Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 11, 2017

It is also made explicit that the peer observation is only for staff development purposes and is not used for any review or assessment processes. Nurse Education Today, 14, 299-305. J Med Educ, 58, 457 – 461. Medical Teacher, 29, 297-300 Catriona Bell Dr Catriona Bell is a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Education.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 22, 2024

The University offers a wide range of continuing professional development (CPD) resources and courses, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), on different platforms (EdX, Coursera, and Future Learn). She provides pedagogical advice and develops innovative approaches for CPD resources, MOOCs, and online MSc programmes.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 17, 2022

Dr Catherine Bovill is a Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement, and Celeste McLaughlin is Head of Academic Development for Digital Education, and are both based at the Institute for Academic Development (IAD). During 2020, academics had gained digital confidence and developed new teaching practices.

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MAY 8, 2019

Photo credit: pixabay, rawpixel, CC0 This first post of the mini-series in ‘ P romoting inclusion, equality and diversity in the curriculum’ is written by Diva Mukherji, Vice President Education at Edinburgh University Students’ Association.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Credit: pixabay, StockSnap, CC0 In this post, Jon Jack and Tracey Madden, from the Learning Design Service within Educational Design and Engagement, reflect on their team’s use of student personae in ELDeR workshops when designing and redesigning courses and programmes. designing induction events for undergraduates).

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some years ago, an educational research project in this university ( ETL Project ) set out to explore the students’ experiences of teaching and learning in eight universities and four contrasting subject areas, and how different teaching-learning environments influenced students’ approaches to studying.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

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.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Photo credit: Andrés Ordorica In this post, Andrés Ordorica, an Instructional Designer in the Educational Design and Engagement team (Information Services), answers the most frequent question he is asked as in his job: ‘what is learning design?’… Other offerings include MOOCs , digital skills training and open-educational resources.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

These issues will be discussed in great detail in the upcoming free and online course “Making Blended Education Work” starting May 11th… In the recent New Media Consortium horizon report (Alexander et al., driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for the next one to two years). Reference Alexander, B.,

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Open access (OA) can be seen as one string of the bow in the open education landscape. Open access and open education both stress the importance of making knowledge available for individuals around the world, regardless of wealth or status ( Elder 2020 ).

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Experiential education: Defining features for curriculum and pedagogy (23 August 2018) Dr Simon Beames, a senior lecturer in Outdoor Learning at Moray House School of Education, along with his colleagues, presents a theoretical framework of experiential education that is centred around six defining features.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Participants at Learn usability session In this post, Stuart Nicol, Head of the Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) section in Information Services Group, introduces the ‘ Spotlight on Learn Foundations ‘ series. Sep 11, 2019

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

DECEMBER 11, 2018

But how do we shift students’ expectations towards transformative peer learning after years of transmissive teacher-led education? UoE Staff: Join us as virtual exchange facilitators! At the heart of both projects is the idea that collaborative decision-making can be used as a learning tool.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 17, 2019

Read the HEA Case Study, Using blogs as a form of Assessment , in Transforming Assessment In Higher Education (pp. Nina Morris Dr Nina Morris (N.Morris@ed.ac.uk, @_NinaJM ) is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Edinburgh, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In my current veterinary medicine degree, I don’t have choices in my coursework, and no general education core courses, but my degree is setting me up for a specific career. While at the Dick Vet, Vikky has enjoyed spending time with the university’s archery club and doing activities for the education certificate.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Physical Review Physics Education Research. He is interested in science education and early universe cosmology, and hopes to continue into postgraduate education and research after graduation. Characterizing interactive engagement activities in a flipped introductory physics class. 12, 010140.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

2007) that educational maturity may be a key factor in assessing the impact of lecture recordings and attendance. Higher Education , 1-19, [link]. Higher Education. Our results accord with the suggestion of Phillips et al. Nordmann, E., Irwin, A., & Comber, D.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Jill MacKay Jill MacKay is a Research Fellow in Veterinary Education with an interest in digital education, the staff-student relationship, human-animal interactions, and interdisciplinary research methods. *Click here to read the Value of Lecture Recording at the University of Edinburgh interim evaluation report.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 3, 2019

And then there’s the research-led teaching espoused by Healey and Jenkins (2009), and others, who argue that, “all undergraduate students in all higher education institutions should experience learning through, and about, research and inquiry.” Happy reading…! References Trowler, P. & & Wareham, T.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Developed to support both students and staff, it now receives well over a million visits a year and its impact is extending within and beyond higher education. Tobias Thejll-Madsen Tobias Thejll-Madsen is and has been involved with part-time work across The University of Edinburgh on educational research and development.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

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.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

An important focus of Sarah’s work is to enhance IAD collaboration and engagement with colleagues in Schools and Colleges and beyond to support high quality teaching and research provision in Higher Education. Sarah has previously worked in student support leadership roles completing a Masters in Education (Leadership and Management).

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

Nina and Hazel are also working on re-usable assessment marking criteria to help staff assess blogs. Clara O’Shea spoke to us about the Introduction to Digital Environments for Learning course, in the MSc in Digital Education , which assesses blogging about blogging!

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 29, 2019

Of course, all of this contributes to the ongoing enhancement of the quality of the educational experience for students. Importantly, existing students on the course can benefit from any actions that may be taken, which helps to reinforce to students the value of giving feedback.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

In my current veterinary medicine degree, I don’t have choices in my coursework, and no general education core courses, but my degree is setting me up for a specific career. While at the Dick Vet, Vikky has enjoyed spending time with the university’s archery club and doing activities for the education certificate.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Educational and Psychological Measurement , 38 (2), 485–499. We live in a challenging age to teach and learn, but an exciting one to experiment and explore together with our students. References Brush, L. A Validation Study of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (Mars. Alearo M.A. College Student Journal, 45 (3), 573-585.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 6, 2020

Experiential education: Defining features for curriculum and pedagogy (23 August 2018; 686 views; ranked No. Experiential education: Defining features for curriculum and pedagogy (23 August 2018; 686 views; ranked No. Smile(y) and the whole student body will smile with you (5th June 2018; 4511 views; ranked no.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Photo Credit: Unsplash, Umberto, CC0 In this article, Eugen Stoica, Scholarly Communications Officer, explains the relationship between Copyright – Creative Commons licences – Open Access, and why these are important for teaching and education. While such a licence is incredibly helpful, it has its limits.

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