Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MARCH 9, 2020

Photo credit: Dylan Gillis, Unsplash, CC0 In this Spotlight on Practice Worth Sharing post, Morag Crolla, a Teaching Fellow in the Moray House School of Education and Sport , reflects on what team building means for her and her colleagues…. Learning to Teach in Higher Education, Routledge. Cultures and Change in Higher Education.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The growth of online education has greatly accelerated. With the rapid changes in whats available in devices and software, leaders of higher education institutions and faculty are being forced to think creatively about how to utilize and even embrace online education. The largest percentage of distance education students (67.8

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

ELDeR is able to directly support any course or programme (online or on campus) that is being developed or reviewed. Jon Jack Jon is a Learning Technology Team Manager in the Educational Design and Engagement team (Learning, Teaching & Web, Information Services). Feb 28, 2019

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Whilst the sessions are based at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, anyone across the University is invited to attend, and the topics are related to learning and teaching in all disciplines. Session 1: Mental Health Promotion in Higher Education We had our first session of the semester in Week 1 ( 17 Sept 2019).

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 11, 2023

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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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 11, 2023

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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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 24, 2023

In this episode , Dr Emily O’Reilly and alumnus Andrew Strankman from the School of Biomedical Sciences continue their excellent discussion on podcasting in education. What should both teachers and their institutions remember about the use of podcasts in education? Emily and Andrew reflect on embracing trial and error.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 24, 2023

In this episode , Dr Emily O’Reilly and alumnus Andrew Strankman from the School of Biomedical Sciences continue their excellent discussion on podcasting in education. What should both teachers and their institutions remember about the use of podcasts in education? Emily and Andrew reflect on embracing trial and error.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 13, 2019

In doing so, they have negotiated complex legal, educational, and technological challenges in an effort to make this as useful, beneficial and unproblematic as they can. At the same time, thought has gone into how we can support staff and students to get the most out of their blogs for research, teaching, reflection, etc.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

JANUARY 24, 2023

In this episode, Dr Emily O’Reilly and alumnus Andrew Strankman from the School of Biomedical Sciences continue their excellent discussion on podcasting in education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

We do encourage those who use it (directly or with the new staff that they support) to feedback on their experience; this will enable us to see how to develop it in the future and if there are complementary resources we could also provide. This post originally featured on the Educational Design & Engagement Blog.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 27, 2020

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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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 27, 2017

In September 2016 Sally Brown , an assessment, learning and teaching in higher education consultant, was invited to speak. The next meeting is in May 2017 and will be looking at opportunities for staff development such as the Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Academic Practice (PgCAP) and peer observation.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 11, 2017

It is also made explicit that the peer observation is only for staff development purposes and is not used for any review or assessment processes. Nurse Education Today, 14, 299-305. J Med Educ, 58, 457 – 461. Medical Teacher, 29, 297-300 Catriona Bell Dr Catriona Bell is a Senior Lecturer in Veterinary Education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 26, 2020

The level of engagement that is possible in online teaching came as a surprise to participants in Aitken & Loads’ (2019) paper describing the experiences of educators new to online teaching. Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: implications for academic staff development. and Jones, D.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Whilst the sessions are based at the Moray House School of Education and Sport, anyone across the University is invited to attend, and the topics are related to learning and teaching in all disciplines. Session 1: Mental Health Promotion in Higher Education We had our first session of the semester in Week 1 ( 17 Sept 2019).

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 3, 2025

Postgraduate tutors often have little or no experience in teaching in higher education and need feedback to refine their practice. So, how do we gather quality feedback for all staff and postgraduate tutors, without overwhelming the students with different feedback routes across multiple platforms? Everyone thrives through feedback.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 22, 2024

The University offers a wide range of continuing professional development (CPD) resources and courses, including Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), on different platforms (EdX, Coursera, and Future Learn). She provides pedagogical advice and develops innovative approaches for CPD resources, MOOCs, and online MSc programmes.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some years ago, an educational research project in this university ( ETL Project ) set out to explore the students’ experiences of teaching and learning in eight universities and four contrasting subject areas, and how different teaching-learning environments influenced students’ approaches to studying.

