Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Image Credit: Sculpture and photograph by Marc Rocks 2020 In this post and accompanying artwork, Marc Rocks a sculpture student at Edinburgh College of Art describes his process of producing a project both during and as a response to lockdown and the limitations and opportunities that come from observing the moment from a position of isolation… I’m Marc, a sculpture student at Edinburgh College of Art who created the artwork, Viewpoint which will feature as part of the ‘Room with a View’ p

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Image Credit: Original Mathias Jenson Unsplash, Remix by Joe Arton In this post, Professor Tina Harrison Assistant Principal for Academic Standards and Quality Assurance and Nichola Kett Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement Team outline a new theme supported by The Quality Assurance Agency and highlight a call for expressions of interest for collaborative clusters.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

In this podcast, we discuss how the pandemic changes the trajectory for new university presidents and what it means to higher education institutions. The Covid Time Warp Moves Higher Ed Forward.

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EAB

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Use the industry-wide data and resources below to inform your graduate, online, and adult degree completer growth strategy. Data shown on this page is drawn from EAB’s Organizational Benchmarking Survey. The survey collects over 80 different data points from nearly 300 institutions on academic governance, portfolio composition, and revenue outcomes for professional, continuing, and online education divisions.

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Credo Higher Ed

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Our team recently wrapped up a Leading Through Disruption interview and survey series with college presidents across the country. Collectively, these leaders serve nearly 70,000 students in 19 states at a range of independent institutions in city, rural, and suburban locations. This content series focuses on what we heard from them.

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Terminalfour

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Face coverings have become mandatory in a number of places. Is now is the time to update images on your website so they're realistic of the experience?

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Image Credit: Tim Gouw Unsplash. Remix by Joe Arton In this post, Angus Cheung a MSc Developmental Linguistics programme representative in the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, outlines some of the common challenges students faced with the pivot to digital learning and offers some straightforward solutions around assessment, engagement and study-life balance… In view of COVID-19, the school announced the decision of moving to remote teac

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

19 September · Episode 057 How Universities Can Avoid Employee and Faculty Burnout By Dr. Drumm McNaughton Get tips and processes to help your university avoid employee and faculty burnout in times of turmoil and high stress. In this podcast, we’ll talk about how universities can avoid employee and faculty burnout during stressful times, causing major societal issues to take their toll on higher education institutions.

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CU Work-Life Balance

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Some uses of the University of Colorado’s Tuition Assistance Benefit are taxable according to IRS regulations. Now that the fall semester has started across all campuses, employees using the Tuition Assistance Benefit for themselves or their dependents should review their tax liability status. If you’re subject to paying taxes on the benefit, you will receive an email notification in advance.

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Supporting Student Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

By: Liana Acri. It was early in 2017 when our Student Life department received the approval we had been waiting for – we were embarking on a journey to make the University of Guelph-Humber a CliftonStrengths campus and I was tasked with leading the project. I was both excited to lead a project I was passionate about and nervous about how it would all come together.

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Terminalfour

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Our Annual Survey aims to provide the higher education community with a detailed view of how 2020 effected institutions worldwide

