June, 2017

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The Great Ideas Round-up: Clearing through the Ages

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Get some higher education marketing inspiration from UK Clearing.

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Formative feedback through tutorial participation reviews

Teaching Matters Academic Support

iStock [Warchi] Krysten Blackstone, a PhD student and tutor in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, shares her experiences developing formative feedback for students. I teach history, and like in many humanities subjects, finding a balance between formative and summative feedback can often be challenging due to the nature of our assessment practices.

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What to Expect for First Year Advising

Hope College Network

Freshman advising is an incredibly laid back experience. The process depends on whether you declare a major your first year. Not sure on your major yet? If you don’t declare a major your first year, your advisor won’t change. Your First Year Seminar professor will be your advisor until you declare your major. There’s no need to worry if you don’t know what you’re going to major in, most programs can still be completed in four years if you declare your sophomore (and in some cases, junior) year.

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Wikipedia in the Classroom: developing information literacy, online citizenship and digital research skills

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

iStock [exdez] With about 17 billion pageviews every month, it’s safe to say that most of us have heard of Wikipedia and maybe even use it on a regular basis. Yet, negative perceptions about Wikipedia’s reliability have often led educators to tell their students not to use it. “ Too many students I met were being told that Wikipedia was untrustworthy and were, instead, being encouraged to do research.

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Professional Contingency and the Cosmic Perspective

Academic Librarian

This blog is approaching its tenth anniversary, and I realized that its tenth year has been one of silence. Partly I’ve been working (slowly) on another book, partly I’ve been chairing a really busy ACRL committee that produces lengthy documents , and partly I’ve less incentive to blog since one provocative librarian has ceased publishing laughable false dichotomies about libraries and another has ceased all public activity due, supposedly, to “threats and politics.

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Improving Higher Ed Enrollment Management

The Change Leader, Inc.

Improving higher ed enrollment management is an ever-increasing focus as colleges and universities continue to evolve. Higher education remains in many policymakers and key stakeholders crosshairs to implement organizational change. Changing student demographics and declining national and state funding compound the situation, leaving university and college leaders struggling to find ways to keep their institutions relevant while also serving their key stakeholders.

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Great idea: Match Made in University of Salford

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Well dating Apps provide higher education marketing inspiration

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Boston University’s Ask our Professor Anything on Reddit

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Is your institution capitalizing on the power & impact of Reddit?

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Great idea: The University of Warwick and the student Instagram takeover

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Social media masterclass

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Piedmont College: Finding the right students

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Targeting the right students for your institution is all about fit

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The most memorable commencement speeches of 2017

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Motivating and inspiring the class of 2017

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Digital Marketing in Higher Education – The 2017 Edition

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We’ve launched our 2017 Higher Education Digital Marketing & Web Survey. Capturing the insights from the global HE community.

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Enhancing Feedback and Feedforward in the Sport subject area

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Colleagues in Moray House School of Education have been working on improving feedback and feedforward for students. In the Sport Subject Area of Moray House School of Education, the aim of our work on feedback and feedforward is to help students review their feedback across their whole programme, and also to understand their feedback in relationship to the work of their own and past cohorts.

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Carpool Karaoke to the UW Milwaukee Graduation

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Standing out from the commencement crowd

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Dolly’s World: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Dolly Parton tweet

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The power of the influencer

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