Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Photo credit: Susan Thomson Following on from Karen and Mariana’s post , Samuel Shteinberg, a Sustainable Development student, and Nathan, a Biology student, reflect on their experiences of ‘facilitated group discussions’, which are an integral part of the Our Changing World course tutorials… Samuel I walked into my first Our Changing World (OCW) tutorial ten minutes late.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, Piron Guillaume, CC0 In this post, Ashley Ferkol, a recent graduate of the MSc Performance Psychology programme at the University, describes the benefits of partnering with a professional body – the NHS – to collect research data for her dissertation project… Across any professional domain there are numerous qualities, skills, and experiences to consider when qualifying an individual as an expert in their field.

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Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Educational and curricular efforts exist in context. Furthermore, residence life and education departments do not exist on an island. When developing a campus or residential curriculum, it is important to identify partners and stakeholders early on and include them in the curriculum design process. This inclusion can include stages from planning to implementation, and throughout assessment and review processes.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, Samson Creative, CC0 In this post, Ludovic Maguire, a Business and Economics student, discusses how the breadth of the Global Challenges in Business course – from critical thinking to business to guest lecturers – makes for a valuable experience that emphasises development in the skills of students… Global Challenges for Business is a new first semester course, which started in 2017, and has the unenviable task of introducing business school undergraduat

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Whether it’s friends, clubs, or a major, finding your “thing” in college can be a daunting task. With about 80 different clubs and student groups at Hope College, you have plenty to choose from! Here are some tips that will hopefully help you determine what “thing” is rig ht for you. Think about your interests. Are you an athlete? You don’t have to be on a Hope varsity team to play sports here; there are many intramural options.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

In this post, 2nd year students of Sustainable Development, Karen Fonstad and Mariana Scholzova, reflect on their involvement in the Our Changing World series. Our Changing World is now in its ninth year, and it is a credit-bearing course. The course is run by the Deanery of Biomedical Sciences but is open to all pre-honours students, and also invites the public to attend the talks alongside the students… Our Changing World is a valuable course because it encourages students to interact w

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Media Hopper Replay student helpers This, the final post in our lecture recording mini-series , is devoted to the views and thoughts of our students – the recipients of lecture recordings. The post features a range of ‘mini-blogs’ from students who use lecture recording to support their learning… Students have been at the heart of the Lecture Recording Programme, from procurement through to delivery and support, providing a unique insight into students’ needs and wants from a lecture

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Dr. Paul Gordon Brown

NOVEMBER 3, 2018

Because developing a residential curriculum entails refocusing your departmental efforts towards student learning, it necessarily follows that you must develop a culture of assessment. A culture of assessment is one in which decisions are data-driven and tested through the design, implementation, and review of assessment measures. As Lakos and Phipps (2004) describe it, a culture of assessment is: An organizational environment in which decisions are based on facts, research, and analysis, and wh

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

A photo of the Afro-West Indian Association from 1915. Credit to Margaret Busby, a relative of Clara Christian, for showing the photo to Uncovered. In this post, Hannah McGurk, a second year student studying German and English Literature, showcases a student-led, research project – UncoverEd – which aims to uncover the history of University of Edinburgh alumnae from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Americas from the 1780s to the 1980s… UncoverEd is a collaborative and decolonisi

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Thanksgiving has been my favorite holiday for as long as I can remember. When I tell people this, I generally get a lot of questions asking why. No, it’s not because my favorite food is mashed potatoes (though it definitely takes a nice second to puppy chow) or because I love watching the Lions lose every year. It’s the idea of taking a specific day out of your life to be thankful.

