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Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods: Remote exam marking – Holding on to the philosophy of paper

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Photo credit: CC0 [link] In this Spotlight on Alternative Assessment Methods post, Professor Tim Drysdale, Chair of Technology Enhanced Science Education in the School of Engineering, offers an open source solution to managing student marking in the remote era.

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Podcast: Climate optimism or fatalism: Teaching climate change in today’s university (Part 1 and 2)

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MSc Environmental Sustainability student, Polly Wells , is our guest host, who welcomes fellow students Ryan Gilmour (MSc Electrical Engineering), Ellie Ashton (Religious Studies, first year) and Emily Bankert (Technology and Liberal Arts in Science, on exchange from the Netherlands) to the conversation.

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The Students’ Association Student-Led Teaching Awards 2022

Teaching Matters Student Engagement

When students submit a nomination, the Students’ Association email staff letting them know that they have been nominated, and share the nominator’s comments anonymously. How will we Celebrate Together?

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Roslin to Rodica: Strengthening research links in animal breeding and genomics

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

He received engineering diploma in animal science and PhD in genetics from the University of Ljubljana. The Go Abroad Staff Teaching programme enabled him to disseminate his UK based research at his Alma Mater.

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How our experienced academics develop as teachers

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

Academic from Science and Engineering I was very struck by the rich developmental processes these colleagues engaged in around their teaching. Some did participate in some formal development events about teaching but often it was the informal experiences that were the most important.

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Welcome to the July & August L&T Enhancement theme: Learning & Teaching Conference 2023

Teaching Matters Academic Communities

On June 27th, 349 academic and professional staff, along with students and external guests, experienced the Nucleus’ first, large-scale in-person event.

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Mini-series: Engaging with lecture recording: Learning from each other

Teaching Matters Online Learning

Teach learn replay In this ambitious one-year study, a team from the School of Engineering intend to build, from commercial, off-the-shelf devices, a flexible, portable, and high-quality recording facility that can be used by staff throughout the School to create a variety of teaching materials.

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