The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 11, 2019
Are you experiencing a governance crisis, or is one right around the corner? Higher ed finds itself at a crossroads when it comes to many things, but especially board governance. .
Teaching Matters Online Learning
MARCH 28, 2019
Photo credit: Tim Drysdale In this post, Professor Tim Drysdale, Chair of Technology Enhanced Science Education in the School of Engineering, highlights the importance of developing new students’ confidence to question their digital destiny, and to play around with coding in context… By the time I went to university, the tide had already turned.
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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
MARCH 27, 2019
Some of the IS Interns at one of our memorable lunches. In this article, Lila Pitcher, Student Intern with Information Services, talks about her experience of co-creating the Information Services Group (ISG) Intern Blog during the summer of 2018. She looks back on the skills she gathered managing and editing her peers’ work, and the challenges she faced… In June 2018, I started an internship with ISG as an ‘Academic Blogging Intern’ Despite my work being primarily centred
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
MARCH 21, 2019
iStock photo In this post, Professor Tonks Fawcett and Dr. 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. – Mahatma Gandhi Care homes are places where some of the most vulnerable people in our society live, but wher
Teaching Matters Academic Support
MARCH 19, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, JESHOOTS-com, CC0 In this post, Dr Louise Connelly and Dr Jessica Martin, based at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, describe the findings from a PTAS -funded project (2017-2018), which involved postgraduate students in the curriculum design of a fully-online research methods, data analysis and statistics (RMDAS) 10-credit course… As educators, we can collaborate with students to design and deliver research methods and statistics courses that are less da
Higher Ed Connects: Assessment
MARCH 15, 2019
by Kristen Lee You jump from one meeting to the next—strategic planning, curricular committee, program decisions, faculty evaluations, and so forth—only for you to have the “A” word crop up on your radar as the next meeting you must attend. As you’re sitting in the meeting, words like accreditation, goals, learning outcome, analysis, embedded are thrown around, as all eyes look towards you to provide direction on how your department or college is to move.
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 28, 2019
New Approaches to Online Education with Russ Poulin and Dr. Drumm McNaughton podcast discusses how online education continues to grow. And with the constant developments in technology, the delivery systems are rapidly evolving. Therefore, institutional need to be thoughtful about which programs they offer online, who they contract with to offer these services, what types of systems and support structures they put into place, and how they get faculty buy-in.
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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
MARCH 26, 2019
In this post, Dr Niki Vermeulen, a Senior Lecturer in History & Sociology of Science, describes how Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme funding helped her and her colleagues develop an innovative app-based walking tour to complement the History of Science course… Curious Edinburgh is an app-based walking tour which showcases the many buildings and places in the city of Edinburgh which are connected to the history of science, technology and medicine.
Higher Ed Connects: Ed Tech
MARCH 15, 2019
StudyTree: A tool using AI for student success. by Terri E. Givens. I met one of the founders of StudyTree , Ethan Keiser, at the Entrepreneurship in Education workshop hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton campus in San Francisco. The event brought together ed tech entrepreneurs, academic administrators and venture capitalists to discuss entrepreneurship and the latest trends in educational technology.
Teaching Matters Student Engagement
MARCH 14, 2019
Photo credit: unsplash, Brooke Cagle, CC0 In this post, Dr Neill Storrar, Dr David Hope and Professor Helen Cameron, from the Medical School, share their insights from a recent PTAS project, which highlighted three factors that can make peer learning better… Getting students to teach each other and give feedback is a great way to learn but students vary in how much they like it and are willing to take part.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
MARCH 12, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, StockSnap, CC0 In this post, Sharon Boyd and Jessie Paterson, lecturers at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (R(D)SVS), reflect on their experiences of working in partnership with postgraduate peer tutors… Since 2013, online postgraduate taught MSc students at the R(D)SVS have had the opportunity to take on the role of online peer tutors.
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 11, 2019
Dr. Judy Kjelstrom is a pioneer in creating interdisciplinary programs that create well-rounded students who are well-equipped to thrive in today’s rapidly changing world. The entrepreneurial power of teams in Higher Ed for redesigning research. Dr.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
MARCH 20, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, dansamu, CC0 In this contribution to the Mini-Series on Academic Blogging , Francesca Vavotici, a Gender and Equality PhD Intern at the Centre for Research Collections, explains how she developed a blog to document her internship, engage with a wider audience, and highlight the extensive collections archived in the University of Edinburgh… Before I was called for an interview at the Centre for Research Collections , I had never set foot on the 6th floor of the Main
Teaching Matters Student Employment
MARCH 5, 2019
UEBS The Edinburgh Award in Professional Development In this post, Ros Claase, Rona Doig and Pauline Ferguson, explain how a PTAS-funded project helped them complete a skills-mapping exercise across all of the Edinburgh Business School’s undergraduate courses… We all know how important it is for our students and graduates to be able to articulate the skills that they have developed over the course of their degree programmes.
