Will Richardson
APRIL 29, 2019
Just for the record, if you’re an advocate for “personalizing” learning, then you need to do more than just offer some options for how students might work their way through the curriculum. That’s just a starting point. If you really are serious about honoring a student’s interests and dispositions and individuality, then you’re going to have to also honor a “personalized” version of “success” and “achievement.” You’re
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 30, 2019
Photo credit: unsplash, Charisse Kenion, CC0 In this post, Dr Celine Caquineau and Dr Phil Larkman, from Edinburgh Medical School: Biomedical Sciences, showcase two initiatives recently run in the deanery of Biomedical Sciences to build academic community… Recognising the benefits of having an effective academic community on both student and staff experiences, the deanery of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) was keen to create more opportunities for staff and students to meet outside the classroom
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Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 30, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, Teecetera, CC0 In this post, Dr Nick Colegrave, a Professor in Biology in the School of Biological Sciences, describes how he developed “Tea at the Zoo” as a way for staff to chat with students in an informal setting… A couple of years ago, I was invited to take part in an initiative involving coffee and cake.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 24, 2019
Photo credit: wocintech stock – 208, CC BY 2.0, [link] The Academic Blogging Mini-Series has highlighted some of the many benefits of academic blogging. This post by Lorna M. Campbell (LTW), Susan Greig (LTW) and Daphne Loads (IAD) explains how you can use blogging to develop your professional profile and contribute to professional accreditation… I’ve been blogging for many years now and it’s hard to overestimate the importance of my blog in supporting my career and my professional p
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 17, 2019
The key to building strong university leadership through mentoring is by inspiring current leaders to pass on their experience and legacy to high-potentials. education needs to do a better job of preparing future leaders, especially in terms of leadership development and succession planning. Some leaders, while academically very bright in their discipline, take on administrative roles with no knowledge of leadership or management.
Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
APRIL 11, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, dtavres, CC0 In this post, PhD student, Liv Coombes, presents a podcast initiative, which she developed with fellow student, Elliott Gruzin, to build an online community of listeners for anyone interested in philosophy and pop culture… My PhD research involves the philosophy of time travel, looking at how traditional theories of free will are affected by the logical possibility of time travel.
Hope College Network
APRIL 8, 2019
“We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure.” —Hebrews 6:19 Hope College: a name itself founded in faith, illuminating the hope we have in Jesus. Faith is an evident and encouraging part of life on campus, from weekly services, to Campus Ministries , to student-led Bible studies. The beautiful part about faith on campus is that nothing is stifling or obligatory, but an open invitation for students to either explore or grow their faith.
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Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 25, 2019
Guess Who? Game modified with staff photos at Launch Event. Photo Credit: C Mowat. In this post, Dr Chris Mowat, Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemistry, describes how, using a Student Partnership Agreement fund, staff and students have developed ‘Chemunity’ – a student-driven web-based resource and social media presence, which aims to provide resources to improve the academic support, promote and support positive mental health and wellbeing, and ensure that student voice is
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 17, 2019
Welcome to episode 4 of the Teaching Matters podcast: Can blogging be used as an effective form of assessment? The Teaching Matters podcast accompanies and complements the Teaching Matters blog, adding another space for students and staff to have conversations and debates around learning and teaching at the University of Edinburgh. Students and staff are invited to engage in topical conversations, which are recorded and edited as podcast episodes.
The Change Leader, Inc.
APRIL 9, 2019
In this podcast: Government and Universities Battle Sexual Abuse.Robert Showers Esq. has had a long and storied career in law. Prior to founding Simms Showers LLP, he was a principal at Gammon & Grange in charge of the litigation department, and before that was with the U.S. Department of Justice where he was acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, a federal prosecutor and Chief of the Civil Section in the US Attorney's Office, and was Founder and Executive Director of what is now the Chi
Dr. Paul Gordon Brown
APRIL 1, 2019
Although each residential curriculum or curricular approach to student life should be contextualized to an institution, there are a number of non-profits and standards bodies within higher education and student affairs that can be useful in the development of learning goals and outcomes. Many of these associations provide sample statements, rubrics and other materials that can not only help guide and shape the development of your own objectives, but also provide potentially useful tools for benc
Terminalfour
APRIL 9, 2019
Some students arrive on campus with thousands of followers on their social network profiles. How can you leverage their following and other micro-influencers?
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 24, 2019
Welcome to episode 5 of the Teaching Matters podcast: Blogging to enhance professional practice. The Teaching Matters podcast accompanies and complements the Teaching Matters blog, adding another space for students and staff to have conversations and debates around learning and teaching at the University of Edinburgh. Students and staff are invited to engage in topical conversations, which are recorded and edited as podcast episodes.
Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 18, 2019
Photo credit: Bethany Easton In this post, Dr Emily Taylor and Emily Gribbin, from the School of Health in Social Science, showcase ‘Let’s Gather’: an initiative created to build a supportive community for staff and students… About a year ago, we were pondering the question of community. We knew that when communities work well they can bring a sense of connection and belonging, and have benefits for well-being.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
APRIL 3, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, StartupStockPhotos, CC0 In this post, Mariana Marcondes, a MSc student studying Digital Society, shares her story about how she was introduced to blogging as an assessment activity, and has since gone on to blog as part of her regular writing habits… Blog posts are not the most common type of assessment in academia. However, this was the challenge that the directors of the MSc in Digital Society set us as the final assessment for our course Issues and Concepts in Dig
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 23, 2019
Enjoying coffee and cake. Left to right: Hye Ri Choi, Catherine Clarissa, Elaine Haycock-Stuart, Anny Chen. Photo credit: Hye Ri Choi In this post, PhD student Catherine Clarissa, from the School of Health in Social Science, shares her experience of being part of a recent initiative involving, coffee, cake and chat with students and staff… Last year in April, I got the chance to be part of the Coffee and Cake Conversations initiative run by Dr Cathy Bovill in the IAD.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 23, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, kimspirationalslove, CC0 In this post, Dr Gregor Gorjanc, a Chancellor’s Fellow in Data Driven Innovation for AgriTech at The Roslin Institute, describes his recent Go Abroad Staff experience in teaching animal breeding and genomics at the Animal Science Department (Rodica) of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia… During the last five years at The Roslin Institute, I have frequently thought about strengthening research links with my Alma Mater, the U
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 18, 2019
University of Edinburgh’s Access Programme photo In this post, Kathryn Redpath, Director of Learning and Teaching for the Centre for Open Learning, describes how a School-wide CPD programme, and enhanced communication channels, are helping the Centre develop a sense of academic community… The Centre for Open Learning (COL) offers a rich and diverse range of courses and programmes, including those in English Language Education, Short Courses, Languages for All, The International Foundation
Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 17, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, pixelcreatures, CC0 In this post, Karen Howie, Technology Enhanced Learning Team manager in the Learning, Teaching and Web in Information Services, and co-editor of the Academic blogging mini-series , highlights a selection of teaching blogs currently being used by University of Edinburgh staff and students… Working on the launch of our new Academic Blogging Service was the first big project I’ve been involved in during my time in Information Services.
Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 10, 2019
Photo credit: University Image Gallery, Sam Sills. In this post, Bethany Easton, Marketing and Communications Administrator for the School of Health in Social Science , highlights the powerful effect of students and staff sharing stories on a blog dedicated to Nursing… The Nursing Blog was set up in 2014 as a space to share the achievements, research, and work from students and staff across the Nursing Studies subject area.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 10, 2019
Celebrating last day of lectures in the Vet School In this blog post from the Academic Blogging Mini-Series , Francesca Coates, the Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM&S) Student Recruitment Officer, introduces a new blog from the Vet School, which aims to build an academic community for new and current students… In October 2018, shortly after the University’s new blogging platform went live, I launched Stories from Vet School.
Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 4, 2019
Photo credit: unsplash, @finleydesign, CC0 In this post, Susan Hunter, an Academic Policy Officer in the Quality and Enhancement Team (Academic Services), highlights some of the key areas in Student Support Services, which are working together to build community… The Oxford English Dictionary defines community as: (mass noun) The condition of sharing or having certain attitudes and interests in common.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 2, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, 27707, CC0 Building Academic communities through a focus on Relationships As Professor Peter Felten, one of the keynotes at the upcoming Learning and Teaching Conference , emphasises in his research on The Undergraduate Experience : ‘relationships matter’ In this issue, we welcome submissions from staff and students around the University, who are highlighting how the creation, and strengthening, of relationships directly increases the sense of academic commun
Terminalfour
APRIL 17, 2019
The number of influencers with a university affiliation is snowballing. However, engaging with them for strategic marketing initiatives is new for Higher Ed.
Terminalfour
APRIL 25, 2019
April fools and Content Marketing in Higher Education. Nottingham Trent University developed an invisibility cloak. We wanted it to be true!
Dr. Paul Gordon Brown
APRIL 29, 2019
Because a curricular approach is revolutionary as opposed to evolutionary, it is necessary that you think about organizational culture and organizational change processes before undertaking this journey. For many, this shift in approach requires the development of a learning-centric organization. An organization that moves beyond “exposure” through program attendance, and towards “learning” (Kerr & Tweedy, 2006).
Dr. Paul Gordon Brown
APRIL 8, 2019
Transitioning to a curricular approach represents a cultural shift. A department can have well-articulated goals, outcomes, and educational plans, but a residential curriculum will never be successful without the necessary cultural and organizational change that comes along with it. For residence life departments, in particular, this means preparing your student staff members for this shift, involving them in the process, and helping them through the process of change.
Teaching Matters Academic Support
APRIL 9, 2019
Photo credit: Pixabay, JannGW, CC0 In this post, Dr Jenny Scoles, Academic Developer at the Institute for Academic Development, chats to Go Abroad Staff colleagues, Lesley Balharry and Calum MacDonald, from Edinburgh Global , about the realities and possibilities of applying for funding through Go Abroad Staff… Building new academic communities is not limited to within the University of Edinburgh itself.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 16, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, geralt, CC0 In this post, Lauren Johnston-Smith, Online Learning Marketing Project Manager in Learning Teaching and Web, shares some insights from online students’ experiences of being part of a global academic community… Since 2005, the University of Edinburgh has delivered postgraduate degrees online to more than 7,500 students.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
APRIL 9, 2019
In this post, Dr Stuart Dunmore, a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, describes his recent Go Abroad Staff experience at the Sorbonne Nouevelle in Paris, France, where he taught students about the use of Gaelic within and beyond the education system… Springtime in Paris, 2019: what a time and place to develop my teaching repertoire, I thought, and what an experience it proved to be.
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