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Student presentations: An authentic assessment for online postgraduate students

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Emily OReilly, Deputy Director of the Online MSc in International Animal Health at The University of Edinburgh, explores the effective use of student presentations to assess online postgraduate students. Presenting skills are transferrable and highly valued across professional settings.

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What is Curriculum Development? Understanding the Fundamentals

Creatrix Campus

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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Investment in Math Education is Needed to Fuel the STEM Workforce

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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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Boldly Future Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

At present, none of the nation’s 101 HBCUs has Research 1 status, which refers to doctoral universities with high research activity. Four undergraduate students worked with her and were able to travel with her to Grenada to do poster presentations on the research they conducted. Smith-Jackson says N.C. He says N.C.

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Teaching presentation skills and engaging students in large lectures

Teaching Matters Student Employment

Richard Gratwick, University Teacher in the School of Mathematics, describes how he redesigned the “skills” component of a third-year mathematics course to ensure that students in a large lecture got extensive practise in developing their presentation skills… Giving a presentation will be an unavoidable exercise for most of our graduates.

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Student engagement and sense of mattering in a large UG course

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Inspired by Felten and colleagues presentation, I turned to the vast literature on Mattering to identify ways to promote the students sense on mattering in my course as a way to enhance students engagement. 71% of students who completed mid-course feedback felt part of an effective and supportive community.

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Fostering blended-mode engagement with active learning seminars

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

Zervas/2023) Awards, a High Commendation for the IChemE Global Food and Drink Award (2017), and the Best Oral Presentation Award of the 3rd CSIRO International CFD Conference (Australia). He has co-authored over 120 peer-reviewed publications in journals and book series, and is recognized with two Academy of Athens (L. Mousoulos/2015, H.L.