Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JUNE 10, 2016

The Conservation Science course on the top of Cairngorm Mountain after discussing how to conserve Scotland’s alpine ecosystem that is threatened by climate change. A student and a teacher from the Conservation Science course in the School of Geosciences share their thoughts on what makes good teaching. Gergana Daskalova (student in the University of Edinburgh 2015 Conservation Science Course): It is such a fantastic experience when you are not only taught, but also inspired – I want to become a

Research 52

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JUNE 7, 2016

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… ” is a good opening to a story, and an appropriate theme for a discussion of the state of contemporary computer aided assessment (CAA). Automatic online assessment has moved a long way beyond multiple choice and other similar question types. In my own discipline of mathematics it is now relatively standard practice to accept answers from students in the form of an algebraic expression.

Curriculum Development 52

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JUNE 9, 2016

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