Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 25:1, 131-150 The University of Edinburgh (2022). Available at: [link] (accesses 04.05.2024) Jill Haldane Jill is a Lecturer in English Language Education in the Centre for Open Learning. He teaches and course organises across a range of provision within English Language Education and COL.

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JULY 16, 2024

This post belongs to June-July Hot Topic series: Students as Change Agents (SACHA). However, implementing co-creation faces hurdles like students’ reluctance to participate (Cook-Sather & Luz, 2015 ; Mapstone et al., Co-creating the curriculum allows students to have a voice, increasing their interest in the education material.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The research I have been involved in is mainly related to the academic aspects of student learning, but there are important links to be made with other aspects of the student experience. Before that he was Professor of Educational Research (1970-1978) at the Lancaster University.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 25:1, 131-150 The University of Edinburgh (2022). Available at: [link] (accesses 04.05.2024) Jill Haldane Jill is a Lecturer in English Language Education in the Centre for Open Learning. He teaches and course organises across a range of provision within English Language Education and COL.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

180) have created a “ladder of student participation in curriculum design” that shows how student engagement in the curriculum can range from no engagement within a dictated, staff-controlled curriculum to significant levels of student engagement with student control of the curriculum (see below).

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JUNE 1, 2023

10 benefits of using the curriculum mapping system admin Thu, 06/01/2023 - 20:48 Colleges and universities are now more challenged than ever to raise student attainment levels. As educators it is necessary to give students the best education we can, giving them the abilities and information they need to succeed.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Photo credit: Cytonn Photography, Unsplash CC0 In this extra post, Catherine Bovill introduces the new 2021-22 Student Partnership Agreement and Funding Scheme and its three key areas of focus. Dr Bovill is a Senior Lecturer in Student Engagement at the Institute for Academic Development.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

A sub-set of 8 students have also successfully taken this a step further and, under staff mentorship, have achieved Associate Fellowship of the HEA. Activities include outreach workshops with local schools, like Liberton High School, to foster the link with young people aspiring to enter higher education.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

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. As part of this talk, Carol reminded us that successful education change often goes wrong the first time. Nov 7, 2019

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

The research I have been involved in is mainly related to the academic aspects of student learning, but there are important links to be made with other aspects of the student experience. Before that he was Professor of Educational Research (1970-1978) at the Lancaster University.

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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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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Image Credit: Graphic Design by Joe Arton, Originals McKensie Wiebe and Brian Suh on Unsplash Welcome to February’s theme of Teach Matters: Students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. In February, Teaching Matters will focus on students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. Higher Education 79 (6) 1023-1037.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Image Credit: Graphic Design by Joe Arton, Originals McKensie Wiebe and Brian Suh on Unsplash Welcome to February’s theme of Teach Matters: Students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. In February, Teaching Matters will focus on students and staff co-creating learning and teaching. Higher Education 79 (6) 1023-1037.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JULY 19, 2022

Ellen was EUSA President 20/22, and Tara was EUSA Vice President Education 21/22. Ellen and Tara then move on to talking about these areas through three different, yet overlapping, lenses: Research: Ellen and Tara want to see the University engage ALL of its students in the research work that it is so proud of as an institution.

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JANUARY 10, 2019

SPS in Practice students who co-designed Understanding Gender course. There is an increasing emphasis in higher education on promoting student voice and engagement, positioning students as partners in the teaching and learning process. There are multiple projects underway across the University in this respect.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Introduction to Curriculum Mapping: A Comprehensive Guide editor Thu, 09/14/2023 - 02:05 In today's ever-changing educational landscape, 80% of students globally face a risk of falling behind intellectually (Wilkerson, 2020). But what precisely does curriculum mapping entail?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This initiative aligns with the university’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring every student has the opportunity to excel in their scholarly communications. Studies in Higher Education , 37(4), 48-495. [3] Our in-sessional Academic Language and Literacies (ALL – hence my title!) 3] Hyland, K.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 7, 2019

At the end of the course, criteria-based facilitated group discussions are used to explore students’ engagement with the process. Critical Pedagogy as Collective Social Expertise in Higher Education, International Journal of Progressive Education, 2(3): 47-65. Constructive and honest feedback is encouraged.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

