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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 20, 2023

Increase Investments in Research and Development: Colleges and universities have a crucial role in advancing economic opportunity by increasing investments in research and development. This collaboration can lead to the commercialization of research findings, attracting investment and spurring economic growth.

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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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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 19, 2019

In the survey, 53% of respondents stated that the ‘most daunting/scary’ aspect of research methods and statistics is ‘correctly applying stats to a write-up/explanation of the stats output’, with 25% stating that using a stats package/technology would be daunting. Overall, the feedback from the students aligned with existing research.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 24, 2019

We identified space in the year 1 curriculum that would allow for a formal teaching and learning opportunity on physical activity for health. We were keen to develop a flipped classroom approach , and the students were enthusiastic about this when we discussed it with them at the initial team meeting.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Drawing on his extensive academic and research experience, Prof. Gerogiorgis, Personal Chair of Process Systems Engineering at The University of Edinburgh, explores the dynamic integration of active learning seminars in engineering education. chalk+erasing sponge = rock types) If theres impromptu props, use them (e.g.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 1, 2025

Why outlandish analogies work Outlandish analogies stretch basic comparisons into bizarre or humorous scenarios and research shows that humour and vivid imagery can enhance learning. She has extensive experience in teaching, research, and publishing, with a strong focus on Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). 5, 2012, pp.

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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. 2007; Dolnicar, 2005). Traphagen, T.,

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Confessions of a Community College Dean

MARCH 23, 2023

Image: Disinformation researchers at several U.S. Centers at the three universities research disinformation online and how to stop it from spreading. Some conservatives have criticized that partnership’s work as a form of censorship—a claim researchers rebut.

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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.

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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. I encourage you all to give it a go!

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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 Student Engagement

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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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.

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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 Online Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Current energy estimates, either from developers of these systems or from their competitors, are yet to be verified via systematic experiments. The evolution of teaching methods has been punctuated by ingenious pedagogical tools. Any education is, in its forms and methods, an outgrowth of the needs of the society in which it exists.

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Supporting Student Success

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

My research seeks to understand disparities in mental health outcomes among students with marginalized sociodemographic identities in Canada, and the relationship between mental health and learning with marginalized communities. For these reasons, I selected this as the measure of choice utilized within my research. .

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

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

OCTOBER 27, 2017

No longer is the lecturer or teacher the only gateway to information, facts, research finding, or even training in skills. iStock [ConstantinosZ] Questions arise when one thinks about the idea of learning, such as ‘what do we mean by learning?’, ‘where does it happen?’, ‘who does it?’, and ‘what does it have to do with knowledge?’

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

His current research interests concern hybrid organisations and how they address social and environmental challenges across a number of contexts such as social inclusion, mental health and micromobility. There are limits to what we can do in the classroom or in a virtual environment.

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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. Simple decisions like how a program is named can have a major impact. Rethinking Program Differentiation and Promotion Institutions struggle to stand out in a saturated market.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 27, 2025

Her research explores how immersive technologies can influence consumer decision-making by changing the way that people think and remember. This research has led to the creation of a book entitled The Reality of Virtuality and several articles published in top marketing journals.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 30, 2025

To conclude, teacher-dominated models of feedback are difficult to embed at the scale and frequency necessary in typical university courses and subsequently hinder the adoption of research-supported approaches to learning, such as active learning. Our analysis generates graphs (i.e. where an accessible data stream is available.

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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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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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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

They consider the ways in which the School understands this, detailing how its courses are already implementing reflectivity at various levels of learning and teaching, from course material to assessment to professional development. This post is part of the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Series: Reflective Learning.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

APRIL 4, 2016

The Edinburgh Medical School uses Student Selected Components ( SSCs ) as part of the medicine timetable to deliver a range of learning outcomes which mainly relate to developing research skills, and professional development including teamwork and teaching skills.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JANUARY 10, 2019

Crucially, it was also co-created with students –through the course Social and Political Science in Practice , an SPS framework for Honours students to undertake faculty-student collaboration on research, teaching or public engagement. Jan 10, 2019

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

There are many different projects with students and staff co-creating the curriculum at universities around the world, although these initiatives are still relatively rare. Indeed, often it can be difficult to delineate exactly what is co-creation of the curriculum and where these projects are taking place.

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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. Perhaps that’s part of why the number of U.S.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

Ankita Chattopadhyay is a recent graduate with an MSc by Research (MScR) in Infection Medicine (Biomedical Sciences). Faculty are busy with teaching and research, making it hard to find time for collaborative curriculum design. It aligns with my work at the Institute for Academic Development (IAD). link] Bovill, C.,

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 17, 2022

Image credit: HaticeEROL, pixabay, CC0 In this extra post, Dr Catherine Bovill and Celeste McLaughlin present the timely and insightful findings from an international, collaborative research project that sought to understand the changes to teaching practices that took place during the initial period of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

We have continued to keep an eye on new research being published in the sector in addition to commissioning and funding lecture recording research at the University through our Engagement and Evaluation group (much of it already covered in this mini-series). That’s okay.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

DECEMBER 12, 2018

However, an outstanding group of lecturers in Biomedical Sciences, led by Programme Director John Menzies, in collaboration with colleagues at the Zhejiang University – University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) for education and research, have created truly unique dual award undergraduate programmes in Biomedical Sciences.

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EAB

JANUARY 5, 2023

EAB research suggests that a lack of understanding, limited resources, and inadequate accountability mechanisms—all key elements of strong strategy—persist as barriers. Review and update curriculum Develop inclusive pedagogy Integrate academic and career development. -->. -->. --> Enhance faculty and staff experience. -->. -->. -->.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Image Credit: Pixabay In this post, Prof 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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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

They can also be a useful resource for researchers looking to better understand the relationship between teaching practices and learning. These were questions we helped to answer over the summer, as Research Assistants on the Classroom Practices and Lecture Recording project , which was funded by the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme.

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