Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 22, 2018

The project has a core aim to develop a creative, future-oriented vision for digital education at Edinburgh, by having an open, institution-wide conversation with students and staff, which focuses on values, curriculum and pedagogy, not only on technological change. Your input is especially welcome over this coming semester!

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 8, 2020

To this end we plan to actively create and develop learning communities (Tinto 2000) using structured and heavily supported staff-mentored group-work on assessed, reflective and investigative tasks at weekly workshops throughout the semester. Journal of Institutional Research. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, 3(2), 180–208.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

As part of this new service, my colleague, Robert Chmielewski, and I have been working on a staff training workshop in the area of blogging for teaching and learning. Dr Nina Morris’ 4 th year UG course, Space, Place and Sensory Perception , which is partially assessed by reflective blog posts (6 posts, around 500 words each).

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

JULY 16, 2024

Change Agents in a storytelling workshop with the Careers Service and Edinburgh Innovations. 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.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 4, 2018

How can we support them to develop these capacities? To start to answer these questions, I got together with some fantastic colleagues from across the university* – including our project researcher, Rebekah Tauritz – to develop a project called “ Preparing Students to Face Wicked Problems ”. Oct 4, 2018

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

In the Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability, we collaborate with researchers and students across the University, and partner with the Edinburgh Living Lab. Students work over 11 weeks to research the problem and come up with solutions, liaising with the department to ensure the context has been fully understood.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Academics from the Schools of Law, Business and ESALA were drawn together to develop the project. A workshop was held with local residents and businesses, the council, police and the academic team. Each group to identify their own skills and expertise, in research, in drawing, multimedia, writing etc.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

There is support from the Education Department in Edinburgh City Council, who support the orientation workshops for our students. Although the main focus of the course is on autonomous, self-directed learning, students attended three, 2-hour workshops in semester 1. Photo credit: Annette Götzkes.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 13, 2019

At the same time, thought has gone into how we can support staff and students to get the most out of their blogs for research, teaching, reflection, etc. Lorna Campbell has developed a great workshop, ‘ Blogging to build your professional profile’, with a wonderful, open blog used as course material.

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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 Student Engagement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The students reported several key areas, including evidencing research, wording and layout of the rubric. Students shared thoughts about interpersonal skills, academic socialisation, equity in assessment, teacher facilitation, and workshops for the student-led project. Next, we moved on to the student-led project.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2022

When students learn to evaluate and interpret their experiences and perspectives autonomously, this is a strong base for transformative adult learning (Mesirow 1997), a theme recently picked up in educational research (Servant-Miklos & Noordegraaf-Eelens 2021). I also use reflective assignments in the master’s thesis research process.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Next year, Teaching Matters colleagues will be undertaking a research project investigating how a multi-authored blog (Teaching Matters!) Chris provides an example of how, on one of his courses, they include a workshop on assessment literacy for the students, using the HEA Engaging with Feedback Toolkit.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Throughout this project, I researched technical aspects of solar energy generation as well as current UK energy policy, and I was required to do cash flow analysis. The nature of this exercise advanced my analytical abilities as I developed a much greater understanding of project financials and the proposing of business solutions.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

MARCH 2, 2017

In comparison, the challenges for conducting interdisciplinary research seem to be at a lower level, for instance with the funding of a research grant, or as a student project – they are discrete and have clearly defined objectives. Furthermore, those resources of money and researchers, act as great enablers.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In the Autumn of 2018, the PCIM team ran a number of workshops involving students and staff focused on course and programme maintenance and the information held in course handbooks. We found information is held in a number of sources, including, wikis, webpages, VLEs, and inconsistency in processes.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

As many UK universities have acquired a global reputation of quality research and prestigious education over the past centuries, international students have naturally become a core part of the academic community at institutions like the University of Edinburgh, for instance.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ben Owers will discuss working collaboratively on authoring learning materials in a workshop environment. Sharon Levy from the Usher Institute will write about co-creating content with undergraduate nursing students. Engström, A. & & Schnaas, U. 2019) An Active Student Participation companion.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Rather than these being ‘add-ons’, or buried in the expected learning objectives, they are explicitly taught through a weekly lecture and small group skills workshop. Her research explores sustainability, social enterprise, and more recently, the pedagogy of critical thinking. Oct 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JANUARY 10, 2017

Whilst there was clearly a role for me in supporting the students through that process, where the project came into its own from a careers perspective was in the follow-up workshop I did with the students.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Activities include outreach workshops with local schools, like Liberton High School, to foster the link with young people aspiring to enter higher education. His research interests include veterinary education, students as teachers, admissions and equine gastroenterology and welfare. Sep 11, 2018

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

MAY 22, 2018

I had to critically reflect on my learning, develop communication skills, deal with clients, structure longer projects, and much more. These projects also develop research and critical skills obtained when writing essays.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2022

We drew on experience, practice, and research from across the University and sector to create a pragmatic resource that supports effective reflective practice. The Facilitators’ Toolkit: Considerations and information about implementing reflection in courses, workshops, and other initiatives.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The itinerary of the Trek included lectures on traditional artisanal techniques, the technology of a cotton mill, approaches to empowering workers in modern garment workshops as well as an inspirational talk by Anita Dongre, one of India’s top designers, and a session with the editors of Vogue India, who featured the Trek in their July 2018 edition.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

I walked away from this workshop reflecting on my own experience at this University, how I best learn, and how learning and teaching methods can be improved to ensure a fun and accessible experience for all engaged in the process. I felt ungrateful and a bit of a failure.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 19, 2019

(Cronon, 2012) At The University of Edinburgh, we have quickly generated real examples of technology-enhanced learning activities appropriate to the curriculum and transformed our students, staff and members of the public from being passive readers and consumers to being active, engaged contributors.

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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 shared thoughts about interpersonal skills, academic socialisation, equity in assessment, teacher facilitation, and workshops for the student-led project. Next, we moved on to the student-led project.

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Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

He teaches courses in the areas of moral philosophy, the ethics of war, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, and his research focuses on ethical theory, the ethics of war, and higher education.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ben Owers will discuss working collaboratively on authoring learning materials in a workshop environment. Sharon Levy from the Usher Institute will write about co-creating content with undergraduate nursing students. Engström, A. & & Schnaas, U. 2019) An Active Student Participation companion.

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Higher Ed Connects: Curriculum

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

He teaches courses in the areas of moral philosophy, the ethics of war, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion, and his research focuses on ethical theory, the ethics of war, and higher education.

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Creatrix Campus

APRIL 4, 2023

The organization was founded with the goal of improving the quality of business education and promoting excellence in teaching, research, and service. The ACBSP accreditation standards were developed through a rigorous process that involved input from business educators, employers, and other stakeholders.

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