I also now appreciate the importance of students engaging in thinking about their future careers as early as possible. Although I value education for its own sake, the vast majority of students come to university because they believe it will improve their employment prospects. We can’t afford to ignore this concern.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 31, 2022

Equality, diversity and inclusion is a priority area of the current Enhancement Theme, and has three projects running this year: The Anti-racist Curriculum project builds on the sector-wide commitment to tackle racism in Scottish higher and further education. The Phase 1 resources can be found on the AdvanceHE website.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I walked away from this workshop reflecting on my own experience at this University, how I best learn, and how learning and teaching methods can be improved to ensure a fun and accessible experience for all engaged in the process. I love learning about learning. Feb 8, 2024

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JULY 4, 2018

In this course, the teaching and learning is interdisciplinary and rooted in the emerging concept of place-based education, which is an educational response to global problems that are grounded in local phenomena, such as climate change. The ecological, humanitarian and planetary crisis I mention are also an educational crisis.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

Active Learning in Higher Education 6 (1) 17-31. Journal of Geography in Higher Education 33 (2) 209-223. 2016) Teaching spaces design and development at LSE: an evaluation of impact on teaching and learning. The Guardian Higher Education Network, 20 January. 2005) Learning in lectures: do ‘interactive windows’ help?

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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 Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Real-world learning opportunities These projects are more than just extracurricular activities; they are invaluable learning experiences that extend beyond the borders of traditional education. IMST-10 : A course for more senior students to build on their Makerspace experience and take on mentoring roles.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

This initiative aligns with the university’s commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring every student has the opportunity to excel in their scholarly communications. Studies in Higher Education , 37(4), 48-495. [3] Our in-sessional Academic Language and Literacies (ALL – hence my title!) 3] Hyland, K.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Dr Geoff Bromiley ‘s upcoming post relates to Elizabeth’s second point: he shows how insightful questions asked by students on a field trip to Cyprus helped him conceptualise a new research paper. Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies. Happy reading…!

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, hairmann, CC0 The September theme on student engagement was true to its title, engaging over 5000 student and staff readers – a new milestone for Teaching Matters’ viewing figures! Her interests include student engagement, professional learning and sociomaterial methodologies.

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MARCH 15, 2022

In redesigning the Engineering curriculum, we decided to take a whole, new approach to engineering education, starting from the very beginning: year 1. Engineering Principles 1 and Engineering Design 1 are two optional courses that we offer to first-year engineering students, which have been re-shaped from scratch during 2021.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This post belongs to Teaching Matters’ Learning & Teaching Enhancement theme: Embedding enterprise in the curriculum. This is a sentiment which I support because while some students will continue with an academic career, most students will go on to work in industry or become an entrepreneur. Education+ Training, 45, pp.

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Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer. For example, how do we work with the professional community to support the 850+ students that are undertaking the Bachelor of Medicine programme at any one time?

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Using lego, he found new ways to explain the importance of referencing, and shifted ‘lecture’ teaching spaces into small, engaged group work. Chris provides an example of how, on one of his courses, they include a workshop on assessment literacy for the students, using the HEA Engaging with Feedback Toolkit.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Credit Image: www.nealesmith.com In this extra post, David Caulton discusses developing postgraduate law students’ ability to participate effectively in seminars through a short course run jointly by English Language Education (ELE) and the Edinburgh Law School.

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JUNE 11, 2024

At least I know some people in the career services department, other staff on the SACHA program, the opportunities that can accrue to me through this program, meet wonderful people from all over the world who are also having their education at Edinburgh. He is always willing to contribute to the greater good of society.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Credit: Pixabay, CC0 Simon Fitzpatrick, a Learning Designer in EDE*, explains how it is equally important to focus on student engagement in online spaces as it is in face-to-face teaching… Recent adventures in helping academic colleagues design new MOOCs reminded me of some of the assumptions we all make when creating new online material.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As Director of Education in Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University, I sat at the back of a large lecture room, in which 150 first- and second-year students in GeoSciences gathered to be informed about upcoming study opportunities abroad. ” Journal of Experiential Education , 39(4), 329–354. Cooley, S.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Furthermore, we hope they will gain a near-peer role model with our student, who is currently in higher education. As an institution, such community engagement activities help address addressing the complex issues surrounding widening participation. Photo credit: Annette Götzkes. Half-time: How has it been going so far?

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