Deborah W. Martinez
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 22, 2022
She is co-author of numerous publications on topics ranging from geriatric cardiology to curriculum development.
What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals
Creatrix Campus
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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 9, 2024
He has achieved national recognition and has been named chair of the Science Advisory Board Clean Air Status and Trends Network, a rural ambient air monitoring network that works with the EPA to provide information on air pollution in national parks, in rural states, and on tribal lands. Dr. Paula E. He says N.C.
Developing research methods, data analysis and statistics course (RMDAS): Engaging students in curriculum development
Teaching Matters Academic Support
MARCH 19, 2019
In doing so, we have developed and delivered an RMDAS course that meets the needs of the students, as well as providing a course that aligns with the requirements for completing a dissertation. For further information and final project report, please see here.
Service Excellence Programme: Programme and Course Information Management (PCIM)
Teaching Matters Academic Support
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
PCIM aims to deliver a golden copy of all course and programme information to be used by both prospective and current students and staff. It will enhance the information available by improving and streamlining how we propose, maintain, and close courses and programmes.
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Psychomotor skills should be at the core of all learning
Dr. Simon Paul Atkinson
AUGUST 18, 2022
There is not a single discipline taught in any formal, non-formal or informal way that does not make use of some tool or technology, instrument or mechanism (aka media), at some point in the process. It makes sense that any curriculum development process needs to put the media at the forefront of its planning.
What Is Organizational Development?
HEMJ (Higher Ed Marketing Journal)
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
A schools information technology (IT) infrastructure encompasses all the systems and programs that support the institutions goals by facilitating seamless communication, data management, and student engagement across all departments.
Using learning analytics for effective formative feedback
Teaching Matters Online Learning
JANUARY 30, 2025
However, the ubiquitous presence of digital sensors in our modern world now enables feedback loops that support people to make informed decisions and self-regulate their behaviour without enforcing strict control over the output. Instead, it provides students with information upon which to self-regulate their own learning in the moment.
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Student presentations: An authentic assessment for online postgraduate students
Teaching Matters Online Learning
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
Presentation skills are an important part of higher education and while these can be assessed utilising a range of authentic assessment types, oral presentations allow students to share information, describe and discuss their research and to do so utilising suitably crafted slides.
Transparency for Parents (and Staff): The Importance of Technology in Charter School Enrollment and Lottery Processes
Parchment
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
For school administrators, these systems reduce time spent manually entering data, allowing staff to direct their efforts toward more impactful initiatives like curriculum development and community outreach. Technology also ensures compliance with enrollment regulations.
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Fostering blended-mode engagement with active learning seminars
Teaching Matters Student Engagement
FEBRUARY 13, 2025
A Weekly Planner provided at the start of the semester is very helpful in organising all essential information. Provide video-recorded lectures and/or assign required readings, emphasising that this is a fundamental prerequisite for fruitful participation.
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Connecticut College president resigns under pressure
Confessions of a Community College Dean
MARCH 27, 2023
We will provide more information about the transition and the search process in the near term.” “Over the last several weeks our focus has been drawn to areas in which the College can better execute its mission, including the area of equity, inclusion, and full participation.
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GenZ+GenAI: A whole new world and not a brand new world
Teaching Matters Online Learning
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Both GenAI and search engines are powerful information tools, yet both can mislead users who lack critical evaluation skills. Another key distinction is that search engines continuously index online resources, making them more reliable for current information, while GenAI models require extra engineering to remain up-to-date.
10 benefits of using the curriculum mapping system
Creatrix Campus
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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Spotlight on Remote Teaching and Alternative Assessment Methods
Teaching Matters Online Learning
MARCH 18, 2020
In addition to the excellent guidance on teaching online provided by Information Services , we have a huge amount of relevant experience and expertise across the University. We will be using two new Teaching Matters Spotlight Series to share some of these insights. We’d be delighted to hear from you.
Learning by doing
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
The seminars are informative yet hands-on; the physicality of some exercises makes the concepts unforgettable. Although the unique content of this course can be challenging due to its nuance and philosophy, the course structure and collaborative strategies make grasping these concepts much easier. This course is truly immersive.
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How can our Graduate Attributes inform programme and course development? Challenges and opportunities
Teaching Matters Student Employment
JANUARY 16, 2017
While studying at the University we want students to broaden their horizons and attitudes, and to develop their current skills and abilities and learn new ones, not only to help in their studies and future careers, but also support their role within society” From ‘ Definition: what are Graduate Attributes?
Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities
Supporting Student Success
FEBRUARY 23, 2021
Additionally, the measure is informed by the dual continuum of mental health, acknowledging that learners can experience flourishing or languishing mental health coupled with both a presence or absence of mental illness (MacKean et al., Building Community and Visibility. student leaders, administrative leaders).
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Enrollment Marketing Strategy: How to Attract Students and Align Programs: Changing Higher Ed podcast 251 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Max DesMarais
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 18, 2025
Max shares insights into how higher ed leaders can improve marketing ROI , differentiate their programs, and shift from reactive recruitment to strategic, data-informed planning that supports sustainable enrollment growth. We have to have information about this program and the enrollment deadlines and the cost to the students.
Why supply chain insights are key for liberal arts programs
University Business
DECEMBER 19, 2022
Predictive analytics tapping into trends in fields of study, labor-market demand, and into other historic data, current and predictive data can lend insights that help colleges and universities be more proactive and nimbler with curriculum development and staffing.
Engaging the professional community in teaching medical students
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
APRIL 4, 2016
With the reduced flexibility and time in current postgraduate training programmes this is vital to help students make an appropriate and informed choice for traineeship. Offering choice presents a series of challenges and opportunities to the curriculum developer.
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10 Reasons University Management Software is Good for Your Institution
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 25, 2024
Time Saving Automation of labor-intensive processes such as meeting coordination, strategy planning, curriculum development, attendance monitoring, admissions processing, and fee collecting is how university management software maximizes operations. Data-Driven Insights: Use thorough analytics to make well-informed judgments.
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Nominations Open for the Excellence in Accounting Ethics Education Award
Higher Ed Ethics Watch
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
AWARD CRITERIA Examples of innovative techniques/methods include, but are not limited to: Developing a case, video, audio, or other teaching techniques that can be used to integrate ethics into the accounting curriculum. Developing a new course in accounting ethics including learning objectives and assessment techniques.
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Prioritising equality, diversity and inclusion activities through the Enhancement Themes
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
MARCH 31, 2022
The School has also shared information on the methodology and outcomes of the project across the University. Rayya Ghul, from the Institute for Academic Development, contributed to the Scotland-wide Decolonising the Curriculum in the time of Pandemic collaborative cluster in 2021/22.
12 ways online curriculum mapping supports competency-based education
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 16, 2023
It helps identify and define the specific competencies students need to acquire, aligns learning activities and assessments with those competencies, sequences the curriculum to ensure progression, facilitates resource planning, and enables ongoing evaluation and improvement.
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Designing Effective Learning Outcomes with Solo Taxonomy in Higher Education
Creatrix Campus
JUNE 19, 2023
They can identify and recall information but struggle to make connections or apply their knowledge in a meaningful way. With this innovative software, educators can seamlessly integrate Solo Taxonomy into their curriculum development process, align learning outcomes with the appropriate taxonomy levels, and track student progress effectively.
Course and Programme Design: Cycling through the ELDeR process
Teaching Matters Academic Support
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
Learning design is the process of designing learning experiences (planning, structuring, sequencing) through facilitated activities that are pedagogically informed, explicit, and make better use of technologies in teaching. ELDeR is able to directly support any course or programme (online or on campus) that is being developed or reviewed.
Ways of thinking about teaching and learning
Teaching Matters Student Engagement
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Reading and re-reading and going to different sources of information, patterns become familiar, helping you make sense of new things that you haven’t met before, getting to see why this question is important while another one is not, or that this theory is more likely than another.
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Framework Leadership: An Innovative Approach to Higher Ed Growth: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 151 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Kent Ingle
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 18, 2023
The group always focuses on creating new curves for curriculum development, co-curricular, and experiential education to remain healthy and strong, thus avoiding plateauing and declining. They also discuss what’s next and some of the new curves we could develop. We focus on three different areas. Kent Ingle 21:29 Right.
Using Learn to Support Students for Success
Teaching Matters Academic Support
OCTOBER 19, 2017
To support them through their degrees, that hub would need to contain key School information, study skills training, details of the Personal Tutor system, careers information, peer support and so on. Yes, this information is out there. Moreover, that information is not always presented in a particularly engaging way.
