Teaching Matters Academic Support
JUNE 29, 2017
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.
Teaching Matters Academic Communities
JUNE 13, 2017
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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Hope College Network
JUNE 6, 2017
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.
Terminalfour
JUNE 7, 2017
We’ve launched our 2017 Higher Education Digital Marketing & Web Survey. Capturing the insights from the global HE community.
Academic Librarian
JUNE 2, 2017
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.
Teaching Matters Academic Support
JUNE 20, 2017
In 2014, my fellow Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science colleague Jessie Paterson and I attended the Higher Education Academy (HEA) conference to present on a Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) funded research project on social media use in teaching. Presenting in the same session was another University of Edinburgh colleague, Jo Alexjuk from the School of Health in Social Science.
Teaching Matters Academic Support
JUNE 6, 2017
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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JUNE 13, 2017
Targeting the right students for your institution is all about fit
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JUNE 30, 2017
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JUNE 29, 2017
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JUNE 8, 2017
Motivating and inspiring the class of 2017
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JUNE 6, 2017
Standing out from the commencement crowd
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JUNE 15, 2017
Social media masterclass
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JUNE 1, 2017
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