Teaching Matters Academic Communities

APRIL 25, 2019

The Online Learning Network is an academic community offering staff at the University the opportunity to share ideas and practice about online teaching. This network is facilitated by IAD and hosts themed events. Encouraging collaboration through group activities. Ensuring the course team are visible.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Encouraging meaningful student and staff engagement with learning and teaching. University-wide curriculum transformation and making the Edinburgh Student Vision a reality, and effectively communicating this work to students and staff. You can sign up on the Practical strategies series events page.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

MAY 4, 2020

Listening to students about the timing of any community-events (e.g. and the nature of these events, just seems sensible. Some approaches to community-development Staff highlighted a range of different activities. avoiding the evening before an assignment deadline!) Where do we go from here?

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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

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

designing induction events for undergraduates). We will continue to use this combination of persona approaches because it allows us to initiate conversations about learning design with academic staff, which extend beyond content and beyond the students we know.

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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). Assessment is through a reflective (private) blog and/or an oral presentation.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In order to address these concerns, the OER Service runs a wide range of digital skills training workshops and events around open educational resources (OER) and the use of licensed content in learning, teaching and lecture recording. Lorna Campbell Lorna M.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In a different life as an academic developer, I have recently had the pleasure of joining two separate groups at the wonderful Firbush Outdoor Centre , one of Edinburgh University’s many hidden gems. I can’t deny that there is an element of enjoyment in choosing an outdoor centre in a stunning location for these events.

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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. If you would like to share your ideas or experiences, please contact SEP.SAS@ed.ac.uk.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 10, 2019

Our students and staff have been fantastic at contributing engaging pieces of writing covering everything from teaching, research and events to campaigning. We encourage everyone to send in contributions to keep the blog interesting and diverse.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MAY 9, 2016

For all University of Edinburgh staff who are interested in attending future TiPS events or would like to view resources via the associated Learn site – such as videos and slides – please email sbi@ed.ac.uk If you are interested in reading more please visit the Business School teaching pages. for more information.

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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.

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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. -Academic from Science and Engineering I was very struck by the rich developmental processes these colleagues engaged in around their teaching.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

APRIL 17, 2019

Many of the staff we’ve spoken to admit that blogging with their course is extra work for them but that the extra work is worth it for the benefits, and the genuine excitement about viewing the blogs submitted by their students. We’ll be announcing dates for our training soon on the MyEd Event Booking Channel. Look out for it!

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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. This in turn, has been shown to increase the feelings of belonging during students’ time at University, and, subsequently, raises educational success (e.g., Felten et al, 2016). Academic communities can thrive in many forms.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

You can learn more about Extinction Rebellion (XR) here , and an upcoming event at University of Edinburgh here. She has been interested in sustainable development since a young age but has found particular enthusiasm for ‘slow’ eco friendly fashion, and the intersection of religion and environmentalism.

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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

OCTOBER 19, 2017

We can use announcements to advertise School events and opportunities (no more emails getting lost). We are already seeing the benefits of this system. Support for Success in LLC can act as a focal point for that all-important first year Personal Tutor meeting.

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

MAY 3, 2022

Outstanding Commitment to Social Justice and Sustainability Debbie Aitken, Edinburgh Medical School Glen Cousquer, School of Veterinary Studies Al Lawley-Powell, Students as Change Agents Outstanding Course ‘Deaf Studies’, Audrey Cameron, Moray House School of Education and Sport ‘Parliamentary Studies’, Marc Geddes, School (..)

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Teaching Matters Student Employment

JULY 30, 2019

Ultimately, each specific placement is different, and anybody coordinating a number of them will need to be nimble and able to react to events. Following placements, I found it useful to have a group meeting with students to reflect on what worked well and what could be improved.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

MARCH 4, 2019

PTAS project teams disseminate their work widely, both within the University of Edinburgh and beyond, through traditional journals and academic conferences, blogs, videos and public events. We gratefully acknowledge that annual funding for the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme is provided by the University of Edinburgh Development Trust.

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Teaching Matters Academic Communities

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

The Lecture Recording Programme staff visited and have been in touch with each and every School, speaking to hundreds of colleagues one-to-one, in committees and at wider events. Earlier this year, the Academic User Group collated a summary of issues that were being most commonly expressed.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The vet school is unique in that many staff give lectures and then are interacted with again in practical classes and/or in the hospital. There are also staff at social events at the school, staff-student collaboration through UCVME activities , and various opportunities to express opinions to staff.

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Teaching Matters Online Learning

OCTOBER 30, 2019

It builds on the Framework for Interactive Learning in Lectures (FILL) developed by Wood et al. 2016), which characterises lectures by recording the type of activity taking place and producing a second-by-second timeline of events. FILL was designed with a focus on ‘Peer Instruction’ (Mazur, 1999).

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Teaching Matters Student Engagement

APRIL 30, 2020

I was first made aware of the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS) when I completed their 30-minute online ‘ Be Sustainable ’ course for staff. In 2018, I started a lunchtime jogging group for staff and students, which introduced some students to jogging for the first time.

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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 ’. Instead, teaching in all subjects must address the climate emergency.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

AUGUST 10, 2017

She makes presentations at many university events, international conferences and was awarded the Best Presenter at the 2014 EUSA Internationalisation Conference. Omolabake Fakunle Omolabake (Labake) Fakunle is a MSc Educational Research graduate and current PhD student at the University of Edinburgh.

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Teaching Matters Experiential Learning

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The vet school is unique in that many staff give lectures and then are interacted with again in practical classes and/or in the hospital. There are also staff at social events at the school, staff-student collaboration through UCVME activities , and various opportunities to express opinions to staff.

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Teaching Matters Academic Support

JUNE 27, 2022

The content available on Consent Collective TV is purposefully creative and full of variety because no one message can reach the diverse audiences that make up staff and student populations. You can listen to your own UoE gameshow episodes and Collective Thinking panel discussions here on your landing page.

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