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Recapturing the excitement of lectures

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Other lecturers are using electronic voting systems (Bates, Howie & Murphy, 2006), social media (Ross, 2016) and ‘technology enhanced active learning spaces’ (Roger, Ney & Liote, 2016) to enhance the level of engagement in the subject and to promote paired and small group working in large classes. References Bates, S.P., Howie, K. &

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Developing reflection in the curriculum

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

There are a variety of approaches and opportunities for reflection within the curriculum, yet students do find it challenging to move from describing accounts of their experiences; to be more critically reflective of the experience and the contribution to their future learning. So what forms does reflection take? Nov 17, 2017

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Lecture Recording: What does research say about its effect on attendance?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Edit: Teaching Matters has recently published a mini-series about Lecture Recording in Higher Education. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia , 17 (4), 453–475. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia , 17 (4), 453–475. Advances in Health Sciences Education , 12 (2), 201–210. Dickson, P.

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Does lecture capture enhance learning?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

We also trialled the Top Hat electronic voting system in the lectures. Edit: Teaching Matters has recently published a mini-series about Lecture Recording in Higher Education. The average number of minutes viewed was 22, indicating that students watched the lectures selectively rather than in their entirety.

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How Virtual Reality is Being Used in Curriculum to Develop Empathy

Higher Ed Connects: Technology

In a fast-paced world where rising human relation issues are often misrepresented or misinterpreted, higher education institutions are moving forward to diversify teaching methods when introducing these issues. Her reporting is focused in the Middle East region where she majored in print and electronic journalism. By Fatma Katr.

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Welcome to September-October’s Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Innovation in Science Teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Today, the higher education system faces a similar situation once more, with a worldwide shift to a more digital, fluid and connected way of living. The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Milton Keynes, UK, p. His discipline background is in electronics and electromagnetics.

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Welcome to September-October's Learning and Teaching Enhancement theme: Innovation in Science Teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Today, the higher education system faces a similar situation once more, with a worldwide shift to a more digital, fluid and connected way of living. The Society for Research into Higher Education & Open University Press, Milton Keynes, UK, p. His discipline background is in electronics and electromagnetics.