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Image Credit: Original Edinburgh Room mural at the Outlook Tower, Catalogue No. Coll-1167/B/23/13 and Unsplash. Remix by Joe Arton In this post, Rory Shaw, a fourth-year Mathematics student at The University of Edinburgh, describes his experience of an internship with the Learn Foundations Project during lockdown and the community-building activities he took part in… I’ll start off with a brief summary of what the internship entailed.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Image Credit: Illustration Melanie Grandidge 2020 In this post and accompanying illustration, Melanie Grandidge a 2020 graduate in Illustration from the Edinburgh College of Art describes how a student’s social health, measured by the extent of their social support is just, if not more, important to successful digital teaching and learning as having access to the right resources and materials… The first online meeting I had with my tutors and classmates felt so odd.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Image Credit: Illustration, Hazel Laing 2020 In this post, Hazel Laing a recent Illustration graduate from the Edinburgh College of Art describes two crucial interventions for students when learning digitally; incorporating routines into daily life to maximise productivity and arranging the aesthetics of your room to fashion a mentally healthy workspace… The prospect of learning in lockdown and completing degree work from home was very strange.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In this podcast, we'll talk about how universities avoid employee and faculty burnout, stress from the pandemic as well as other major societal issues taking its toll on higher education institutions.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Image Credit: Jen Liu, Residence Life– keeping social distancing while meeting friends, hand embroidery, 2020 In this post, Jen Liu a recent MFA graduate in illustration from the Edinburgh College of Art presents a selection of daily artwork that she created as a record of her life during quarantine. As a document of her digital learning and assessment during a pandemic and grounded in the embodied experience of a student at the University, Jen’s work combines narrative and poetic el

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Photo credit: Farshad Rezvanian, Unsplash CC0 In this post for September’s theme on the “Student experience of learning remotely and digitally”, Ana Diaz Vidal and Jessica O’Loughlin offer profound reflections on what the few months of lockdown taught them: from navigating the fine line between independence and isolation to developing an awareness on procrastination… I am a student, I went through a pandemic and I was lucky.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Washington update: higher education policy and new regulations podcast. The coronavirus pandemic and the previous Negotiated Rulemaking from Spring 2019 are driving new changes in the current and future regulatory process regarding higher education. Federal policymakers continue to extend guidance and develop new regulations in response to the pandemic.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Image Credit: Illustration, Hannah Riordan 2020 In this post and illustration, recent Edinburgh College of Art graduate Hannah Riordan reflects on her experience of learning digitally during the final months of her degree and highlights the challenges and opportunities that it raised for assessment, student engagement and well-being… Like most 2020 graduates, I was gutted to find out my studies would not end in a way I had expected.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Image Credit: Flavio Gasperini Unsplash. Remix by Joe Arton In this post, University of Edinburgh Students Claudia Elijas, a 3 rd year in Geophysics and Fraser McBain a student of Economics and Politics describe their embodied experience of the University’s transition from face-to-face to digital learning and teaching and the importance of slowing down for both mental health and productivity … The lockdown forced me to slow down from the busy university life.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Image Credit: Kat Cassidy 2020 In her illustration and accompanying blog post, Kat Cassidy a digital illustrator and recent graduate from the Edinburgh College of Art portrays her experience of learning digitally at the University and the questions that it asked of her … This illustration is a reflection on the passing of time, adaption, hope and uncertainty and, ultimately, a pixelated reflection of myself.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Photo credit: Victoria Strukovskaya, Unsplash CC0 Welcome to September’s issue: Students’ experience of learning remotely We are delighted to announce an entirely student-written issue for September’s theme. Indeed, these last few months have been filled with thought-provoking blog posts by colleagues from across the university. These contributions attest to the nature of resilience and how springing back, collectively, is an ongoing process that goes through putting ideas, experimen

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

 In this Video diary, Aisha Akinola a third-year architecture student at the Edinburgh College of Art shares a ‘day in her life’ filmed during the 2020 Covid-19 global pandemic. Aisha uses poetic and emotive editing techniques to articulate the challenge of completing assessments at home, the passing of time and the episodic nature of learning and living during lockdown… AisHa Akinola Aisha is a third-year architecture student at the Edinburgh College of Art.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Photo credit: Victoria Strukovskaya, Unsplash CC0 Welcome to September’s issue: Students’ experience of learning remotely We are delighted to announce an entirely student-written issue for September’s theme. Indeed, these last few months have been filled with thought-provoking blog posts by colleagues from across the university. These contributions attest to the nature of resilience and how springing back, collectively, is an ongoing process that goes through putting ideas, experimen

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Terminalfour

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Temperature scanners, one-way systems, post-travel quarantines, and blended learning.

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