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Getting Unstuck In the Middle

Dr. Laura Pasquini

If you have not faced any challenge or change in your life over the past year, I’m not sure how you avoided it. The last 18 months has been nothing but that for me. It’s been a weird and evolving period of space and time where I’ve thought more about what I’ve been doing and how I’m contributing to society. Accelerated by the pandemic and social/climate events worldwide, there has been more perspective-taking on how to move forward.

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Podcast: Reflections Series: Connections and adaptations online (35 minutes)

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Image Credit: Designed by Eric Berger This episode and blog post accompany our “EUSA Teaching Awards 2021 Podcast Series” In this episode, Grace, a final-year Religious Studies Student, sits down with Judy Hardy, Dean of Learning and Teaching for the College of Science and Engineering, and Elizabeth Bomberg, a Professor of Environmental Politics at the School of Social and Political Science, to discuss their nominations for the Edinburgh Teaching Awards.

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Supporting first-year students at the programme level: A case from the School of Informatics

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Original illustration by Georgia Smith, Edinburgh College of Art student In this post, Fiona McNeill walks us through the non-credit bearing course “Informatics Connect” that she and colleagues designed to help first-year students develop a sense of collegiality while studying online. This post is part of the ‘Hot topic’ theme ‘ Lessons from the Learning and Teaching Conference 2021′.

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ResEdChat Ep 9: Camille Bonar Reflecting on her 2021 ACUHO-I Internship Experience

Roompact

In this episode of Roompact's ResEdChat, we bring back our ACUHO-I Summer 2021 Intern, Camille Bonar, to reflect on how her internship has been. We discuss working from home, differences in expectations versus reality for a position, and what you can think about before beginning an internship to set you up for success. If you're a current grad or undergrad, or a supervisor of an intern, check out what we learned from Camille's experience.

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Hybrid co-location learning and the new marketing opportunity

Terminalfour

Last year, many students struggled with excessive online learning, but demand is emerging for hybrid on-campus and online models. This week we delve into how universities can differentiate their offerings using co-location services such as WeWork, and deliver engaging recruitment campaigns.

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Innovation in Mergers and Acquisitions With 3 Universitieswith host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Dr. Danielle Wilken | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 086

The Change Leader, Inc.

Innovations in mergers and acquisitions took place when three universities’ plans took a scenic route through the process. The 2020 plan to merge the University of Bridgeport with three institutions – Goodwin University, Sacred Heart University and Paier College of Art – was considered an innovative model. However, as the effort began to unfold, one […].

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Curricular Approach Q&A: How do upperclass students fit into a curriculum?

Roompact

A curricular approach is sequenced and scaffolded to follow a student’s learning journey through the institution over time. Just as you need to take a 101 course before moving on to a more advanced 201 or 301 course, a co-curriculum follows this same progression. Many institutions that begin developing a curriculum focus on their first.

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