Mini-series: Balance for better – Diversifying Wikipedia
Teaching Matters Online Learning
JUNE 19, 2019
The choices being made in creating new pages and increasing the visibility of topics and the visibility of inspirational role models online not only shape public understanding around the world for the better but also help inform and shape our physical environment s to inspire the next generation.
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Introduction to Curriculum Mapping: A Comprehensive Guide
Creatrix Campus
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
Data-driven decision-making: Curriculum mapping provides a structured framework for data collection and analysis. Educators can use this data to identify areas of improvement, assess student progress, and make informed decisions about instructional adjustments. Strategy : Embrace flexibility in your curriculum mapping approach.
Spotlight on Learn Foundations: Building the foundations for a better student experience online
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. The design of information and layout in any online platform follows well established usability norms.
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Reflections on the use of personae in learning design activities
Teaching Matters Online Learning
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
This post is part of the Hot Topic ‘ Revisiting the Hybrid Teaching Exchange ‘ The Learning Design Service is part of Educational Design and Engagement in Information Services. Jon Jack Jon is a Learning Technology Team Manager in the Educational Design and Engagement team (Learning, Teaching & Web, Information Services).
Digitisation at Edinburgh
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
DECEMBER 19, 2017
Digitisation is the process of representing books, documents, recordings or objects as digital information. Digitisation is used to preserve and share information and to widen access to rare and fragile heritage material. It can make analogue sources accessible to anyone with an internet connection, across the world.
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Drive Enrollment Growth with First-Gen Pathways to Success: Changing Higher Education Podcast 167 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Marielena DeSanctis
The Change Leader, Inc.
AUGUST 8, 2023
These should not be done as part of the regular campus tours, as students need this provided to them in extra information sessions. In your LMS, store modules with information typically presented at orientation so students can access them anytime. Students also can bring whomever they wish on stage when receiving their diplomas.
Curriculum of Research: Trends in Student Affairs Assessment Syllabi
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. Researchers reviewed publicly available information on course materials, publisher summaries, table of contents, and excerpts.
Engaging online learners through story-telling techniques
Teaching Matters Online Learning
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018
series of images that add to the problem that is developing. A pause, in which the learner (who is hopefully keen to find out what happens next) is given further information (objective) and clear instruction as to what to do next…i.e.
Podcast: Can blogging be used as an effective form of assessment?
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 17, 2019
In episode 4, student guest host, Lila Pitcher (Academic Blogging Intern in Information Services), leads a discussion with Dr Nina Morris (Lecturer in Human Geography) and Dr Hazel Christie (Lecturer in University Learning and Teaching) about the benefits, and challenges, of using blogging as an innovative form of assessment.
Spotlight on ELIR: Draft Reflective Analysis
Teaching Matters Student Employment
MARCH 18, 2020
Drafts chapters of the RA, developed using information gathered from across the University and the Students’ Association, were made available to all staff and students in November and December 2019 with accompanying Teaching Matters blog posts. WHERE ARE WE NOW? Everyone who meets the review team will be fully briefed in advance.
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Spotlight on Joint Degrees: Joint degrees and the organisational lens
Teaching Matters Academic Support
SEPTEMBER 3, 2018
We clearly need centralised golden copies of information for our students on joint degrees, and that information must be agreed by all partners in the degree. But centralised information does not magically appear, roadmaps do not make themselves, and review meetings are not spontaneous events.
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“Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.”
Higher Ed Ethics Watch
APRIL 4, 2023
Develop their ability to effectively communicate information. Develop their analytical reasoning skills. Develop their ethical skills. At the secondary school level, increasingly teachers need to react to the demands of parents who want a role in curriculum development. Encourage students to learn.
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Wikipedia as Learning Technology: Teaching knowledge activism vs passive consumption
Teaching Matters Online Learning
AUGUST 23, 2020
For example, working with the PG Cert Global Health Challenges in groups on improving short stub articles about natural and man-made disasters and on the Digital Education MSc writing a new up-to-date page on Information literacies. The key Wikimedia projects for teachers are Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Wikibooks.
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Mini-series: Great examples of using blogs in teaching
Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 17, 2019
Karen Howie Karen Howie is the Technology Enhanced Learning Team manager in the Learning, Teaching & Web (LTW) Directorate in Information Services (IS). I was really excited to be involved because it’s a service that I think offers so many benefits, both to the staff and students who use the service and the institution in general.
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