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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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 27, 2024

The intersection of strong math skills and success in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) career fields presents an opportunity not only for individuals but also for the overall economic development of our communities.

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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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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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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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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 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 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 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 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

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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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 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 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

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

provision for doctoral students includes several academic writing courses aimed at different stages of their research journey. Other comments were really positive; teachers were praised, there was appreciation of the feedback received, the confidence gained, the opportunities to hear about others’ research.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

provision for doctoral students includes several academic writing courses aimed at different stages of their research journey. Other comments were really positive; teachers were praised, there was appreciation of the feedback received, the confidence gained, the opportunities to hear about others’ research.

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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 Academic Communities

APRIL 1, 2024

Credit image: unsplash, CC0, Denys Nevozhai In this extra post, Professor Mohini Gray presents important, evidence-based research that BAME students at The University of Edinburgh are not achieving the same level of degree awards as white students. This is encapsulated in the Strategy 2030 , and in its vision for Curriculum Transformation.

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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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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 25, 2023

However, despite this demographic advantage, the country's higher education system faces numerous challenges such as outdated curricula, rigid program structures, and inadequate emphasis on practical skills development. CBCS allows students to explore diverse subjects beyond the core curriculum.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

instructional practices, curriculum development, teacher-student relationships, classroom climate, etc.) how we connect the construct to extant research about homeplace, joy, and CRSL; and 4.) The intersection of hip hop and youth participatory action research (YPAR) to create and sustain homeplace. & Moore III, J.

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Creatrix Campus

JUNE 19, 2023

Solo Taxonomy is a hierarchical framework developed by John Biggs and Kevin Collis for designing and assessing learning outcomes. Progression of Learning The five levels of Solo Taxonomy allows for the progressive development of knowledge and skills. What is Solo Taxonomy? It could be a specific concept, skill, or area of knowledge.

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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 Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The students reported several key areas, including evidencing research, wording and layout of the rubric. Students reported that they felt valued in engaging in the project, and it allowed them to develop key graduate skills, such as critical thinking. For example, students can only review a curriculum once it has been developed.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JANUARY 26, 2023

For many students – particularly mature students – MSc study is the chance to start exploring something new and fascinating, generating multiple research questions. But how can these ideas be developed after graduation? How does a student, thirsty for knowledge in a subject area they have become passionate about, progress?

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 21, 2019

Julie Watson from Nursing Studies in the School of Health in Social Science, describe a PTAS-funded study, where students and staff co-created a nursing curriculum that foregrounds the importance of care home nursing education… The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members. Mar 21, 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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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

However, is it that perhaps the issue with take-home written assessment is not about a sudden crisis arising from new technological development, but rather with some of our teaching and assessment practices? Thus, it has become less clear how to identify the most effective and appropriate teaching and learning models.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

APRIL 4, 2023

At the secondary school level, increasingly teachers need to react to the demands of parents who want a role in curriculum development. Is it a Truth or Fallacy? It has been said that “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” This was said by George Bernard Shaw in his 1905 stage play  Man and Superman.

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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 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

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The students reported several key areas, including evidencing research, wording and layout of the rubric. Students reported that they felt valued in engaging in the project, and it allowed them to develop key graduate skills, such as critical thinking. For example, students can only review a curriculum once it has been developed.

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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. We contributed information to the desk-based research part of this study.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Activities are organised around week-long student-designed research projects, with projects mentored by an academic or a PhD student. During the course the students create an artefact to share their research materials – so far, these artefacts have included podcasts, short films, and comic strips. It encourages place-based learning.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 22, 2024

She provides pedagogical advice and develops innovative approaches for CPD resources, MOOCs, and online MSc programmes. Her research interests include, e-professionalism, digital education, and research ethics. Research profile Laura Wardrop Laura Wardrop is the CPD Manager for the Easter Bush Campus.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 1, 2023

I felt this particularly acutely when I was back home in Singapore on research leave, gathering field data about spatial practices. I’m glad that the University has opened up more avenues for teaching staff members to advance in tandem with their research colleagues, but all staff members must be paid more.

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