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Getting to Know You – Finding out who’s who in the Edinburgh Medical School

Teaching Matters Academic Support

Nevertheless, for undergraduate students, small class sizes in a large university can still mean that there’s lots of staff they don’t know, and sometimes it’s hard to feel part of a community. Developing a strong sense of community is something that is really important to us in the medical school.

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Datafication of education: Does online success blind us to what really matters?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Lynsey Downie is an Anaesthesia Associate based in Edinburgh and a recent graduate of the MSc Clinical Education programme↗️ On a bitterly cold November morning, a continuous fire […]

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Gathering student feedback as a postgraduate tutor

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Postgraduate student-led tutorial is a cornerstone of undergraduate curriculum in the Edinburgh Medical School, Biomedical Sciences and beyond. Postgraduate tutors often have little or no experience in teaching in higher education and need feedback to refine their practice. Can we integrate feedback for tutors in the feedback system?

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Spotlight on Remote Teaching: Staff new to online teaching

Teaching Matters Online Learning

The paper is entitled “Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: Implications for academic staff development”, and you can find it in the Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice. Mar 27, 2020

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Datafication of education: Does online success blind us to what really matters?

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Image credit: Lynsey Downie, MSc Clinical Education. Lynsey Downie is an Anaesthesia Associate based in Edinburgh and a recent graduate of the MSc Clinical Education programme. Although I was working with staff who have undoubtedly passed the fire safety module many times, there was an absolute uncertainty of how to act.

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Podcast: Podcasts in Education with Emily O’Reilly & Andrew Strankman – Part 1 (52 mins)

Teaching Matters Online Learning

In this episode , Dr Emily O’Reilly and alumnus Andrew Strankman from the School of Biomedical Sciences discuss their fantastic research project on podcasting in education, funded by the Principal’s Teaching Awards Scheme. And most importantly, what do podcasts have to offer us? That’s not true.

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Podcast: Podcasts in Education with Emily O'Reilly & Andrew Strankman – Part 1 (52 mins)

Teaching Matters Online Learning

In this episode , Dr Emily O’Reilly and alumnus Andrew Strankman from the School of Biomedical Sciences discuss their fantastic research project on podcasting in education, funded by the Principal’s Teaching Awards Scheme. And most importantly, what do podcasts have to offer us? That’s not true.