Eric Stoller
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
Just a quick life update. We’re moving back to the United States in April. It’s been a big decision for sure as we’ve made a lot of great friends during our time in the UK and it’s a fantastic place to live. However, with family being mostly located in the States and a little one who loves his grandparents, it makes the best sense for us at this time to make the big move back across the pond.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Photo credit: Andrés Ordorica In this post, Andrés Ordorica, an Instructional Designer in the Educational Design and Engagement team (Information Services), answers the most frequent question he is asked as in his job: ‘what is learning design?’… When embarking on projects with academic colleagues, it’s important they understand the process of learning design and why we are working together.
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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
In this mini-series blog post , staff from the Department of Social Responsibility and Sustainability outline the Living Lab approach to student learning and teaching, and discuss its benefits to students and academia… Living Lab projects are a key pedagogical tool that the University of Edinburgh use to increase understanding about real-world issues and the solutions to those issues.
Terminalfour
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
We take a look at how universities can improve the experience using digital technologies and attract more students from this growing demographic.
Dr. Paul Gordon Brown
FEBRUARY 11, 2019
Student Affairs offices, particularly those within residence life and education, typically see a steady turn over of professionals year-to-year. When building and maintaining a curriculum, it can sometimes be a challenge to onboard new staff members who (1) may not be familiar with the model at all or (2) are not familiar with your institution’s specific implementation of the curricular approach.
Teaching Matters Online Learning
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Photo credit: pixabay, geralt, CC0 In this post, Graeme Ferris, a learning technologist in the Business School, describes a pilot project that uses a social feedback platform to engage students and staff in continuous course feedback… Students’ experience of a course is a very dynamic process, which can be impacted on by so many things: the course design itself, but also, for example, interactions with peers and tutors, learning environments (physical and virtual) and even policies and pro
HECG
FEBRUARY 13, 2019
By DAVID MYTON. Research: in the words of Stephen Hawking it is “the joy of discovering something no one knew before”. It’s what most academics live for, even if they love teaching. Indeed, research informs good teaching, ensuring that what’s been taught in the classroom is at the forefront of new knowledge. For some academics, though, conducting research is the easy bit.
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