Terminalfour
MARCH 25, 2019
University marketing teams need to keep up with the ever-changing social media landscape. Here we've compiled five key trends which are emerging in 2019.
Teaching Matters Student Engagement
MARCH 7, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, wollyvonwolleroy, CC0 In this blog post, Dr Rosie Stenhouse, a lecturer in Nursing Studies, describes how she uses study circles as a key learning strategy in a year 4 course, Professionalism 4, on the undergraduate nursing programme… BAckground Study circles are based on the critical pedagogy of learning circles (Suoranta and Moisio, 2006), which aim to develop collective social expertise.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
MARCH 6, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, 200degrees, CC0 Every Wednesday in March and April, Teaching Matters will examine a different aspect of blogging as part of the Academic Blogging mini-series. Here, Anne-Marie Scott, Deputy Director of Learning, Teaching and Web (ISG) introduces the series by looking at what has been done recently to enhance the profile and support available for blogging at the University… As someone who blogs (semi) regularly, I have found it to be an invaluable way for me to develo
The Change Leader, Inc.
MARCH 13, 2019
If you've wondered how Higher Ed institutions survive volatility and prevent becoming a casualty in today's environment, you've come to the right place.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
MARCH 13, 2019
Photo credit: flickr, Luis Perez, CC0 In this contribution to the Mini-Series on Academic Blogging , Tim Fawns, Deputy Programme Director of the MSc in Clinical Education , explains how his time spent as a member of the Blogging Service project board has convinced him to re-introduce blogs into his teaching… While use of WordPress and other blogging platforms has been going on for a number of years in various ways across the University, as Anne-Marie mentioned in last week’s post , October
Dr. Paul Gordon Brown
MARCH 25, 2019
Moving to a curricular approach calls upon us to become better at assessing student learning. Although it may be common on a campus to have students respond to short surveys providing feedback about a program or service, it is often less common to assess student acquisition of knowledge and skills as a result of an engagement. Institutions and departments transitioning to a curricular approach need to be mindful that every touch point with a student is an opportunity for learning and that assess
Terminalfour
MARCH 19, 2019
User generated content (UGC) can open an authentic window into daily life on campus. We look at the benefits of UGC, in particular at live events?
HECG
MARCH 14, 2019
By DAVID MYTON. The UK’s new higher education watchdog, the Office for Students , has been keeping an eye on vice-chancellors’ salaries and says that there are signs of pay restraint at some universities “with some vice-chancellors refusing a salary increase”. The OfS, which became operational last April with a mandate to regulate universities and other higher education providers, found that six universities paid their vice-chancellors £500,000 or more in salary, bonuses and benefits last yea
Student Housing Works
MARCH 3, 2019
Home By Lauren Juliff Image Source/Creative RF/Getty Images Every year, the colleges and universities in New York state allow their students a week off in the spring to recover from midterm exams while enjoying time away from school. Whether you’re a student in the state or just planning a visit to a popular New York destination in the spring, knowing when college spring breaks are happening can help you plan your own vacation.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
MARCH 4, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, markmags, CC0 Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters, which showcases findings from recent projects that research learning and teaching practices at the University of Edinburgh. To introduce this issue, Daphne Loads, academic lead of the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS), and Emily Salvesen, the CPD Programme Manager (both from the Institute for Academic Development), explain two terms that are often associated with learning and teaching research here at the
Terminalfour
MARCH 29, 2019
Continuing this month's User Generated Content theme, find out how Wrexham Glynd?r University in the UK has taken this to the next level.
Terminalfour
MARCH 6, 2019
LinkedIn Live has quietly launched an invite-only beta service this month. We take a look at how universities could use the new platform.
Terminalfour
MARCH 12, 2019
Is this the beginning of a movement to support students through digital assistants or just a flash in the pan?
HECG
MARCH 14, 2019
By DAVID MYTON. There seems to be general agreement that the Fourth Industrial Revolution will challenge existing institutions to adapt or, if not die, then quietly fade away. But there will also be new opportunities for the nimble and the shrewd to step up and make their mark. In higher education, as one academic paper has noted , the coming changes “will reduce the subject distance between humanities and social science as well as science and technology [requiring] much more interdisciplinar
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