled to present insights from innovative educators captured in five intriguing blog posts. Each post delves deeply into unique methods that effectively address today’s educational challenges, enriching student engagement and empowerment.

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Student Affairs Assessment Leaders (SAAL)

JUNE 3, 2024

Faculty described feeling similarly unsure of curriculum development, both in terms of what prior knowledge students might have and what could be considered the “core” topics of higher education assessment. The codes were reviewed by a fourth reviewer to ensure consistency in findings and alignment with research questions.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Kartic Subr, a Senior Lecturer in Computer Graphics within the School of Informatics at The University of Edinburgh, delves into the pioneering realm of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in educational settings. The arrival of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI), the latest tool in the educational landscape, is no exception.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Inspired by existing research and harnessing the power of structured interactive sessions, she introduces a set of transformative practices aimed at making each student feel valued and integral to the learning community. Measurement and Evaluation in Counselling and Development, 43, 48-65. Rosenberg, M., & McCullough, B.

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MAY 26, 2016

This is a student-led research project that culminates in a student-organised conference, where they share their findings with each other and members of the profession. The ‘Investigation’ begins in year 3 where the students are encouraged to engage with research literature in an area that is personally meaningful to them.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Postsecondary educators have been increasingly focused on supporting positive student mental health over the past decades. Marginalized sociodemographic groups navigate more barriers and challenges (stressors) within our society, and postsecondary education institutions. Stress and Mental Health in Marginalized Sociodemographic Groups.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 30, 2025

David Reid, the Remote Laboratories Experimental Officer at the School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, explores the transformative potential of using learning analytics for effective formative feedback in educational settings. The need for learners to receive feedback during learning activities is no longer questioned.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 30, 2018

My engagement practice provided me with many opportunities to observe researchers from different disciplines working together as a cohesive team to research some of the most urgent medical challenges of our time. What health research agendas would they set if they could?

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 16, 2018

While many courses of this kind are excellent, there is nevertheless the danger of conveying an impression that research and teaching are disconnected. Research is something that happens upstream, where experts produce ideas. The course is designed to bridge the gap between teaching and research. General discussion ensued.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Research-led teaching and learning This month, I have found defining research-led teaching and learning quite tricky as there seem to be a few interpretations of what it means in HE. Conversely, integrating research and teaching can be immensely rewarding for academics.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

It is difficult to draw just one conclusion from the research I have read. Qualitative research done by James Lamb, Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, highlighted some of the things that still makes students turn up to their lectures: the human element. So, what does this mean?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 21, 2019

Julie Watson from Nursing Studies in the School of Health in Social Science, describe a PTAS-funded study, where students and staff co-created a nursing curriculum that foregrounds the importance of care home nursing education… The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Credit: Pixabay In this captivating blog post, Dr. Yoko Matsumoto-Sturt, a Lecturer in Japanese Studies at The University of Edinburgh, introduces an innovative approach to humanities education through her course, “Supernatural Japan: Doing Japanology through Yokai.”

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Parchment

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The adoption of technology within educational environments has revolutionized processes for both administrators and families. These schools, often hailed for providing families with alternative educational opportunities and specialized curriculums, rely on robust, transparent, and user-friendly systems for managing enrollment.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

MARCH 18, 2025

Using Research to Drive Enrollment Growth Too often, colleges launch new programs based on internal priorities or anecdotal trends rather than real student interest. He has a specialization in education and has helped dozens of clients improve the results and efficiency of their marketing strategy.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In this post, Professor Mike Shipston, Professor Sue Welburn, Dr John Menzies, and Cristina Matthews, showcase the award-winning Zhejiang University – University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) … It is not every day that a transformation in transnational educational programmes is realised. Photo credit: Ye Zhiguo.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 6, 2018

iStock [jastrijebphoto] The Education and Digital Cultures (EDC) course is concerned with the ways that digital cultures intersect with educational cultures online. The EDC course is part of the MSc in Digital Education and is delivered wholly online, whilst also being publicly viewable on the web. Keppell, M., & Carless, D.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2023

Unfortunately, many higher education practices complicate first-gen students’ ability to stay through graduation or even apply. She started her education career in K-12 and moved to community college leadership. Her mother was a first-gen student while she was a first-gen ‘traditional” student.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Flickr: Steve Johnson The MSc in Digital Education programme experiments with different modes and forms of assessment, and one course, Digital Futures for Learning, has made creating Open Educational Resources (OERs) one of its core assignments. Open education: the need for a critical approach. Knox, J., & Ross, J.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 19, 2023

Designing Effective Learning Outcomes with Solo Taxonomy in Higher Education editor Mon, 06/19/2023 - 06:45 Education plays a pivotal role in shaping the knowledge, skills, and competencies of students, and learning outcomes serve as a critical component of the educational process. What is Solo Taxonomy?

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Image Credit: Pixabay In this post, Dr Noel Entwistle introduces crucial insights gathered from his research into student learning dynamics at The University of Edinburgh. Some of these came from research into curriculum design, ways of teaching, and the learning experiences of students.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I was thinking about this again recently when I attended an event on Developing Pedagogical Expertise Across Institutions on the 27 th of September at Imperial College, London. Professor Carol Evans gave a thought-provoking presentation about ‘Scaling up Research-informed Integrated Assessment Practices’.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

How the Choice Based Credit System can Improve the Quality of Higher Education in India editor Mon, 06/26/2023 - 01:39 A robust and high-quality higher education system plays a vital role in the advancement and prosperity of any nation in today's rapidly changing world. What is a Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS)?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Activities include outreach workshops with local schools, like Liberton High School, to foster the link with young people aspiring to enter higher education. While at the Dick Vet, Vikky has enjoyed spending time with the university’s archery club and doing activities for the education certificate. Sep 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 29, 2020

However, the broad nature of EL has meant that it is only captured in limited frameworks, with the result that EL techniques and advantages are employed only marginally in higher education. These courses were in: Geosciences, Community Education, Law, and Outdoor Environmental Education.

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Higher Ed Connects: Technology

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

In the case of techno-optimism, he discussed the fact that there are some researchers who believe that death is a disease that can be cured, leading to immortality. The Center for Higher Education will continue to be a resource for sharing the latest in technology and the ways it is being used by colleges and universities around the country.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In this post, Dr Sarah Ivory, a lecturer in the Business School, reflects on why an interdisciplinary course is so important to prepare undergraduate business students for professional employment in an uncertain world… If you ask academics ‘ what is the purpose of undergraduate education ?’, Oct 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

It is fair to say that an individual student’s ability to reflect is highly variable and we are currently working on further curriculum developments to allow us to identify and support students who are less comfortable with the approach. What next for reflection?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Higher education in the UK is experienced differently by our diverse student cohorts. Vicky Gunn: Conceptualising the disciplines’ role in inclusive teaching practice Higher Education needs to foster disciplinary sameness and transformation simultaneously. Teaching in Higher Education. Higher Education Academy.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 11, 2018

Flickr CC BY [brillianthues] Following on from the March issue on Feedback and Assessment, Clara O’Shea discusses an innovative group assignment in the Assessment, Learning and Digital Education (ALDE) course . The students tend to be busy professionals in the education sphere, undertaking part-time study for career development.

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