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Without a focused strategy it can be money poorly spent. An approach relying purely on outbidding competitors through pay per click is no longer going to work.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, Patrick Tomasso, CC0 In this blog post, Anne-Marie Scott, Deputy Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Service, shares summaries and thoughts from some of the most recently published papers she has been reading about lecture recording… Although we have a long history with lecture recording at Edinburgh and our own expertise to draw from, as we scale-up provision, we have also made sure to look outside our institution and learn from others.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. This month, Niamh Mundy, a Product Design student at Edinburgh College of Art who took part in the India trek, reflects on her experience of exploring the production of sustainable cotton… Cotton is one of the most widely used materials in the fashion industry, yet it remains one of the most environment

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In this post, Moriah McCauley, a fourth year vet student, explains why she developed a highly successful podcast, That Vet Life , during her studies… During my last two and a half years as a veterinary student at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies , I have been granted opportunities to work alongside, and learn from, professionals in the field.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

PGRs picnicking in the Meadows. Photo credit: Susannah Johnston. In this post, the Postgraduate Representatives (2017-2018) at the School of Health in Social Science share their contributions towards organising events by integrating social and academic activities to engender a sense of belonging in a diverse learning community on campus… With a culturally and academically diverse postgraduate community, it was important and challenging to organise events that could be of interest to everyo

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

I lost my glasses in the Mediterranean Sea. Twice. I don’t miss them one bit. Why? Because I learned two important lessons when I studied in Spain last May. First, don’t go kayaking without securing your glasses. Second, you have a rare opportunity to earn college credit while having a marvelous adventure by finding a new way of seeing things — in more ways than one, in my case.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Photo credit: Allan Bovill In this post, Vikky Park, a final year veterinary student at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, shares her experiences of attending the University of Edinburgh’s Learning and Teaching Conference… This summer, I was able to attend the University’s first Learning and Teaching Conference for staff and students.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, @roman_lazygeek, CC0 It has long been one of the toughest technological nuts to crack: How to successfully capture chalkboard surfaces in lecture recording. In this blog post, Euan Murray, head of the Learning Spaces Technology team, shares the ingenious solution developed here at Edinburgh to solve this long- standing challenge… With the use of chalkboards and other writing surfaces serving as a fundamental element of the learning process for students studying Ma

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Hope College Network

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Chandler Alberda is a junior from Austin, Texas Deciding where to go to college was just as stressful and scary as it was exciting. What if I made the wrong choice and I missed out on an entirely different experience at a different school? I wanted someone else to decide for me so I didn’t have to think about it. My whole mindset changed once I went on college visits.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The University Chancellor, The HRH Princess Royal, talks to students at the workshop about blogging for Teaching Matters. Photo credit: Douglas Robertson. This month, I am delighted to announce Teaching Matters’ focused intention to authentically engage students into conversations about learning and teaching across the University. While we have published posts written by students before*, this is the first Teaching Matters issue that is authored solely by University of Edinburgh students (and st

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Our 5th international Higher Education survey to date has now launched, packed with digital marketing insights. How do you compare? What are the latest trends?

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Terminalfour

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past few years, we have noticed that institutions have really upped their game when it comes to celebrating Higher Ed Halloween.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Photo credit: Susan Thomson Following on from Karen and Mariana’s post , Samuel Shteinberg, a Sustainable Development student, and Nathan, a Biology student, reflect on their experiences of ‘facilitated group discussions’, which are an integral part of the Our Changing World course tutorials… Samuel I walked into my first Our Changing World (OCW) tutorial ten minutes late.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Photo credit: India Trek students Recently, Dr Winston Kwon wrote about a student engagement initiative , which involved two dozen students from multiple disciplines trekking across India. This month, Niamh Mundy, a Product Design student at Edinburgh College of Art who took part in the India trek, reflects on her experience of exploring the production of sustainable cotton… Cotton is one of the most widely used materials in the fashion industry, yet it remains one of the most environment

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Manufacturing Retail Industry Student Engagement 40

Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Photo credit: Allan Bovill In this post, Vikky Park, a final year veterinary student at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, shares her experiences of attending the University of Edinburgh’s Learning and Teaching Conference… This summer, I was able to attend the University’s first Learning and Teaching Conference for staff and students.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Photo credit: unsplash, @finnhackshaw, CC0 Can I use copyright materials in my lectures? What about film clips? What if my lecture is recorded? How can I make sure I won’t get into trouble? Lorna Campbell and Charlie Farley, from the Educational Design and Engagement team in Learning, Teaching and Web Services, offer some answers to these frequently-posed questions… Many of the questions and concerns that the OER Service receives from colleagues around the University relate to what kind o

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