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University Business

JUNE 26, 2024

In few places does this remain more evident than in higher education facilities organizations, where the unique flexibility of people is needed to serve a complex combination of human, operational and building demands. Now, they’re cutting staff Developing talent isn’t just about technical skills.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Although it’s only week 2 of the new academic year, we’ve received quite a few profiles from students and I know lots of staff members have had more enthusiastic students than usual approach them for a friendly chat about what they do. More information about the project can be found on our website.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Credit: pixabay, StockSnap, CC0 In this post, Jon Jack and Tracey Madden, from the Learning Design Service within Educational Design and Engagement, reflect on their team’s use of student personae in ELDeR workshops when designing and redesigning courses and programmes. designing induction events for undergraduates).

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with the curriculum, including through co-creation of learning, teaching, and assessment. University-wide curriculum transformation and making the Edinburgh Student Vision a reality, and effectively communicating this work to students and staff.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JUNE 23, 2023

Simon Varwell Simon Varwell is Senior Development Consultant at sparqs , Scotland’s national agency for student engagement, where he leads on institutional support and staff development.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with the curriculum, including through co-creation of learning, teaching, and assessment. University-wide curriculum transformation and making the Edinburgh Student Vision a reality, and effectively communicating this work to students and staff.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

This surfaces, for example, when reviewing submissions for HEA fellowship applications – so as always, our curriculum evolution will need to be supported by aligned staff development opportunities. Jenna Richardson Dr Jenna Richardson is a Senior Lecturer and Veterinary Clinician.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 24, 2019

Eli is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a masters student with Moray House, and is embarking on her first research project looking into studio teaching online. Lorna has almost twenty years experience working in education technology and has a long standing commitment to supporting open education technology, policy and practice.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This course was developed through the collaboration of Learning, Teaching, and Web (Stuart Nicol and Andres Ordorica), the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Michael Gallagher), and external consultant Sheila MacNeill.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 28, 2020

As discussed in a previous post , Kelly Smith, a recent graduate of the MSc Clinical Education, in her dissertation, chose to look at what factors were important in the development of a positive online supervisory relationship. Teaching in Higher Education 0(0). References Aitken G, Smith K, Fawns T, & Jones, D.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Some years ago, an educational research project in this university ( ETL Project ) set out to explore the students’ experiences of teaching and learning in eight universities and four contrasting subject areas, and how different teaching-learning environments influenced students’ approaches to studying.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 4, 2020

The ‘Practice Worth Sharing’ (PWS) forum in the Moray House School of Education and Sport (MHSES) aims to promote discussion and to share information about practice that has worked well for academic/professional services staff, as well as providing opportunities to take a ‘tricky issue’ for discussion. May 4, 2020

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 26, 2019

Both Sarah and I were intrigued by how students learn when using social media, and we decided to review the evidence to see if it was beneficial or not, and, if it was, how we could incorporate it effectively into nursing education. A mixed study systematic review of social media in nursing and midwifery education: protocol.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

MAY 29, 2019

Recorded at the end of this mini-series, these podcast episodes are guest hosted by the principal investigator on the lecture recording evaluation, Dr Jill Mackay ( a Research Fellow in Veterinary Education ). She has particular interests in digital skills, open educational resources, equality and diversity and online media.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Stuart is the Head of the Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) section in Information Services Group. Stuart Nicol Stuart is the Head of the Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) section in Information Services Group. Nov 8, 2022

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

JANUARY 8, 2019

However, I would consider several good examples from the Teaching Matters blog to be co-created, such as the Conservation Science course , Understanding Gender in the Contemporary World course, many examples of experiential education and place-based education , and creative learning and teaching with Lego. Bovill, C., & Felten, P.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

APRIL 21, 2020

These issues will be discussed in great detail in the upcoming free and online course “Making Blended Education Work” starting May 11th… In the recent New Media Consortium horizon report (Alexander et al., driving Ed Tech adoption in higher education for the next one to two years). Reference Alexander, B.,

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Stuart is the Head of the Educational Design and Engagement (EDE) section in Information Services Group. In this Spotlight on Learn Ultra post, Stuart Nicol provides an update on the early adoption of Learn Ultra.

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