Teaching Matters Academic Support

MARCH 26, 2020

A big advantage of online learning is that it gives more control to the learner, so focus less on synchronous events (live sessions) and more on asynchronous activities (wikis, discussion boards, etc.). Experiences of staff new to teaching postgraduate students online: implications for academic staff development.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 4, 2019

Photo credit: Pixabay, markmags, CC0 Welcome to the March issue of Teaching Matters, which showcases findings from recent projects that research learning and teaching practices at the University of Edinburgh. Rather, it is a way for them to make sense of their own teaching and their students’ learning, drawing on the principles of research.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

They can also be a useful resource for researchers looking to better understand the relationship between teaching practices and learning. These were questions we helped to answer over the summer, as Research Assistants on the Classroom Practices and Lecture Recording project , which was funded by the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

She shares some of the themes that have emerged and considers what research published this year is telling us about lecture recording, as a prelude to our own evaluation report to be launched here next week. A well-argued critique of the Edwards and Clinton paper (and the associated tweeting!)

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

You need to accrue 40 points over a range of criteria, such as designing and planning learning activities, assessment and feedback and continuing professional development (CPD). As well as teaching and research, he is interested in science outreach. Assessment is through a reflective (private) blog and/or an oral presentation.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Some did participate in some formal development events about teaching but often it was the informal experiences that were the most important. If you’d like to know more about this research or read what I’ve published about it then do get in touch with me. Nov 30, 2016

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

In 2016/17, Focus On took the postgraduate research (PGR) student experience as its theme, an important aspect of which was postgraduates who teach. Omolabake Fakunle Omolabake (Labake) Fakunle is a MSc Educational Research graduate and current PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. Aug 10, 2017

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 2, 2019

Recently, I attended a ‘Sharing good practice from quality processes’ event here at the University. Go Abroad Staff is one fantastic scheme offered to University staff, which funds and supports travel abroad. Felten et al, 2016). Academic communities can thrive in many forms.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

JULY 6, 2023

Over two days in June, the Institute for Academic Development hosted the sixth annual Learning and Teaching Conference , ‘Investigate, inquire, innovate: exploring research-informed teaching practice’ The first day was in-person and live-streamed, and the second was fully online.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

For further information about the PCIM project ,and details of our Roadshow events, please see the SA&S wiki. An important focus of Sarah’s work is to enhance IAD collaboration and engagement with colleagues in Schools and Colleges and beyond to support high quality teaching and research provision in Higher Education.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 4, 2019

The Student Counselling Service , Accommodation Catering and Events (ACE), The Advice Place and the Chaplaincy provide a network of support for students experiencing academic and personal problems. These services often work together as part of a connected network, or community, of support for students. Apr 4, 2019

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

Nina herself (along with Hazel Christie, from IAD) has researched the use of blogs in teaching and learning as part of a PTAS grant and has recorded a podcast episode for our mini-series (released today). Nina and Hazel are also working on re-usable assessment marking criteria to help staff assess blogs. Look out for it!

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The Learn site currently contains seven folders: solutions to common problems; academic skills; getting the most of your assessment and feedback; tools to support learning and research; student support and the PT system; a careers roadmap; and information on peer support. We are already seeing the benefits of this system.

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 30, 2019

They are useful as a tool of reflection during the placement but many students return to them when writing their dissertations, to remind themselves how their research design evolved. Ultimately, each specific placement is different, and anybody coordinating a number of them will need to be nimble and able to react to events.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MARCH 2, 2022

At EAUC, we appreciate this is harder for some, and, as such, have launched a series of events to support individual subjects to embed sustainability in their teaching called ‘ realigning curricula for the future ’. Research shows around 77% of students in higher education have experienced climate anxiety.

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